anti-smoking

Impurity concerns have prompted Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) to pull another four Chantix lots in the U.S., bringing up to 16 batches of its total recall.  The latest action covers a quartet of 0.5/1-mg tablets, and as earlier Chantix recalls, this too stems from impurities...

“Altria, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard, and Philip Morris USA intentionally designed cigarettes to make them more addictive” — according to new ads sponsored by Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) and British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BTI). Yes, it’s strategically...

In February of this year, CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) made headlines –- and acclaim from anti-smoking activists –- when it announced the company would phase out the sale of cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco in more than 7,600 drugstores by October 2014. Investors worried the...