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[Canada, USA] Couche Tard says it is victim of tobacco war in the United States

Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard says it is caught in the middle of a war among U.S. cigarette manufacturers that is hurting its merchandise sales. Tobacco manufacturer Phillip Morris, the maker of the Marlboro brand, instituted a poli
(Prince Edward Island) Guardian (ca)
added Nov 28, 2012 04:49
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Health Canada's overreach in fight against e-Cigarettes casts doubt on motives

While sanctioning the sale of cigarettes and other nicotine containing products, Health Canada combats healthier alternatives as a criminal substance casting doubt if motive is public health. http://www.ElectronicCigaretteCanada.ca/ is one company prosec
Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca)
added Aug 22, 2012 15:44
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[Canada, India] Second Hand Smoke: Creepy Dual-Smoker Ads (PHOTOS)

A recent ad campaign commissioned by cancer care network Health Care Global Enterprises, is sending a creepy, yet powerful message to those who smoke around children: If you smoke they smoke.
Huffington Post (blog)
added Mar 21, 2013 00:10
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[Canada] Strategy launched by anti-smoking group

The Alliance for the Control of Tobacco delivered a five-year strategy to curb smoking in the province. The anti-smoking group presented the plan to the health minister on Tuesday morning in St. John's.
CBC News (ca)
added Feb 26, 2013 16:32
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[Canada] ‘Surplus’ tobacco flooding the Canadian black market: RCMP

With Canadian tobacco fields heading for their biggest yield in years, the RCMP says significant amounts of the raw leaf product are being sold under the table to contraband cigarette factories.
National Post (ca)
added Nov 5, 2012 10:38
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[Canada] Day 63: Smooth Character

Today the trial met a fourth president, who was only one of many executives rotated through the company while it was owned by RJR-International. His name is Peter J. Hoult, and he worked at RJR-Macdonald for a total of seven years in the decade between
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Sep 28, 2012 11:46
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[Canada] LETTER: Science doesn't support public smoking ban

Re: "VIHA: Ban smoking on beaches, in parks," July 12. As there is no science to back such a ban, this proposed action must simply be viewed for what it is - a mean-spirited attack on a portion of the population, denying them full use of public spaces.
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Jul 14, 2012 14:24
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[Korea - South] 'Gangnam Style' cigarettes to debut in Canada

a newly established cigarette company is piggy-backing on the song's popularity to sell their products. "One of our new arrivals will have the name of 'Gangnam,' riding on the huge popularity of Psy's 'Gangnam Style,'" said Kang Cheol-jung, the 54-year
GlobalPost
added Jan 30, 2013 16:06
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[Canada] Day 33 - The Science Guy

Today the world of tobacco science and the world of law entered each other's orbits when a former scientist for Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., Dr. Andrew Porter, testified
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 30, 2012 02:15
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[Canada] Day 82: a GREAT DAY for public health researchers

For decades Imperial Tobacco maintained what is arguably the best and most consistent monitoring tool on smoking behaviour. Its Continuous Market Assessment (CMA) . . . . The information that will be released soon . . . is a valuable gift from this trial
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Nov 14, 2012 13:28
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