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[Canada] LETTER: SHATENSTEIN: With smoking, there is nothing left to debate
Imperial does not join in that effort but merely “supports open and honest debates about public health.” What is left to debate? Tobacco products sicken and kill. Imperial has a duty to its stakeholders to promote, market and sell as much of its legal b
May 31, 2013
National Post (ca)
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Jun 2, 2013 22:45
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: There’s nothing left to debate about tobacco
Marie Polet, the president and CEO of Imperial Tobacco Canada, says the company conducts its business “in a professional and responsible way.” When a firm has the leading market share of products that kill close to 40,000 Canadians every year, caution sh
May 31, 2013
Montreal Gazette (ca)
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Jun 2, 2013 22:43
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[Asia, Qatar] Passive smoking risk alarming for pregnant women
A study has found an alarming exposure to second-hand smoke from cigarettes and shisha among pregnant Qatari women both inside and outside their homes. The global prevalence of second-hand smoke among pregnant women shows Qatar in the third place at 80%
May 31, 2013
Gulf Times (qa)
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Jun 2, 2013 22:36
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[South America/Caribbean] PAHO/WHO urges total bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in the Americas
Such bans are one of the most effective ways to reduce consumption of tobacco, which kills some 1 million people every year in this hemisphere. Only five countries in the Americas have total bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. The fi
May 31, 2013
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:46
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[Canada] Harper Government Invests in Programs to Help Canadians Quit Smoking
Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Health, announced an investment today in two projects that will give health care providers tools and services to help Canadians quit smoking. "Our government is committed to helping Canadians
May 31, 2013
MarketWire
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Jun 2, 2013 19:45
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[Asia, Malaysia] New measures to be introduced to tighten tobacco control
A slew of reforms will be introduced to tighten tobacco control, including banning direct and indirect promotion of tobacco products and reducing the nicotine content in cigarettes by 2015. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the graphic h
Jun 3, 2013
The Star (my)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:38
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Will Russia's Monkey Wrench Cripple the Tobacco Industry? (LO, MO, PM, RAI)
Luckily for Philip Morris and British American, burgeoning middle-class growth in China and India could prove to be more than enough to curb any sales weakness in Russia, but the potential for a "monkey-see, monkey-do" effect could be an even more worris
Jun 2, 2013
Motley Fool
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Jun 2, 2013 19:35
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[Asia, Bangladesh] ‘Tobacco lobbyist’s active’
Tobacco companies have appointed ‘powerful lobbyists’ to secure their interests by liaising with the government’s upper echelon, said State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam. “There is a movement to control Tobacco use. Tobacco companies have appointed lobby
Jun 1, 2013
bdnews24.com (bd)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:32
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UK investor puts pressure on Japan Tobacco over returns
four proposals from The Children’s Investment Fund will be put to a majority vote – and each will almost certainly be rejected, as they were last year. Not that this will bother TCI, the UK-based investment group, which expects to make a similar set of p
Jun 2, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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Jun 2, 2013 12:15
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Is France trying to ‘kill off’ the e-cigarette?
Experts suggest that Touraine acted with an excess of caution rather than face the possibility of health risks from e-cigarettes being discovered down the road. “The French minister was overly cautious, and her zeal is catastrophic,” judged Jean-François
May 31, 2013
France 24 (fr)
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Jun 2, 2013 11:19