Cigarette companies kicked out of UN-backed meeting on tobacco smuggling

GENEVA — A U.N.-backed meeting on tobacco smuggling has barred cigarette companies from attending for fear they will try to influence delegates, participants said Thursday.

Countries mull ban on selling cigarettes on Net, crackdown on smuggling via free trade zones

GENEVA — More than 130 countries met Monday to consider whether to ban the sale of tobacco on the Internet as part of an effort to crack down on the multibillion dollar market in contraband cigarettes.