All companies making household electronics or the computer technics have the similar guarantee policy. If in your purchase factory marriage and failure in work is found out is not caused by external influences, the device are obliged to repair during a warranty period.
Company Apple has a little expanded the list of restrictions for acceptance of production on guarantee repair. The company has refused to one of the clients under repair Mac since it has become permeated with the smell of a cigarette smoke. The similar situation was and last year when to the client have refused under repair, motivating the refusal by that the tobacco smoke can harm to health of engineers.
The recent case has occurred in a workshop where the client has brought iMac the son for repair. To it have informed that repair is not possible, as in the case the tobacco smoke contains, and it is hazardous to health.
Apple Store, making comments on this history, has informed that nicotine is harmful substance absolutely officially. Besides it is forbidden to employees to work with those subjects which can harm to their health.
Monday 23 November 2009
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Frontier guards have detained illicit party of cigarettes
On November, 16th in the evening frontier guards of Kotovsk frontier group have detained on the Ukrainian-Moldavian border of the inhabitant of Razdelnjansky area with cargo of illicit cigarettes.
The 57-year-old infringer has set up on itself 7 boxes of expensive marks of cigarettes of the Moldavian manufacture: Sobranie (500 packs), Davidoff (300), Rothmans (250), Vogue (1250). Only 2300 packs.
According to the arrested person, he intended to realise cigarettes in the Odessa area. Frontier guards have withdrawn cigarettes and have transferred them in customs. The infringer of a frontier regime should bear an administrative liability of infringement of a frontier regime. The preliminary sum of an estimation of the withdrawn has made 23000 grivnas.
The 57-year-old infringer has set up on itself 7 boxes of expensive marks of cigarettes of the Moldavian manufacture: Sobranie (500 packs), Davidoff (300), Rothmans (250), Vogue (1250). Only 2300 packs.
According to the arrested person, he intended to realise cigarettes in the Odessa area. Frontier guards have withdrawn cigarettes and have transferred them in customs. The infringer of a frontier regime should bear an administrative liability of infringement of a frontier regime. The preliminary sum of an estimation of the withdrawn has made 23000 grivnas.
Tuesday 10 November 2009
World experience speaks about positive results of increase of the excise on tobacco
The statistics of quantity of smoking citizens in the various countries shows that for decrease in number of smokers it is possible to struggle successfully. One of disputable themes among the Russian experts is increase of the excise rate on tobacco and tobacco products.
The Russian experts assert that increase of excise rates only will temporarily make cigarettes less accessible and, simultaneously, will fill the budget. In their opinion, notable rise in prices for tobacco products quickly enough leads to market filling with the illicit goods. As a result volumes of the means arriving in the budget from the duty, are only reduced, the tobacco branch endures hard times, cutting down manufacture and reducing quantity of tax deductions. But the most important thing: the smoker all the same receives cigarettes under the price accessible to it.
Scientists do not agree with experts and cite as an example New York. Since July, 1st, 2002 the excise has been increased by cigarettes from 80 cents to 1,5 dollars. In a year New York could brag of that incomes in the budget have grown in 10 times! Thus the sales volume has fallen almost twice.
Now Russia has one of the lowest excise rates in the world: about 1 eurocent. For comparison the excise rate on tobacco in Great Britain makes about 5 euros on one pack. In the European Union the minimum rate of the excise (1,28 euros on a pack of cigarettes) which was accepted by all new members of EU is established.
The Russian experts assert that increase of excise rates only will temporarily make cigarettes less accessible and, simultaneously, will fill the budget. In their opinion, notable rise in prices for tobacco products quickly enough leads to market filling with the illicit goods. As a result volumes of the means arriving in the budget from the duty, are only reduced, the tobacco branch endures hard times, cutting down manufacture and reducing quantity of tax deductions. But the most important thing: the smoker all the same receives cigarettes under the price accessible to it.
Scientists do not agree with experts and cite as an example New York. Since July, 1st, 2002 the excise has been increased by cigarettes from 80 cents to 1,5 dollars. In a year New York could brag of that incomes in the budget have grown in 10 times! Thus the sales volume has fallen almost twice.
Now Russia has one of the lowest excise rates in the world: about 1 eurocent. For comparison the excise rate on tobacco in Great Britain makes about 5 euros on one pack. In the European Union the minimum rate of the excise (1,28 euros on a pack of cigarettes) which was accepted by all new members of EU is established.
The press select all the rights for advertising alcohol and tobacco
Printed editions of Ukraine in the next year may experience a serious shortage of advertising budget. Most likely, the advertising of tobacco and alcoholic beverages in 2010 will be impossible. Publishers have long been aware of the impending changes. The ban was calculated to "circumvent" due to the registration of publications, as the specialized press. However, last Friday in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a bill that calls into question the possibility of such a workaround.
It is known that the ban on advertising cigarettes and alcohol in the media comes into force from 1 January 2010. However, to date the law was not clearly defined, a publication can be considered as "specialized". Of course, many publishers re-registered their print publications, as specialized. For all existed at the time of publication of the documents to qualify for the advertising company of tobacco and alcohol.
November 6, 2009 in the Verkhovna Rada deputies of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Yelena Kondratyuk and Nicholas Bagreeva was presented a bill number 5316 "On Amending the Law" On Advertising ". It states that the specialist should be considered only those publications that are in some way illuminate the theme of production, distribution, or consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco, or publications targeted at those engaged in economic activities in these areas.
Publishers unpleasantly surprised by the new bill. After all, their estimates of advertising of cigarettes and alcohol is now about 5% of the total income of the press. Some publications targeted at male audience, can boast that their incomes tobacco-alcohol advertising is 50-60%.
Of course, you can partially bypass and a new bill. A certain level of sales can be saved by the so-called sponsorship packages. If you can not advertise brands of cigarettes Pall Mall, then promote the company British American Tobacco, apparently you can. However, the advertisers themselves belong to such proposals with caution. Desire publishing houses still have the advertising budget does not coincide with the desire of tobacco companies do not risk it. Director of Corporate Affairs «JTI-Ukraine" Dmitry Redko noted that the proposals on advertising through sponsorship packages have already received from the press, but the tobacco company will not be advertised until it knows the exact interpretation of the law.
Most likely the company, selling alcohol, will choose the same way that tobacco companies. Also still in the press were advertising companies only premium product groups. If a transparent and legitimate offers from publishing houses will not, alcohol companies redistribute the budget for other types of advertising. For example, television advertising of alcoholic beverages is legal from 23:00 to 6:00, as well as in the form of sponsorship
It is known that the ban on advertising cigarettes and alcohol in the media comes into force from 1 January 2010. However, to date the law was not clearly defined, a publication can be considered as "specialized". Of course, many publishers re-registered their print publications, as specialized. For all existed at the time of publication of the documents to qualify for the advertising company of tobacco and alcohol.
November 6, 2009 in the Verkhovna Rada deputies of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Yelena Kondratyuk and Nicholas Bagreeva was presented a bill number 5316 "On Amending the Law" On Advertising ". It states that the specialist should be considered only those publications that are in some way illuminate the theme of production, distribution, or consumption of alcoholic beverages and tobacco, or publications targeted at those engaged in economic activities in these areas.
Publishers unpleasantly surprised by the new bill. After all, their estimates of advertising of cigarettes and alcohol is now about 5% of the total income of the press. Some publications targeted at male audience, can boast that their incomes tobacco-alcohol advertising is 50-60%.
Of course, you can partially bypass and a new bill. A certain level of sales can be saved by the so-called sponsorship packages. If you can not advertise brands of cigarettes Pall Mall, then promote the company British American Tobacco, apparently you can. However, the advertisers themselves belong to such proposals with caution. Desire publishing houses still have the advertising budget does not coincide with the desire of tobacco companies do not risk it. Director of Corporate Affairs «JTI-Ukraine" Dmitry Redko noted that the proposals on advertising through sponsorship packages have already received from the press, but the tobacco company will not be advertised until it knows the exact interpretation of the law.
Most likely the company, selling alcohol, will choose the same way that tobacco companies. Also still in the press were advertising companies only premium product groups. If a transparent and legitimate offers from publishing houses will not, alcohol companies redistribute the budget for other types of advertising. For example, television advertising of alcoholic beverages is legal from 23:00 to 6:00, as well as in the form of sponsorship
Thursday 29 October 2009
Who serves results before smoking?
When the American investors think, tobacco greatness, Altria (NYSE: MO) and Filip Morris of International "(NYSE: PM) are the first the companies occur. But, being based on activity results, British American Tobacco (NYSE: БТИ) should be certain in mix movement, after the time management of the report of the company published on Wednesday.
In British American the reporting by results of nine months a basis, we with oranges, in particular, as the company has not informed some comparison of apples on profit or number income. But British the American of results volume still approximately in conformity from "Filip Morris": increase at 2 % in the general growth of volumes (including acquisitions), but 3 %-s' decrease without acquisitions. Compare that at the general decrease in volumes of Filip Morris интернэшнл "at a rate of 2,9 % (4 %-s' decrease without acquisitions) in incomes clearing last week.
Though Filip Morris has endured 4,3 % on volume a drop behind flagman brand Marlboro, British American saw 4 % of total amounts of profit for four "Global Drive brands" which include:
9 % of growth Pall Mall
5 % of growth on Lucky Strike
6 % of growth Dunhill
Such British Amerikan-visible, aeration economic storms well enough.
More impressively, British American has declared that the company has put growth of incomes and without currency of reasons (though it is not specified, whether there was it organic or at the expense of acquisitions). For comparison, Philip Morris International has informed about 5,3 % decrease in incomes for quarter and 1,4 %-s' decrease in operational incomes, and the income would grow on 6,9 % without adverse fluctuations of rates of exchange.
As global excises on tobacco products continue to grow, manufacturers of cigarettes have the work cut out for them in profit protection, despite volume decrease. For small manufacturers such as vector groups (NYSE: VGR) can be especially subject to risk as consumers solve, how many they are ready to pay to smoke.
Inside Altria has not worked much better, with decrease in sales volumes and partly increase of excise taxes, whereas Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) also have informed about 11 % drop volume. On the other hand, Lorillard (NYSE: LO) served to more, than on the average 6,1 % on volume decreases even as has shown 2,6 %-s' increase in the operational income. British American Tobacco 42 % of shares of company Reynolds American own.
Though the tobacco market does not grow in the USA, however, consumers here completely has not frightened off increase in excises. Similarly, global growth of taxes only starts to be developed. And while the branch cannot kill these taxes, global consumers even more often address to grey or the black market smoke as result of increase in excises, having left growth prospects on premium-class products, as Marlboro in some threat.
In British American the reporting by results of nine months a basis, we with oranges, in particular, as the company has not informed some comparison of apples on profit or number income. But British the American of results volume still approximately in conformity from "Filip Morris": increase at 2 % in the general growth of volumes (including acquisitions), but 3 %-s' decrease without acquisitions. Compare that at the general decrease in volumes of Filip Morris интернэшнл "at a rate of 2,9 % (4 %-s' decrease without acquisitions) in incomes clearing last week.
Though Filip Morris has endured 4,3 % on volume a drop behind flagman brand Marlboro, British American saw 4 % of total amounts of profit for four "Global Drive brands" which include:
9 % of growth Pall Mall
5 % of growth on Lucky Strike
6 % of growth Dunhill
Such British Amerikan-visible, aeration economic storms well enough.
More impressively, British American has declared that the company has put growth of incomes and without currency of reasons (though it is not specified, whether there was it organic or at the expense of acquisitions). For comparison, Philip Morris International has informed about 5,3 % decrease in incomes for quarter and 1,4 %-s' decrease in operational incomes, and the income would grow on 6,9 % without adverse fluctuations of rates of exchange.
As global excises on tobacco products continue to grow, manufacturers of cigarettes have the work cut out for them in profit protection, despite volume decrease. For small manufacturers such as vector groups (NYSE: VGR) can be especially subject to risk as consumers solve, how many they are ready to pay to smoke.
Inside Altria has not worked much better, with decrease in sales volumes and partly increase of excise taxes, whereas Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) also have informed about 11 % drop volume. On the other hand, Lorillard (NYSE: LO) served to more, than on the average 6,1 % on volume decreases even as has shown 2,6 %-s' increase in the operational income. British American Tobacco 42 % of shares of company Reynolds American own.
Though the tobacco market does not grow in the USA, however, consumers here completely has not frightened off increase in excises. Similarly, global growth of taxes only starts to be developed. And while the branch cannot kill these taxes, global consumers even more often address to grey or the black market smoke as result of increase in excises, having left growth prospects on premium-class products, as Marlboro in some threat.
Thursday 27 August 2009
Tobacco dependence
Tobacco dependence is the most common disease in the world. The attitude of society towards smoking tobacco is a contradiction. Tobacco smoking was seen as a problem when they were found negative effects of its impact on human health. Background of smoking is increasing due to incomplete knowledge patobiologicheskoy basis of tobacco dependence and lack of professional knowledge and skills of medical assistance to persons wishing to stop smoking tobacco. Experts estimate that only 5% of people smoking tobacco, can independently stop smoking, 80% of people want to stop smoking, but they need special medical care. Lack of awareness of society in a given scientific problem has led to the concept of smoking (and in fact - for tobacco dependence) as a harmful habit, in which guilt was declared himself sick because he does not want to quit smoking. Modern medical science has classified tobacco dependence as a clinical disease requiring treatment by professional medical specialists.
Experts characterize tobacco addiction as a complex and heterogeneous structure of clinical pathology. Its roots on one side go to the constitutional premorbid features of mental activity of the brain, and the other lesser known areas of biochemical mechanisms underlying the disorders of desire. Phenomenologically tobacco dependence is characterized by loss of control in the field of thinking, "I" on the origin and termination of memories and perceptions, desires, re tobacco smoking with the simultaneous development of clinical syndrome, craving to smoke tobacco, withdrawal symptoms, remissions and relapses.
Tobacco dependence on the class V of ICD-10, adapted for use in Russia, is included in the section [F10-F19] "Mental and behavioral disorders related to (caused) the use of psychoactive substances" in heading (F1h.2) "dependency syndrome", in category (F17.3h) "Withdrawal of tobacco, and (F17.0h)" acute intoxication caused by tobacco use (acute nicotine intoxication). Tobacco does not refer to the "list of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors subject to control in the RF (Lists I, II, III)", and the absence of clinically Tobacco psychoorganic deficits symptoms and personality changes caused by tobacco use, defines a special place Tobacco among disorders instincts.
Tobacco dependence is diagnosed at up to 90% in those who smoke tobacco daily.
Experts characterize tobacco addiction as a complex and heterogeneous structure of clinical pathology. Its roots on one side go to the constitutional premorbid features of mental activity of the brain, and the other lesser known areas of biochemical mechanisms underlying the disorders of desire. Phenomenologically tobacco dependence is characterized by loss of control in the field of thinking, "I" on the origin and termination of memories and perceptions, desires, re tobacco smoking with the simultaneous development of clinical syndrome, craving to smoke tobacco, withdrawal symptoms, remissions and relapses.
Tobacco dependence on the class V of ICD-10, adapted for use in Russia, is included in the section [F10-F19] "Mental and behavioral disorders related to (caused) the use of psychoactive substances" in heading (F1h.2) "dependency syndrome", in category (F17.3h) "Withdrawal of tobacco, and (F17.0h)" acute intoxication caused by tobacco use (acute nicotine intoxication). Tobacco does not refer to the "list of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors subject to control in the RF (Lists I, II, III)", and the absence of clinically Tobacco psychoorganic deficits symptoms and personality changes caused by tobacco use, defines a special place Tobacco among disorders instincts.
Tobacco dependence is diagnosed at up to 90% in those who smoke tobacco daily.
Tuesday 17 March 2009
Cigars and Port: A Couple of Luxuries
Made from grapes in the Douro Valley, Port has a long and colorful history. Fabricated in Portugal since the mid 1400’s, it didn’t increase popularity until the Methuen Treaty of 1703. A treaty that was used to – as treaties are known to do – solve war related divergences, this agreement also put Port on the European map by strengthening the Port wine trade. Soon, England was very important to the world of Port. The method of making port is an hard one. It initially involves picking grapes, smashing them (don’t worry, they use stunt doubles), and then placing the remnants in a tank where they are chopped further into tiny pieces. After sitting in this tank for close to 24 hours, the grapes begin to ferment and their sugar evolves into something else: alcohol.With Port wine, after fermentation begins, timing takes over. This is where Port becomes somewhat special and a whole lot different. Once half of the grape's sugar has been converted, fermentation must be stopped. In order to do this, the wine is mixed with clear brandy containing a proof of 150. The alcohol in the brandy kills the yeast in the wine, causing fermentation to cease. The ending result is a wine that is sweeter and higher in alcohol content than most. Though there are many styles of Port - White Port, Ruby Port, Young Tawny Port, Aged Tawny Port, Vintage Character Port, Late Bottled Vintage Port, Traditional Late Bottled Vintage Port, Vintage Port, Single Quinta Vintage Port, Crusted Port, and Garrafeira Port - most styles fall into two broad categories: Bottle aged or Cask aged. Because doing the tiniest thing different will result in a different taste of wine, the two Port processes greatly dictate the flavorful outcome.While Bottle-aged Ports generally behave like wine on Botox, keeping their color and their fruitiness well into maturity, Cask aged Ports lose flavor quickly. They are ready to drink right away and should be consumed quickly. Some of the best Ports to know are the Taylor Fladgate Tawny Port, W. & J. Graham's Tawny Port, Smith Woodhouse Vintage Character Port, Niepoort Vintage Port, Quinta do Infantado Single Quinta Vintage Port, and Adriano Ramos-Pinto Late Bottled Vintage Port. Port wine, because of its innate sweetness, is usually served with desserts, and cheese. But, when accompanied with a cigar (hand rolled ones make a particularly ideal pairing), desserts don’t hold a candle and the cheese, as a Tawny Port ditches a block of cheddar for a Camacho Corojo, stands alone.
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