BAT rolls out healthy 2006 profits ahead of smoking ban
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British American Tobacco smoked out a rise in net profits of more than 7.0 percent last year when the company was bolstered by rising sales in Asia and South America, the group said Thursday.
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The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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BRITISH American Tobacco is continuing to make good profits on the strength of its four main cigarette brands: Lucky Strike, Kent, Dunhill and Pall Mall cigarettes.
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LONDON - British American Tobacco PLC posted a 60 percent jump in third quarter net profit Tuesday, thanks partly to lower taxation charges.
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Reynolds American Inc., the nation&#39;s second biggest cigarette maker reporting earnings for the first time since the combination of RJ Reynolds and the US operations of Brown
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Reynolds American Inc. RAI.N, parent  of the No. 2 U.S. cigarette company, on Wednesday forecast 2004  profit of $5.75 to $6.05 a share, its first forecast since the  company was formed at the end of July.
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The UK food firm behind Mr Kipling cakes and Hovis bread reports a healthy return to pre-tax profits.
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Non-smokers reveled. Some smokers grumbled. But others pondered kicking the habit as France's smoking ban went into effect Tuesday with the start of the new year. Owners of bars, restaurants, nightclubs and cafes, where smoking is now prohibited, worried it would be bad for business.
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Nabi Biopharmaceuticals NABI.O on  Tuesday said its NicVAX nicotine vaccine showed promising  results in helping smokers quit smoking in a small clinical  trial, sending its shares up 23 percent in premarket activity.
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Silk Cut owner Gallaher today posted a 4.4% rise in profits, despite what the company said was the negative impact on sales of the smoking ban in Ireland and higher taxes on cigarettes in Germany.
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Scotland's five-month old smoking ban is   hitting pubs and bingo clubs, two British companies reported on   Friday, giving investors more clues what to expect when similar   legislation comes into force in England next year.
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A look at Healthways before the third-quarter earnings report.
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HAVANA -- The country known for it high-quality cigars banned smoking of all kinds in public places yesterday, as the Cuban government acknowledged the health risk of tobacco.
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Pubs group JD Wetherspoon says it is the "right time" to ban smoking in all of its pubs and bars from May 2006.
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Tobacco company Reynolds American Inc., reporting earnings for the first time since the combination of RJ Reynolds and the US operations of Brown &amp; Williamson Tobacco, on Monday
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The level of cancer-causing particles in the air is much higher in smoky bars and casinos than on truck-filled highways and city streets, according to the first study comparing indoor air quality before and after a smoking ban.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) posted a  2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating  analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil  prices.