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XIKAR enhances customer service, manufacturing.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... XIKAR, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., has reported two changes to increase responsiveness to customer's needs, and to smooth and expedite the flow of product. First is the addition of Phillip Barnhart as XIKAR's new customer service manager. "Phil comes to us with eight years of...

AMA wants "R" rating for movies with smoking.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... Delegates to the American Medical Association have asked their organization to recommend equating smoking to graphic violence, language and nudity on the silver screen, meaning that smoking in movies would earn the films an "R" rating. "Smoking in movies has increased dramatically since...

"Historic" cigarette tax bill passed in New York.(Industry News)
August 1, 2004... The New York Association of Convenience Stores hailed as "historic" the state Legislature's passage of a bill that requires the state Department of Taxation and Finance to begin collecting taxes on Indian sales of cigarettes, motor fuel and other products to non-Indians by 2005. The...

Tobacco industry execs urge rejection of buyout tax hike.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
October 1, 2004... In August, members of Congress heard from the top executives of 34 domestic tobacco manufacturers, in the form of a letter, about the effects a Senate amendment that includes the largest federal tax increase since 1992 would have on the industry. It has been called the most anti-competitive...