VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Cigarette butts have been identified as a problem in Virginia Beach, and now the city is taking action to combat the issue. “Most people don’t put cigarettes into a container if ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Cigarette litter is no small matter, and together with local partners, askHRgreen.org is taking a big approach to encourage Hampton Roads residents to stop dropping their butts. From ...

NORFOLK -- Cigarette smuggling has become big business in Virginia and now law enforcement agencies across the state and country are joining forces to crack down on the crime. Agent Kyle Blanks with ...

A veteran cigarette smuggler was given a suspended sentence and a $20,000 fine Thursday for being caught last year with more than 10,000 packs of cigarettes. Osama Fawaz M. Qaiymah, 37, of Richmond, ...

For most of its history, the tobacco business primarily meant one thing for Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. — cigarettes. Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris USA, traces its lineage to ...

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to three years in prison for cigarette smuggling. The U.S. attorney’s office in Martinsburg said in a news release that 32-year-old Mohamed ...

Northern Virginia city officials are considering raising local cigarette taxes even as legislators in Richmond contemplate limiting their ability to do so with at least two of more than a dozen bills ...

Virginia corrections officials have quietly begun banning cigarettes in some state prisons and plan to make the entire system tobacco-free by February 2010. The health measure follows a national trend ...

The tobacco companies made sure a carton was a no brainer for a last-minute gift for smokers. Back in 1965, the cartoon was ...

Virginia students are returning to tobacco-free campuses this week. That’s because a state law that took effect July 1 bans tobacco on school property for every district in every school-related ...

West Virginia wasn’t the only state with anti-tobacco initiatives that suffered after OSH closed down. New York state’s ...