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[Europe] TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE: ANOTHER “CASE STUDY” IN SPAIN?

new case of clear, public, unethical tobacco industry interference. Altadis ... has launched a campaign addressed to the Spanish political class and Nation’s government to oppose the European tobacco products directive. This campaign includes tobacco in
TobaccoRelated.org (Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology)
added May 19, 2013 14:19
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Japan Society for Tobacco Control warns against appointing ex tobacco executive to national broadcaster

the former president of Japan Tobacco Company Mr Katsuhiko Honda is being considered for appointment as the next Chief Executive Officer of Japan Broadcasting Company (popularly known as NHK). Mr Honda continues to be affiliated with JT as a consultant ad
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
added May 19, 2013 11:39
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[Asia, Bangladesh] The Stench of Tobacco

The field is shared by Saptibari High School with 700 students. There is also a school for the blind adjacent to the tobacco market. Students of 11 other schools and colleges face the same situation due to tobacco bazaars that have invaded the school fie
Dhaka Daily Star (bd)
added May 19, 2013 11:17
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[New York] 16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions

One of the men had once lived in the same Brooklyn building as the personal secretary of a senior Hamas member, the authorities said. Another was something of a father figure to the terrorist who fatally shot at a van full of yeshiva students on the Broo
New York Times
added May 19, 2013 07:52
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[South Carolina] Hospital-area ban brings cigarette litter to Cannon Park

Ten weeks have passed since smoking was banned around the Medical University and Roper Hospital campuses, and it's apparent the smoking crowd has moved their habit a few blocks away.
Charleston (SC) Post & Courier
added May 18, 2013 23:10
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[New Jersey, New York] Editorial: Proposal to raise N.J. tobacco sales age to 21 is well-intentioned, but unnecessary

Rather than raising the cigarette purchasing age in New Jersey, resources would be better spent on anti-smoking campaigns, smoking cessation programs and enforcement of the current age limit to make it harder for those under 19 to buy tobacco.
Trenton (NJ) Times
added May 18, 2013 23:02
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Do E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit?

Smokers who wish to quit commonly use electronic cigarettes to help them, despite the lack of evidence that the devices work, a new study finds.
LiveScience.com (Yahoo!)
added May 18, 2013 22:58
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[Hong Kong] Customs seizes record high illicit tobacco seizures from transshipment containers

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (May 16) smashed a transshipment smuggling case at Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound and seized record high illicit tobacco weighing 5339 kilograms and valued at about $4 million with a duty potential of around
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added May 18, 2013 22:57
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[Israel] KASHUA: One last cigarette and I'll be a better man ($$)

There are 12 cigarettes left in the pack − I counted before I started writing. They will be the last 12 cigarettes I smoke before kicking the habit.
Ha'aretz Newspaper/Magazine
added May 18, 2013 11:39
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[Mississippi] City snuffs smoking ban expansion ($$)

McComb selectmen voted 5-0 Tuesday to strike down an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public workplaces in the city.  The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition proposed the ordinance after the organization conducted an air quality study in several M
McComb (MS) Enterprise-Journal
added May 18, 2013 11:29
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