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[Australia, Japan] LETTER: Weighing the costs and benefits

Secondhand smoke does pose a health risk to people who work in bars and restaurants that allow smoking, but those workers are consenting third parties. Many jobs are hazardous
Japan Times
added May 25, 2013 13:37
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[Australia] Sex, cigarettes link alleged

A LAUNCESTON man taught his daughter, 7, how to smoke so he could trade cigarettes for sexual favours, a court has heard. The father pleaded guilty to maintaining a sexual relationship with his daughter but denied aspects of the Crown's case.
examiner.com.au
added May 23, 2013 22:09
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[Australia] Tobacco 'as readily available as bread and milk' for poor

New research has revealed poorer West Australian suburbs have four times the number of tobacco outlets than those found in their affluent neighbours, prompting calls for tighter licensing regulation. University of Western Australia researchers studied a
WAtoday.com.au (au)
added May 23, 2013 03:47
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: International Tobacco Control Four-Country Survey

Awareness of ENDS is high, especially in countries where they are legal (i.e., the U.S. and UK). Because trial was associated with nondaily smoking and a desire to quit smoking, ENDS may have the potential to serve as a cessation aid.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
added May 21, 2013 15:46
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[Australia] Hume moves closer to banning smoking in outdoor areas

Hume Council will request funding from the State Government to implement planned bans on smoking in public places where children are present.
Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au)
added May 21, 2013 13:36
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[Australia] SHARKIE: Outdoor diners want smoke off their menu

In only four weeks, almost 7000 Victorians sent their own submissions to the Government to tell them its proposed bans didn't go far enough and should be extended to include smokefree outdoor dining and drinking areas.
Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au)
added May 19, 2013 18:51
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[Australia] Cigarettes out at Tasmanian shows

THE show is over for anyone planning to light up at the Launceston Show this year. Agricultural shows are the latest events to go ``smoke free'' under new rulings from the Director of Public Health.
examiner.com.au
added May 19, 2013 18:42
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)

While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
added May 19, 2013 14:12
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)

While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
added May 19, 2013 14:12
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[Australia, Australia and Oceania, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands] ARCHIVE: Philip Morris Limited submission on a new Pacific trade and economic agreement (PDF)

PML faces tax and excise discrimination which impedes our ability to effectively compete in a number of markets. Fiji – tariff and excise barriers – unequal treatment of imported tobacco products, contrary to Fiji’s WTO obligations and GATT rules.
Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (au)
added May 19, 2013 11:37
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