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[New York] LETTER: We need to stop big tobacco from targeting Staten Island's youth

United Activities Unlimited is an agency dedicated to helping Staten Island youth grow responsible. UAU is joining with other youth-serving organizations to put an end to this deadly epidemic.
Staten Island (NY) Advance
added Sep 16, 2012 22:18
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[New York] Health Department Launches New Smoking Cessation Campaign, Suffering Every Minute, Which Depicts the Health Consequences of Smoking

The Health Department today announced a new campaign, Suffering Every Minute, which includes two new television, Internet and print ads depicting the devastation and suffering caused by smoking-related illness
New York City Department of Health
added Sep 13, 2012 06:56
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Court knocks down requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packs

Judges say the Food and Drug Administration failed to show how the images would reduce smoking.
American Medical News
added Sep 12, 2012 11:48
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The European Commission Must Protect Our Jobs: European Tobacco Growers Oppose DGSANCO Tobacco Initiatives

it seems likely that the Directorate General for Health and Consumers has planned 'out and out war' on the tobacco industry when revising the Tobacco Products Directive.
PR Newswire
added Sep 12, 2012 10:13
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[Canada] Carl V Phillips - TobaccoTactics

Phillips is a former Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta (Canada). He now runs his own private research consultancy, Populi Health Institute. Phillips has received funding from the tobacco industry
TobaccoTactics
added Sep 8, 2012 13:16
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WEISSMANN: Why We Should Care About Big Tobacco's 1st Amendment Rights

It's not hard to imagine state and local governments trying to slap similar labels on the bad-for-us products consumers love. And it will be up to voters to push back.
The Atlantic Monthly
added Aug 31, 2012 15:24
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[Germany] Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study

Appear to be far less toxic than tobacco cigarettes, researcher says
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Aug 30, 2012 12:28
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[Asia-pacific] Where the Marlboro man is still king

According to the latest Tobacco Atlas, . . . Pacific islanders are the world's heaviest smokers, with rates of 58 percent in Kiribati, 52.9 percent in Nauru, and 44 percent in Palau and Papua New Guinea.
Foreign Policy Magazine
added Aug 23, 2012 14:52
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[Australia] Bid to ban cigarettes for anyone born after 2000

An international campaign to ban the sale of cigarettes to young people has been given a leg up in Australia. This would mean that we would have a generation of people not exposed to tobacco products
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Aug 22, 2012 15:17
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[Australia] PLAIN PACKETS LOOM BUT PUFF LEFT IN TOBACCO INC.

The tobacco firms insist that the fight is not over -- Australia is still facing action at the World Trade Organization over the plan from Ukraine, Dominican Republic and Honduras, and an investment treaty lawsuit in Hong Kong. But Daube said the High C
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added Aug 21, 2012 03:01
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