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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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[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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[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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[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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Comic Book Men Recap: Cigars, Auctions, And Weddings

A man entered the Secret Stash with five long boxes of comic books, thinking he was going to get five grand for them. However, the bags were yellow, and the comics smelled of smoke. Because of the cigar smoke damage, Walt was only able to offer $500 for t
Comicbook.com
added Oct 23, 2012 15:03
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PLOTKIN: Smoking at the Opera

In noticing that Carmen, perhaps the most tobacco-stained character in all of opera, returns to the Metropolitan Opera Friday, I began to think about the seldom-discussed topic of smoking in the opera world.
WQXR (New York Public Radio)
added Oct 20, 2012 13:37
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Anti-smoking activists in row over China Tobacco Museum in Shanghai ($$)

Shanghai gallery visited by children was named as centre for 'patriotic education', but anti-smoking lobby says it fails to highlight health risks
South China Morning Post
added Sep 26, 2012 18:14
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[Tanzania] Women artists get jack up from cigarette firm

Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC) has pledged more support to local artists, besides calling for full involvement of women in the growing industry.
IPP Media (tz)
added Sep 6, 2012 06:21
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[Russia] Ну погоди! (эпизод 1) akaidude [ Nu, pogodi! ("I'll Get You!") ]

Nu, pogodi! ("I'll Get You!") is a series of Russian animated shorts directed by Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow, between 1969 and 1986. The plot of the series follows the mischievous and artistic Wolf (Volk) tryin
You Tube
added Aug 29, 2012 19:45
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[Russia] Smoking scenes to be deleted from Soviet cartoons

Russian children might never find out that some heroes from famous Soviet cartoons like "Nu, pogodi" and "Krokodil Gena" smoke. This is because the smoking scenes might be cut when the cartoons are air during the TV program "Good night, kids!" on the sta
Gazeta.Ru
added Aug 29, 2012 19:40
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