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Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: the example of the UK cigarette market

Industry-initiated cigarette price changes in the UK appear timed to accentuate the price gap between premium and ULP brands. Increasing the prices of more expensive cigarettes on top of tobacco tax increases should benefit public health, but the growing
Addiction
added May 28, 2013 07:12
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[Europe] Tobacco tactics hinder public health efforts in smoking reduction - The case of the UK

A research report by the University of Bath in the UK concludes that British tobacco firms have been using pricing strategies with the objective of undermining tobacco tax policy.
European Public Health Alliance (be)
added May 28, 2013 07:06
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[Massachusetts] Two Bellingham business owners join tobacco task force

Two business owners have agreed to join a task force created last month to study the economic impact of draft amendments to the Board of Health's tobacco bylaw. Emad Asaad, owner of the 7-Eleven on Pulaski Boulevard, and Antonie Khoury, owner of Gateway
Milford (MA) Daily News
added May 28, 2013 06:51
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[Asia, India] Banned, but indirect promotion of tobacco goes up

“There has been a dramatic reduction in the direct advertisement of tobacco use, but indirect advertising has gone up. Also, products are promoted at the point of sale. Advertis­ing of tobacco products in any form violates Section 5 of the COTPA,” said D
Deccan Chronicle (in)
added May 27, 2013 16:50
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[Australia] June 30 to be Last Day for Open Display of Tobacco Products

In the spirit of celebrating the day, the Cancer Council will be encouraging over 750 NSW tobacconists for initiating the practise of terminating the use of display hoardings of cigarettes and tobacco in front side of their shops.
French Tribune (fr)
added May 27, 2013 12:22
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[New York] LETTER: Cigarette ad sets a poor example

I was quite startled when I viewed the prominent yellow sign on the front of a store in Weedsport advertising "cigarettes sold here" as though it was some kind of great honor. Really? Just when we as a community are striving to improve the health of all
Auburn (NY) Citizen
added May 26, 2013 10:50
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[Asia, Sri Lanka] Supermarkets used to promote smoking

with pending cases regarding graphic pictorial on cigarette cartons to be heard before the Supreme Court soon, companies have opted less direct methods for advertising, especially by displaying them above the cashiers in supermarkets. “This easily catches
The Nation (lk)
added May 26, 2013 02:08
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[UK] Banned for half a century, cigarette adverts are staging a lucrative comeback - but with an electronic 'smoke'

London's advertising agencies can sense an exciting new opportunity. Traditional cigarette maker British American Tobacco - the world's second-biggest producer and best known for its Dunhill, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike brands - has begun a search for a L
This is Money (uk)
added May 26, 2013 01:34
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ARCHIVE: Historians’ testimony on “common knowledge” of the risks of tobacco use: a review and analysis of experts testifying on behalf of cigarette manufacturers in civil litigation

Defence historians unduly limit their research materials, ignoring industry records and, therefore, critically undermine their ability to evaluate industry activity in the smoking and health controversy as it unfolded in historical time. A consequence is
Tobacco Control
added May 25, 2013 13:18
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KAMEROW: Big Tobacco lights up e-cigarettes

Let us count the ways that e-cigarettes are upsetting. First and foremost, they are increasingly available and cheap. You can buy them, singly or in packets, in many US convenience stores for about half the price of conventional cigarettes. They are flav
British Medical Journal
added May 24, 2013 18:30
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