Country/Territory Situation regarding cigarette vending machines Australia Sales prohibited under 18. Can only be located in liquor licensed and gaming venues, must display health warnings and cannot contain images of product (only a description and price on a black and white label). Austria Sales prohibited under 16. Machines must attempt to verify a customer’s age by requiring the insertion of a debit card or mobile phone verification. Belgium Sales prohibited under 16. Machines need to be locked/unlocked by a responsible adult. Bulgaria None present Croatia Banned Cyprus Banned Czech Republic Sales prohibited under 18. Machines situated in bars and similar places only. Denmark Sales prohibited under 18. Machines generally situated in restaurants, bars and hotel lobbies. Age verification monitored by staff. England Ban came into force on 1 October 2011. 2 Estonia Banned Finland Due to be banned on 1 January 2015. France Banned Georgia Banned Germany Sales prohibited under 18. Machines must provide an age verification (usually German identity card, European driving licence or Electronic cash Card). Until 2007 the sale was prohibited to under 16. Since 31. December 2008 all public cigarette machines must have an age verification to prove that the buyer is 18 or over. Greece Banned Guernsey A ban was approved on 1 July 2010, following an amendment to the existing tobacco advertising law. The exact date of implementation has yet to be decided. Hungary Banned in 2006 Iceland Banned Ireland Sales prohibited under 18. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified. Israel Ban came into force on 1 January 2014 Italy Sales prohibited under 18. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer. Latvia Banned Lithuania Banned Luxembourg Sales prohibited under 16. Age has to be proven at the counter or bar before a token is issued so that the machine can be used. Malta Sales prohibited under 16. Netherlands Sales prohibited under 18. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified. New Zealand Sales prohibited under 18. Machines situated in bars and similar places only. From 10 December 2004, machines can only be operated by staff. Northern Ireland Ban came into force on 1 March 2012 Norway Sales prohibited under 18. Machines are token operated. Poland Banned Portugal Sales prohibited under 18. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer. Romania Banned Slovakia Banned Slovenia Banned Spain Sales prohibited under 18. Scotland Ban came into force on 29 April 2013. Singapore Banned Sweden Sales prohibited under 18. Switzerland Sales from machines are age restricted in 21 out of 26 cantons (12 cantons under 16 9 cantons under 18 5 cantons no age restriction (although most retailers won’t sell to under 16.). United States Only in facilities where people under 18 are not allowed. 3 Ukraine Banned Wales Ban came into force on 1 February 2012. See also edit

  • Clark Whittington, creator of the Art o mat, a project to convert disused cigarette machines into art vending machines
  • Distroboto, a project to convert disused cigarette machines into zine vending machines
  • Taspo, a Japanese system for age verification at cigarette machines
  • Action on Smoking and Health

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Newport (cigarette) – wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The original Newport had a white filter and a hint of mint both were gone in 1969 and thus the white filter was replaced by a standard filter. The Newport Classic full flavor cigarettes were promoted for many years as a cigarette that allows you to “Enjoy a full flavor menthol, without drowning out pure tobacco taste.” In the mid 1980s, Newport began an advertising campaign that courted African Americans in urban areas. In two years, Newports became the fifth most popular cigarette on the market. 3 A 2004 study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the percentage of teen Newport smokers doubled between 1989 and 1996. Researcher Karen Gerlach indicated that Newports made the most significant progress with the Hispanic and White American teen markets in those years. 4 A 1998 Massachusetts Department of Public Health report indicated that Newports alongside unfiltered Camel cigarettes contained the highest levels of nicotine in cigarettes on the market. In the following six years, Lorillard Tobacco increased the amount of nicotine in Newports by 10%.

Varieties edit

Newport cigarettes come in several varieties Full Flavor, Medium, and Lights. In the United States, effective June 2010, “Medium” and “Lights” will be re branded into “Blue” and “Gold” respectively. On the box, the words “Menthol Box” for shorts and “Menthol Box 100s” for 100s were replaced simply with “Cigarettes”. Each variety is sold in 85mm soft packs (king size), 80mm hard packs (box), and 100mm soft and hard packs. They are available in standard packs of 20 cigarettes, as well as the more unusual 25s, containing 25 cigarettes. Prior to the signing of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the late 1990s, they were sold in packs of ten as well.

Due to the new FDA Tobacco Regulations, the terms “Full Flavor”, “Medium”, “Light”, “Mild”, and “Ultra Light” have been discontinued. New names for Newport Cigarettes are as follows

  • Newport Box (Full Flavor)
  • Newport Box 100s (Full Flavor 100s)
  • Newport Smooth Select (Full Flavor)
  • Newport Smooth Select 100s (Full Flavor 100s)
  • Newport Menthol Blue (Medium)
  • Newport Menthol Blue 100s (Medium 100s)
  • Newport Menthol Gold (Light)
  • Newport Menthol Gold 100s (Light 100s)
  • Newport Non Menthol
  • Newport Non Menthol 100s
  • Newport Non Menthol Gold
  • Newport Non Menthol Gold 100s

Non menthol Newports in Full Flavor and Lights were sold in United States during the mid to late 1990s, possibly as late as 2002 however they were discontinued until November 2010 in which they re released them in order to keep up with the non menthol cigarette smokers in America. The packs are identical in design to standard menthol Newports except the turquoise colored area was red on the Full Flavors and mustard yellow on the Lights. Newport Slim 120s (introduced 1998), Newport “Stripes”, and Newport “M Blend” were other varieties that have also been discontinued.

In some Latin American markets, such as tourist areas of the Dominican Republic, British American Tobacco has released some limited edition varieties and outer packagings including

  • Newport Silver (menthol ultra lights
  • Newport Freezing Point (10 & 20 count boxes)
  • Newport Midnight Blast

Lawsuits and criticism edit

A lawsuit against the Lorillard Tobacco Company alleged that in the late 1960s, company vans were used to make regular trips to housing projects where free Newport cigarettes were given to children and babies. 5 Evidence showed that the deceased plaintiff died of lung cancer, but that she started smoking at 9 years old after receiving free Newport cigarettes near the playground. 6 7 The Supreme Court of Massachusetts upheld $35 million of damages against Lorillard Tobacco Company while reversing other issues of damages. 8

See also edit

  • Kool
  • List of additives in cigarettes
  • List of cigarette smoke constituents
  • Menthol cigarette
  • Tobacco smoking

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