-
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes. He joined a bipartisan group of 23…
-
The president of Reynolds American Inc. is stepping down. Parent company British American Tobacco PLC announced Wednesday that Ricardo Oberlander will…
-
A new report gives North Carolina a failing grade for policies to reduce and prevent tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. The American Lung…
-
A new law sets the nationwide minimum age to buy tobacco products at 21. The law applies to cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, and vaping devices that heat…
-
The Food and Drug Administration will review whether one of R.J. Reynolds's electronic cigarettes can stay on the market. The Winston-Salem Journal…
-
Smoking has been in decline for decades, but tobacco remains a vital crop to much of the Southeast. North Carolina is the nation's largest grower and…
-
A plan to substantially increase taxes on vaping products in North Carolina initially received bipartisan support at the General Assembly last week before…
-
Vaping products would be taxed the same as traditional cigarettes under an amendment to a state Senate bill. Lawmakers have for years treated e-cigarettes…
-
Efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes and reduce their appeal to youngsters have sputtered under industry pressure in over a half-dozen states this year…
-
Rapidly growing sales of hemp are poised to help North Carolina farmers that are still transitioning away from once-profitable tobacco plants. But they're…