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[Canada] SHATENSTEIN: Opinion: Why are grocery stores still selling cigarettes?

If the three large chains that dominate the grocery-store market in Quebec could agree that tobacco products have no place in their stores, they’d be sending a meaningful, potent signal to society.
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added May 31, 2013 03:23
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[Canada] Letter: POIET: Driving tobacco companies out of business won’t end smoking

a vocal minority seems to be more concerned with simply driving the tobacco industry out of business, assuming this will see an end to smoking around the world overnight. Imperial Tobacco Canada believes these critics should be careful what they wish fo
Montreal Gazette (ca)
added May 31, 2013 03:21
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[Canada] Ontario (Attorney General) v. Rothmans Inc., 2013 ONCA 353

They brought a motion to set aside the service ex juris of Ontario’s statement of claim against them, and to stay or dismiss the action on the basis of lack of jurisdiction. Conway J. dismissed their motion. We are asked to reverse that decision. For the
Ontario Courts (ca)
added May 30, 2013 19:25
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[Canada] $50-billion tobacco lawsuit to go ahead in Ontario

TORONTO — Several big foreign tobacco companies lost a bid on Thursday to have a $50 billion lawsuit by the Ontario government thrown out of court. Ontario’s Court of Appeal refused their request.
Edmonton (Alberta) Journal (ca)
added May 30, 2013 19:17
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Imperial Tobacco Canada asks: "What would a world with no legal tobacco industry really look like?"

While some of the industry's critics are concerned with improving public health, a vocal minority seems more concerned with simply driving the tobacco industry out of business, assuming this will see an end to smoking overnight.
Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca)
added May 30, 2013 18:22
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[Canada, USA] More Smoke on the Big Screen: Health Organizations Demand Adult Rating for Movies that Show Smoking

Alarmed by a sharp increase in scenes of smoking in youth-rated movies, health and medical groups in Ontario and New York State have joined forces to call for adult (18A/R) ratings on all future films that show people smoking. The organizations have writ
Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca)
added May 30, 2013 17:58
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[Canada] Ontario wins important victory in $50-billion lawsuit against tobacco firms

The Ontario government won an important victory in a $50-billion lawsuit against tobacco manufacturers Thursday, when the Ontario Court of Appeal refused to let international parent companies out of the court battle.
Globe and Mail (ca)
added May 30, 2013 17:38
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[Canada] Ontario Court of Appeal refuses to dismiss $50 billion tobacco lawsuit

Several big foreign tobacco companies have lost a bid to have a $50 billion lawsuit by the Ontario government thrown out of court. Ontario's Court of Appeal has refused their request. The three-judge panel unanimously said it sees no legal reason to ove
Canadian Press
added May 30, 2013 17:07
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[Canada] Adopt plain tobacco packaging or face future health epidemic, researcher warns

University of Waterloo tobacco researcher David Hammond suggests that Canada must follow suit to curb deaths from smoking. After several decades of steady decline, smoking rates in Canada appear have stalled
University of Waterloo (ca)
added May 30, 2013 01:42
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[Canada] Day 149: The rational decision to smoke

Mr. Duch ... introduced a new concept ... rational choice theory as applied to smoking. ... High levels of belief that tobacco is harmful means that "the smoking decision is not any less rational than voters' decisions – they are informed decisions."
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added May 29, 2013 11:07
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