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[Africa, Nigeria] Anti-Tobacco Campaigners, Others Fault Proposed Ban On Smoking

PLAN by the Lagos State government to ban smoking in hotels, schools, night-clubs and so on was, at the weekend, faulted by both anti-tobacco campaigners as well as tobacco industry. Meeting at a public hearing, held at the Lagos State House of Assembly
The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria)
added May 12, 2013 16:51
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[UK] WHITE: The fags and booze crackdown that wasn't: or why we need a register of lobbyists

without a statutory register, a compulsory code of conduct, and an obligation on all politicians and civil servants to declare their meetings, the industry simply comes across as sordid. Countless Government decisions appear suspicious, when they may very
New Statesman (uk)
added May 9, 2013 14:29
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Crosby health policies role in UK denied

DAVID Cameron's strategy chief Lynton Crosby had "no input" into the decision to ditch two key health policies from the Queen's Speech, a Conservative Party source insisted after a Tory MP questioned his links to alcohol and tobacco firms. Sarah Wollasto
News Interactive Network/News Limited/News.com (au)
added May 9, 2013 14:25
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UK MP hits out at 'Australian huckster'

Labour MP Diane Abbott said the influence of the Tory strategy chief Lynton Crosby was clear after plain packaging for cigarettes and minimum pricing for alcohol were not included in Wednesday's Queen's Speech, despite the government previously suggestin
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 9, 2013 14:24
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[UK] STACEY: Senior Tories distance themselves from Crosby | Westminster blog

Even Tories are getting involved ... Sarah Wollaston MP Are alcohol & tobacco lobbyists the real 'barnacles' that need to be scraped off the Ship of State?
Financial Times blogs
added May 9, 2013 14:22
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[UK] Tobacco groups race to recruit Indonesian smokers ($$)

All this promotional activity is proscribed by BAT’s self-imposed marketing code, which prohibits advertising or promotion that links smoking to professional or sporting success, popularity or sexual prowess. But BAT has exempted itself from its own rules
Financial Times (uk)
added May 9, 2013 12:51
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[California] Lowell Bergman, Reporter Who Investigated the Tobacco Industry, Talks About His Film, The Insider

Infamous investigative reporter Lowell Bergman, whose investigation of the tobacco industry in the '90s was dramatized in the motion picture The Insider tells us about his experience ... The Insider is screening tonight at 8:30 as part of the San Francisc
San Francisco Weekly
added May 9, 2013 00:37
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[New Zealand] State register of tobacco sellers mooted

The Health Ministry said it was working on the idea of forcing tobacco retailers to be listed on a state register of tobacco outlets. Having some form of register or licensing system is a policy promoted by both Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) and Br
New Zealand Herald
added May 8, 2013 23:33
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[UK] Lobbyist dictating alcohol and tobacco policy, says Labour

David Cameron today faced questions over top aide Lynton Crosby and his links to alcohol and tobacco firms. Measures restricting the products in England appeared to be set back just as it emerged that Mr Crosby’s lobbying company had represented alcohol
London Evening Standard (uk)
added May 8, 2013 12:46
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[UK] Queen's Speech: No 10 aide in row over tobacco links

A row erupted today over links between top No 10 aide Lynton Crosby and the alcohol and tobacco industries. It came as the Government was criticised by cancer charities for failing to announce new laws in the Queen’s Speech to curb smoking.
London Evening Standard (uk)
added May 8, 2013 12:28
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