International Stories

» Why Analysts' Negative Commentary On The Tobacco Industry Is Just Wrong (2012-02-03)
» EU Health Prize for Journalists 2011 (Europe) (2012-02-02)
» Research and Markets: Tobacco: Global Industry Guide - In 2015, the Global Tobacco Market Is Forecast To Have a Value of $889,275.1 Million, an Increase Of 23.4% Since 2010 (2012-01-27)
» Research and Markets: Pricing In The Global Tobacco Industry: Prices Will Rise But Will Profits Follow? (2012-01-30)
» 'Unstoppable' Smoking Cessation Campaign Gains Momentum as Journalist Wins EU Special Prize (Europe) (2012-02-01)
» Research and Markets: Tobacco: Top 5 Emerging Markets Industry Guide (2012-02-02)
» Building Tobacco Control Research in Thailand: Meeting the Need for Innovative Change in Asia (Thailand, Asia) (2012-01-28)
» WHO calls for efforts against passive smoking (Pakistan, Mid-east) (2012-02-02)
» Imperial’s Spanish losses continues (Spain) (2012-02-01)
» Price and tax drive illicit tobacco trade (Germany) (2012-02-01)
» Sanctions against Syria and economic woe in Spain take a toll on Imperial Tobacco sales (2012-02-01)
» GCC Control Tobacco Committee discusses anti smoking strategy (Mid-east, Uae: Dubai) (2012-01-29)
» UPDATE 1-Imperial Q1 reported sales dip 1 pct as Spain drags (2012-02-01)
» Smoking ban delayed by interested businesses (Uae, Mid-east) (2012-01-30)
» Proliferation of Remote Sales from Abroad — An Unintended Consequence of the PACT Act? (2012-02-01)
Australia
Sky News (au)
» Daniel Radcliffe gets tobacco delivery (Australia) (Feb 2, 12 )
Tasmanian Government Media Office
» Where Else Are the Liberals' Cigarette Donations Going? (Australia) (Feb 3, 12 )
Canada
Globe and Mail (ca)
» Can tobacco be used to cure cancer? (Canada) (Feb 1, 12 )
Halifax News Net (ca)
» Police seize illegal cigarettes, charge Timberlea-area woman (Canada) (Feb 3, 12 )
Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca)
» Capital Pride wants smoking ban eased (Canada) (Feb 3, 12 )
» Capital Pride organizers want grace period on outdoor smoking ban (Canada) (Feb 2, 12 )
» LETTER: SHATENSTEIN: Embrace smoking bylaws (Canada) (Feb 2, 12 )
St. John's (Nfl) Telegram (ca)
» Man arrested after contraband cigarettes seized (Canada) (Feb 3, 12 )
Windsor (Ont) Star (ca)
» RCMP bust illegal-cigarette ring (Canada) (Feb 2, 12 )
Estonia
Estonian Public Broadcasting [Eesti Rahvusringhääling] (ee)
» Senior Gets Week in Jail for Smuggled Smokes (Estonia) (Feb 3, 12 )
France
Radio France Internationale
» Smoking on the rise despite five years of France's public smoking ban (France) (Feb 1, 12 )
Gibraltar
PANORAMA (gi)
» Shop raided, tobacco seized and arrests made (Gibraltar) (Feb 3, 12 )
Greece
Greek Reporter
» Lung Cancer Becomes an Epidemic in Greece (Greece) (Feb 2, 12 )
India
CNN-IBN (in)
» Discourage glamorisation of smoking: CEO, Censor Board (India) (Feb 3, 12 )
DNA India (in)
» Rs1 lakh worth fake beedis seized, kingpin arrested (India) (Feb 3, 12 )
Press Information Bureau-Government of India (in)
» MoHFW Launches Anti Tobacco Mass Media Campaign (India) (Feb 2, 12 )
Rediff on the Net
» 'Nothing's more alluring than Katrina lighting your beedi' (India) (Feb 1, 12 )
The Telegraph (Calcutta) (in)
» Tobacco stains on hospitals (India) (Feb 1, 12 )
» Power puff rules - Tobacco shops near campuses, police can't be bothered (India) (Feb 3, 12 )
The Times of India
» Jorhat launches anti-tobacco drive (India) (Feb 3, 12 )
» Film-makers fume over anti-smoking diktat (India) (Jan 29, 12 )
Ireland
Evening Herald (ie)
» Phone link over €300k cigs raid (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
Irish Examiner (ie)
» Series of illegal tobacco seizures in Cork (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
» Series of illegal tobacco seizures in Cork (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
Irish Independent (ie)
» Stricter smoking rules after fire death in home (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
Irish Times (ie)
» Smoker's clothes caught fire (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
The Journal.ie (ie)
» More than 125,000 cigarettes seized in Cork (Ireland) (Feb 3, 12 )
Israel
Globes/Israel's Business Arena
» Duty-free cigarette allowance to be halved (Israel) (Feb 1, 12 )
Ha'aretz Newspaper/Magazine
» LIVNEH: The next cigarette (Israel) (Feb 3, 12 )
The Moodie Report (uk)
» Israeli Treasury proposes halving duty free tobacco allowances (Israel) (Feb 2, 12 )
Jamaica
Jamaica Gleaner (jm)
» LETTER OF THE DAY - Kill smoking habit before it kills you (Jamaica) (Feb 3, 12 )
Lebanon
Beirut Daily Star (lb)
» Restaurants and other renegades stamping out smoke ahead of ban (Lebanon) (Feb 1, 12 )
Lithuania
The Baltic Course (uk)
» Lithuania's top smuggling item in 2011 – Belarusian cigarettes (Lithuania) (Feb 3, 12 )
Macau
Macau Daily Times (mo)
» Unpaid smoking fines could lead to visitor ban (Macau) (Feb 3, 12 )
Malawi
Malawi Today (mw)
» WHO, FCTC disputes burley claims as Malawi gets case study status (Malawi) (Feb 2, 12 )
Malaysia
AsiaOne (sg)
» ICA confiscates over 4,000 cartons of cigarettes (Malaysia, Singapore) (Feb 2, 12 )
Mid-east
BBC Online
» AUDIO: WATER PIPE SMOKING (Saudi Arabia, Mid-east) (Feb 1, 12 )
Netherlands
Radio Netherlands (nl)
» Lung cancer on the rise among Dutch women (Netherlands) (Feb 3, 12 )
Russia
New York Times
» Russian Submarine Fire Took Hundreds of Workers a Day to Extinguish (Russia) (Dec 30, 11 )
Saudi Arabia
BBC Online
» AUDIO: WATER PIPE SMOKING (Saudi Arabia, Mid-east) (Feb 1, 12 )
Singapore
AsiaOne (sg)
» ICA confiscates over 4,000 cartons of cigarettes (Malaysia, Singapore) (Feb 2, 12 )
Spain
The Journal (uk)
» Roll-ups boom as UK smokers cut back (UK, Spain) (Feb 2, 12 )
Switzerland
worldradio.ch 88.4 FM IN GENEVA (WRS) (ch)
» VIDEO: E-cigarettes—quitter's best friend or new health hazard? (Switzerland) (Feb 2, 12 )
Uae
The National Newspaper (ae)
» Shisha will stay hot in UAE, taxed or not (Uae) (Jan 30, 12 )
» UAE considers tobacco tax but sales unlikely to go up in smoke (Uae) (Jan 30, 12 )
Uganda
(Kampala, Uganda) Monitor
» Fear as tobacco company shuts offices (Uganda) (Feb 3, 12 )
UK
ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) (uk)
» Guidance on the display and pricing of tobacco products in England, for tobacco retailers and regulatory officers (PDF) (UK) (Dec 16, 11 )
» Are you ready for the Tobacco Display Ban? (UK) (Feb 3, 12 )
BBC Online
» 'Toxic' risk of counterfeit cigarettes sold in Sussex (UK) (Jan 30, 12 )
Bucyrus (OH) Telegraph-Forum
» Crestline man gets probation for smuggling cigarettes (UK) (Feb 3, 12 )
Camden New Journal (uk)
» Council leader Nash Ali defends Town Hall's £32m tobacco pension investment (UK) (Feb 2, 12 )
FOREST (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco)
» Hockney hits back at "haters of tobacco" (UK) (Jan 28, 12 )
» Parents invited to pledge to make their cars smoke-free for kids (UK) (Jan 23, 12 )
Hartlepool Mail (uk)
» The true cost of smoking (UK) (Feb 3, 12 )
Leicester Mercury (uk)
» EDITORIAL: Fine anyone who smokes in hospital (UK) (Feb 2, 12 )
Retail Bulletin (uk)
» ACS publishes retailers' guide to tobacco display ban (UK) (Feb 3, 12 )
The Guardian (uk)
» Letters: CHAPMAN: David Hockney should stick to painting (UK) (Jan 31, 12 )
» Letters: HOCKNEY: The trouble with tobacco haters (UK) (Jan 27, 12 )
The Journal (uk)
» 11 North East people die every day due to smoking (UK) (Feb 2, 12 )
» Roll-ups boom as UK smokers cut back (UK, Spain) (Feb 2, 12 )
This is London (Associated Newspapers) (uk)
» Interview: Lord Hanson's cigarette king is still smoking out the takeovers (UK) (Feb 3, 12 )
UK-Scotland
BBC Online
» Appeal judges reject Imperial Tobacco's cigarette display bid (UK-Scotland) (Feb 2, 12 )
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
» EDITORIAL: Avoid last season’s chaos at tobacco auction floors (Zimbabwe) (Feb 3, 12 )