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[Asia-pacific, Australia, New Zealand] Concerns over Vanuatu tobacco investment
Tobacco control advocates have raised concerns about cigarette manufacturers setting up operations in the Pacific, after Vanuatu rejected an application from a foreign tobacco investment company.
Oct 12, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
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Oct 14, 2012 16:49
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[Asia-pacific, Philippines] Int’l expert warns on high excise tax
The chief of the US-based International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) warned the government against high taxes on fast-moving goods like cigarettes as this would definitely give rise to illicit trade.
Oct 4, 2012
Malaya (ph)
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Oct 3, 2012 20:29
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[Asia-pacific, Philippines, USA] US think tank cautions vs steep taxes on cigarettes
The International Tax and Investment Center says lowering tariffs should be the way to go especially once the Association of Southeast Asian Nations becomes a single economic bloc by 2015. The International Tax and Investment Center says lowering tariffs
Oct 3, 2012
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (ph)
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Oct 3, 2012 07:50
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[Asia-pacific, Indonesia] Editorial: Ashtray nation
the efforts to discourage smokers by increasing excise tax and health campaigns clearly evaporate in the face of all the endorsements of big tobacco.
Sep 19, 2012
Jakarta Post (id)
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Sep 27, 2012 13:59
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[Asia-pacific] WHO gives full support to Australia's plain tobacco packaging
"Australia scored a major victory when its highest court recently upheld the country's novel plain packaging law," said Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, during the sixty-third session of the WHO Regional Committee for th
Sep 26, 2012
New Zealand Doctor (nz)
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Sep 27, 2012 13:47
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[Asia-pacific] Pacific Islanders have high obesity, smoking rates
University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking.
Sep 24, 2012
EurekAlert
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Sep 27, 2012 13:14
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[Asia-pacific] Newly Released Legacy Report Discusses Tobacco Control Efforts in the Pacific Islands
Report Chronicles How Various Pacific Islander Groups Work Together, Share Resources to Combat Tobacco Use
Sep 25, 2012
American Legacy Foundation
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Sep 26, 2012 14:06
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[Asia-pacific] Pacific Islanders have high obesity, smoking rates
In the first study to detail the health of Pacific Islanders living in the United States, University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high rates of obesity and smoking.
Sep 24, 2012
Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
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Sep 24, 2012 16:25
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[Asia-pacific, Australia, USA, Virginia] Big Tobacco warning at free-trade talks
Delegates attending trans-Pacific free-trade negotiations in the United States are being warned their countries could end up like Australia if they agree to allow corporations to sue governments in international courts.
Sep 11, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
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Sep 11, 2012 12:21
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[Asia-pacific, Philippines] WB study highlights ‘lucrative’ outbound smuggling of local cigarettes
There is more incentive to smuggle cigarette products out of the country as Philippine prices remained low compared with most of its Southeast Asian neighbors, a study from the World Bank (WB) showed.
Aug 28, 2012
Business Mirror (ph)
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Sep 6, 2012 02:36