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[Australia and Oceania] New Samoa TV and radio shun alcohol and tobacco ads

The newly opened television and radio stations of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa will not carry alcohol and cigarette advertising. Its general manager, Tuiasau Uelese Petaia, says television must be an avenue used for the betterment of fam
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
added May 18, 2013 11:18
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[New York] Officials: Cigarette-smuggling ring in East Coast may have terror link

* Suspects allegedly smuggled untaxed cigarettes across various states * One suspect had links to a blind cleric serving life for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks
CNN
added May 18, 2013 11:16
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[India] 'Smoking harmful for health', court denies Sanjay a puff

Judge: You should give up smoking.
Hindustan Times (in)
added May 18, 2013 11:13
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[New York] Cigarette bans at city jails fuel $200-a-pack black market, surge in arrests

Since January 2012, there have been 85 arrests in connection with the black market. A single cigarette at Rikers Island goes for $30 on average, jail sources say.
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:54
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[New York] New Jersey lawmakers joining the city’s crusade to raise the minimum age to buy cigarettes

New Jersey state Sen. Richard Codey stood with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Thursday to announce his legislation, which would forbid anyone younger than 21 from buying tobacco products in the Garden State. “Preventing our youth from smoking h
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:50
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[New York] Terrorists may get money from regional, cheap cigarette smuggling ring: Ray Kelly

Some of those arrested in the bust have links to Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheik, and Rashid Baz, who opened fire on a van of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Ari Halberstam. ‘We're concerned because similar schemes have been used in t
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:48
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[New York] Arrested cigarette smuggler linked to 1994 murder of Yeshiva student Ari Halberstam on Brooklyn Bridge

an anti-Semitic livery driver has been doing time for shooting up a van full of Yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge — and killing Ari Halberstam. Now cops have nabbed his “Palestinian uncle.” Muaffaq Askar has long been suspected of supplying convic
New York Daily News
added May 18, 2013 07:44
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[Virginia] Search warrant: cigarette smuggling in western Henrico home

NBC12 is learning more about a cigarette smuggling investigation happening right now in western Henrico. Police say they found cartons of cigarettes at a home in the 7500 block of Woodman Road last week. This is down the street from Moody Middle School.
WWBT NBC12 (Richmond, VA)
added May 18, 2013 07:40
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[Maryland, New York, Virginia] Police: 2 Ocean City brothers central to cigarette smuggling ring

Basel Ramadan, 42, of Ocean City is the accused boss and ringleader of what authorities are calling an untaxed cigarette distribution enterprise. His brother, Samir Ramadan, 39, another local resident, was his right-hand man who focused on control and di
DelmarvaNow.com
added May 18, 2013 07:39
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[Virginia] Cigarette smuggling in New York has history of terrorism ties

PIX11 News reported more than eight years ago about links between cigarette smuggling and the financing of terrorism. ... he first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 was said to be partially financed by cigarette smuggling. One of the convicted b
WPIX-TV (New York, NY)
added May 18, 2013 07:27
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