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[Australia and Oceania] Australia urges world to stand up to tobacco industry
"Big tobacco will stop at nothing to use every opportunity they can to intimidate countries to not take appropriate public health measures," Jane Halton, Australia's health minister, told AFP in Geneva at a meeting marking World No Tobacco Day.
May 31, 2013
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Jun 2, 2013 10:07
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[Australia and Oceania] New Samoa TV and radio shun alcohol and tobacco ads
The newly opened television and radio stations of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa will not carry alcohol and cigarette advertising. Its general manager, Tuiasau Uelese Petaia, says television must be an avenue used for the betterment of fam
May 17, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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May 18, 2013 11:18
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[Australia and Oceania] Australia's plain tobacco packaging law at the WTO
So the underlying interests fighting Australia’s plain packaging law are not developing countries, farmers or workers but the global tobacco industry. Tobacco companies have brought direct and indirect claims against Australia in every tribunal possible,
May 15, 2013
The Conversation (au)
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May 15, 2013 19:55
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[Australia and Oceania, Solomon Islands] Government Increases Tobacco Excise Duty By 20%
The Minister for Finance and Treasury, Hon. Rick Hou has announced that the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) has increased excise duty for Tobacco products by 20%. This measure is part of the Government’s commitment to ensure the proportion of excise on
May 9, 2013
Scoop (nz)
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May 9, 2013 00:39
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[Australia and Oceania, South America/Caribbean] Cuba Takes Australia To WTO Over Plain-Pack Tobacco Law ($$)
Cuba lodged a formal complaint with World Trade Organization on Friday over Australia's tobacco packaging laws, setting in motion the latest international challenge to labeling requirements that critics say restrict intellectual property rights.
May 6, 2013
Law360
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May 6, 2013 13:49
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[Australia and Oceania, South America/Caribbean] Cuba challenges Australia over tobacco packaging
Cuba has become the latest country to launch a legal attack on Australia's landmark plain packaging rules for tobacco at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
May 6, 2013
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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May 6, 2013 13:46
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[Asia-pacific, Australia and Oceania, UK] Tobacco control in Asia
Tobacco control is being restructured in Asia. It has moved from being isolated, individualistic, and ad hoc, to a mainstream public health approach ... The epidemic will not only be solved in the corridors of clinics and hospitals, but also in the corr
May 4, 2013
The Lancet (uk)
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May 6, 2013 12:43
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[Australia and Oceania, Fiji] Smoke price to rise
EXPECT a hike in the price of cigarettes if local authorities support moves to increase taxation on cigarettes in Pacific Islands, where a high percentage of deaths are related to diseases caused by non communicable diseases (NCDs).
May 1, 2013
Fiji Times Online (fj)
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Apr 30, 2013 22:22
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[Australia and Oceania, New Zealand] Drop in smoking has improved life expectancy
Statistics New Zealand has released figures collected from 2010 to 2012, which show the gap between Maori and non Maori has narrowed to about seven years. Maori men can expect to live to 72.8 years, and Maori women to 76.5 years.
Apr 17, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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Apr 17, 2013 09:03
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[Australia and Oceania, Solomon Islands] Anger over Tobacco Regulation
Grievances have escalated between the Tobacco Regulation task forces with stake holders around consultation table to finalise the final regulation on the Tobacco ahead of its enforcement next month.
Apr 16, 2013
Solomon Star Newspaper (sb)
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Apr 17, 2013 13:26