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[Europe] Tobacco industry-commissioned report: large decline in EU consumption, almost no change in illegal trade
Philip Morris’s press release is a misrepresentation of the findings of the KPMG report. In reality, the report revealed that tobacco tax hikes in the EU countries effectively reduced tobacco consumption and had no consistent impact on increasing the ill
Jun 4, 2013
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
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Jun 4, 2013 00:09
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[Canada] Letter: POIET: Driving tobacco companies out of business won’t end smoking
a vocal minority seems to be more concerned with simply driving the tobacco industry out of business, assuming this will see an end to smoking around the world overnight. Imperial Tobacco Canada believes these critics should be careful what they wish fo
May 30, 2013
Montreal Gazette (ca)
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May 31, 2013 03:21
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Tobacco sales generate $500m
THE value of the tobacco crop delivered to the country’s auction floors has inched closer to the half a billion dollar mark as the cash crop consolidates its position as one of the top foreign currency earners, official figures have shown Statistics prov
May 22, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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May 22, 2013 08:00
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Really Philip Morris? You don’t market to kids?
CEO Louis Camilleri answered a question from a youth tobacco control advocate by denying that the company markets to kids, saying “That’s just not true. It’s a fable.” Sorry Mr. Camilleri, we can’t keep quiet on this one. Here are just a few recent exam
May 14, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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May 15, 2013 19:49
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[Asia, Asia-pacific] Tobacco Companies Make Their Move In Indonesia Before Regulations Hit
May 10, 2013
Brandchannel.com
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May 13, 2013 02:51
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[North Carolina] SCHOFIELD: Blast from the past: Tobacco lobby ramming through deceptive bill that endangers kids
Big tobacco is currently ramming through legislation in both houses of the General Assembly that sounds as if it is all about motherhood and apple pie. The bill (which as been introduced and advanced in both the Senate and the House at the behest of the i
May 10, 2013
NC Policy Watch (blog)
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May 10, 2013 15:46
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[Japan] LETTER: Australia's declining smoking rate
Joseph Jaworski, in his April 21 letter, "Consequences of health planning," claims that the Australian public health campaign to reduce smoking and drinking has "resulted in an Australian public that is perhaps less heathy
May 2, 2013
Japan Times
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May 8, 2013 15:49
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[North Carolina] Advocates plan to pressure Reynolds American over tobacco farm working conditions
Members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and its supporters rallied outside the Reynolds American headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday. The company's annual shareholder's meeting was being held inside, and recognition of the union w
May 8, 2013
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
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May 8, 2013 07:20
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Obama's cigarette tax up in smoke
That's the attitude within the West Wing, too -- rather than a marquee idea, aides say the 94-cents-per-pack cigarette tax was in fact not a priority, and there are no plans to build a public case for it. The tax was just the most politically palatable i
May 8, 2013
Politico
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May 8, 2013 07:12
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[West Virginia] Tobacco companies face judgment
Jurors selected from what could be the largest panel ever assembled in the state's history are expected to begin deciding next week whether tobacco companies are liable to West Virginia smokers.
May 7, 2013
Charleston (WV) Gazette
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May 8, 2013 01:54