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[Canada] Could e-cigarettes save smokers' lives? Some health advocates think so

Are electronic cigarettes dangerous and potentially hazardous to health or an important tool that can help people quit smoking? It depends on whom you ask.
Globe and Mail (ca)
added May 2, 2013 15:18
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[Africa, Nigeria] Minister Seeks Quick Passage Of Tobacco Bill

The Minister of State for health, Dr. Mohammed Pate has canvassed for the passage of Tobacco Bill as part of efforts to stem the increasing cases of high blood pressure in the country.
Channels Television (ng)
added May 2, 2013 13:20
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[Canada] Municipal park smoking ban starts today

Sudbury smokers will have to butt out in all municipal parks and associated facilities, or face potential fines, starting today.
Sudbury (Ont) Star (ca)
added May 2, 2013 12:56
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[Europe, UK] Imperial Tobacco's light idea to go electronic

IMPERIAL Tobacco has set up a venture to develop electronic cigarettes as it seeks to reignite profits weighed down by cash-strapped European smokers switching to roll-your-owns and illegal cigarettes.
The [London, UK] Express
added May 2, 2013 12:48
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[UK] Tempus: Deciphering the smoke signals ($$)

The most startling statistic to emerge from first-half figures from Imperial Tobacco Group is the 10 per cent fall in the number of cigarettes the company sold in the UK. This has to be down to the illicit or quasi-legal trade, because basic consumption
Times Of London (uk)
added May 2, 2013 12:46
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[UK] Whitehall smoking claim 'shocking'

Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said: "For a Whitehall source to say that improving public health and reducing premature mortality is no longer one of the Government's key purposes is shocking. "
Liverpool Daily Post & Echo (uk)
added May 2, 2013 06:42
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[UK] Plain fag packets plan up in smoke

DAVID Cameron has scrapped plans to force all cigarettes to be sold in plain packs, The Sun can reveal. Health ministers had been weighing up the move for a year. Campaigners had insisted making packets
The Sun (uk)
added May 2, 2013 06:40
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UK government abandons plain cigarette packaging plan

The British government is abandoning plans to introduce plain cigarette packaging, in a move that will please the tobacco industry that had challenged the claim it would put young people off smoking. Health ministers had been weighing banning brands on
Financial Times (uk)
added May 2, 2013 06:34
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[UK] New outdoor smoking bylaw comes into effect today

The air around London's parks, playgrounds and municipal buildings is about to get clearer. The City of London's new outdoor smoking bylaw prohibits smoking within nine metres of park recreational amenities such as playground equipment, splash pads, spo
LondonCommunityNews.com (ca)
added May 2, 2013 03:27
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[Canada] Day 139: Mid-trial review - the plaintiffs speak

the mood in the courtroom over the past two days has been so somber and intense, that I came away wondering if it was possible that the curtain might indeed be brought down on the whole thing. No one - and certainly not the judge - was acting as though t
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 2, 2013 03:09
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