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[North Carolina] Tobacco markets were a way of life

Eastern North Carolina’s tobacco markets and festivals were once the highlight of the social calendar. As the 1992 markets ramped up, N&O writer and Wilson native Dennis Rogers remarked on the weight the tobacco market still carried.
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
added Mar 6, 2013 13:26
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[Switzerland] Red Cross museum tries to return tobacco money

Admitting “a lack of vigilance,” the Geneva-based International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum has refused a controversial donation offered to it by Japan Tobacco International (JTI). However, JTI says it won’t take the money back. Last November, a h
swissinfo (Swiss Radio International) (ch)
added Feb 25, 2013 23:31
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[Switzerland] Outrage over tobacco funds for Red Cross

Campaigners are fuming over donations made by Japanese Tobacco International (JTI) to the Geneva-based International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum and to the Geneva Red Cross. Red Cross officials, however, downplay the controversy.
swissinfo (Swiss Radio International) (ch)
added Nov 10, 2012 12:43
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SMOKING, THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, ANTI-SMOKING AND BETELNUT IN CHINA

* SMOKING IN CHINA * History of Tobacco in China * Chinese Smokers * Smoking Culture in China * Smoking and Doing Business * Cigarettes in China
Facts and Details (blog)
added Mar 12, 2013 15:26
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[China] Advocates decry tobacco exhibition

said Tang Qiong, vice director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Promotion Committee. "The China Tobacco Museum is itself the tobacco industry's biggest advertisement," Tang said at an event Tuesday. Prior to the event, the committee organized an unautho
Global Times (cn)
added May 21, 2013 16:56
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Smoking Kids: Photographer Frieke Janssens' Disturbing Exhibition Questions Youth Culture (PHOTOS)

For "Smoking Kids," Janssens dressed four to nine year olds in period costumes referencing the golden age of cigarette culture. The final touch to their retro-chic ensembles was a glowing cigarette (although Janssens' are made of cheese, candles and ince
Huffington Post (blog)
added Jan 29, 2013 19:34
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[Virginia] EDITORIAL: Altria: For the arts

Although Altria is not alone, it still sets standards for public involvement. Its efforts make Richmond a better place. . . . Altria's presence generates gratitude.
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added Jul 20, 2012 02:10
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[China] Cigarette gate attracts criticism

A new gate in Zhouzhi county, Northeast China's Shaanxi province, valued at almost one million yuan ($160,800), has sparked discussion among Internet users due to is cigarette shape.
China Daily (cn)
added Nov 29, 2012 16:22
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[Canada] No! No! No! Santa's smoking pipe axed from Night Before Christmas book

The American Library Association has cried foul, saying the changes amount to 'an act of censorship that denies the audience access to the author's authentic voice.'
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Oct 25, 2012 06:41
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[China] 'Giant cigarettes' in Shaanxi county draw ridicule from fuming netizens

Fuming Chinese netizens (many presumably local citizens from Zhouzhi) complained that the new works of art looked like “giant cigarettes” implanted vertically into stone pedestals and that the government had wasted "hundreds of millions of yuan".
South China Morning Post
added Nov 29, 2012 16:08
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