Philip-Morris

Denver City Council bans flavored tobacco and nicotine products. Again.

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Denver City Council bans flavored tobacco and nicotine products. Again.

The Denver City Council voted Monday to ban sales of nearly all flavored tobacco and nicotine products in city limits. The council majority brushed aside arguments from convenience store and smoke shop owners facing potentially steep revenue losses and warnings about the potential of a black market forming for flavored products. Instead, they heeded calls … Read more

Ottawa getting $40 million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

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Ottawa getting million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market. The news comes after Conservative, Bloc and NDP MPs on the House of Commons health committee grilled staff from Canada’s procurement department this … Read more