RICHMOND, Va. (WVEC) — Virginia teen cigarette smoking is at an all-time low of 6.5 percent, according to the results of the 2017 Virginia Youth Survey. The Virginia Department of Health conducted the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Two Virginia delegates want to increase the cigarette tax by six times its current amount and ban the sales of flavored tobacco products in the commonwealth. The Virginia ...

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 ...

Teen cigarette smoking in Virginia is at an all-time low – 6.5 percent — according to the results of the 2017 Virginia Youth Survey, which is conducted by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and ...