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[UK] Trading Standards swoop after cigarettes offered as game prizes at Liverpool funfair

Cigarettes were seized from a Liverpool funfair where they were being offered as prizes in arcade games. The packets were on offer alongside scratchcards and teddies in coin machines and in ‘grabber’ machines in an arcade at the Blackpool Comes to Live
Liverpool Daily Post & Echo (uk)
added May 22, 2013 12:19
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[UK] Retailer prosecuted for selling 'cheap white' cigarettes

In the first case of its kind, a UK convenience store owner has been found guilty of selling dangerous ‘cheap white’ cigarettes, following a prosecution by Lincolnshire Trading Standards.
Convenience Store (uk)
added May 22, 2013 12:15
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[Europe] ‘Dead in its tracks’ – UKIP leader and MEPs slam EU over legislation that could ‘kill’ the e-cig industry

Nigel Farage has accused the EU of having “no understanding of people or business” over proposals which could limit retailers’ ability to sell electronic cigarettes. The UKIP leader launched the blistering attack after health lobbyists backed up Europea
betterRetailing (uk)
added May 21, 2013 06:21
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[New York] LETTERS: Vito Lopez and terrorist-funding cigarette smugglers

My family has always complied with the tobacco tax law in our Bronx deli, but many of our competitors sell cheaper, untaxed cigarettes. That makes it hard for honest small businesses to compete, encourages young people and others to smoke, cheats New Yor
New York Daily News
added May 20, 2013 09:38
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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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[Asia, India] Non-cigarette FMCG biz lights up ITC

The non-cigarette fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) segment of ITC has recorded its maiden profit, helping the cigarette-to-hotel major post 19.4 per cent increase in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2012-13.
Business Standard (in)
added May 17, 2013 23:42
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VIDEO: Could tobacco be the next biofuel?

Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley may keep the tobacco industry from going up in smoke. Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, trucks and other machines. (May 17)
USA Today
added May 20, 2013 09:00
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Japan Society for Tobacco Control warns against appointing ex tobacco executive to national broadcaster

the former president of Japan Tobacco Company Mr Katsuhiko Honda is being considered for appointment as the next Chief Executive Officer of Japan Broadcasting Company (popularly known as NHK). Mr Honda continues to be affiliated with JT as a consultant ad
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
added May 19, 2013 11:39
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[Asia, India] ITC clocks 3% volume growth in cigarettes

Business Standard (in)
added May 17, 2013 23:39
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[Turkey, UK] Türk Telekom pushes health awareness to top of agenda

Türk Telekom, the leading communications technology company in Turkey, has won government praise for a major health drive. One the country's largest employers, Türk Telekom planned a comprehensive campaign that would go well beyond the confines of the bu
The Guardian (uk)
added May 17, 2013 14:24
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