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[Canada] Day 142: The witness calls a time out.
. The examination of popular historian Mr. Jacques Lacoursière collapsed before noon when this first industry witness said he was unable to continue for the rest of the day.
May 14, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 15, 2013 08:58
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[Canada] JUDGMENT ON ITL'S MOTION FOR DISMISSAL AND OTHER PRE-DEFENCE REMEDIES AND ON RBH'S MOTION TO DISMISS THESE PROCEEDINGS AS IMPROPER BECAUSE OF PLAINTIFFS’ UNREASONABLE USE OF THE CLASS ACTION PROCEDURE AND ON JTM'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND DECERTIFY
CONCLUSION [62] The Court therefore dismisses the three motions. There will be no award as to costs, since some of the Companies' arguments might end up carrying the day at a later time.
May 9, 2013
Quebec Superior Court (ca)
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May 14, 2013 17:11
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[Canada] Day 141: Jacques Lacoursière and common knowledge
His report and its annexes will provide a handy-dandy catalogue of smoking-related events as covered in Quebec newspapers over six decades. But as for his conclusion that it would be impossible for someone not to know that smoking was dangerous? Or that
May 13, 2013
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
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May 14, 2013 11:14
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[Canada] 3 tobacco companies in $27B lawsuit begin their defence
Historian and professor Jacques Lacoursière testified tobacco's health risks have been common knowledge for decades. He pointed to over 700 references to the hazards of smoking dating back to the 1950s, including TV and radio reports, school manuals, gov
May 13, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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May 14, 2013 04:37
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[Canada] 3 tobacco companies in $27B lawsuit begin their defence
Lawyers are in a Montreal court today to defend three of Canada’s biggest tobacco companies against a $27-billion class action lawsuit. The complainants, two groups of individuals representing a total of 1.8 million Quebecers, allege these companies did
May 13, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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May 13, 2013 16:14
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] IS SMOKING BEHAVIOR CULTURALLY DETERMINED? EVIDENCE FROM BRITISH IMMIGRANTS (PDF)
culture also predicts health outcomes like smoking participation. We find that culture matters for the smoking behavior of sons and daughters of British immigrants in Australia and the US, and daughters of British immigrants in South Africa. We find th
May 13, 2013
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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May 13, 2013 09:12
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Impact of point-of-sale tobacco display bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey
Impulse purchasing of cigarettes was lower in places that enacted POS display bans. These findings indicate that implementing POS tobacco display bans does result in lower exposure to tobacco marketing and less frequent impulse purchasing of cigarettes.
May 2, 2013
Health Education Research
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May 13, 2013 09:06
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[Canada] LETTER: SHATENSTEIN: Tobacco may be legal, but the deadly poison is still sold to consumers
they knowingly sell deadly poison to consumers and that is both criminal and immoral. But, of course, Mr. Grant can’t make the connection because his Coalition is funded by the tobacco industry and, as author Upton Sinclair famously explained, “It is dif
May 8, 2013
Windsor (Ont) Star (ca)
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May 13, 2013 08:58
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[Canada] Prison smoking bans: clearing the air
"The fact is, a lot of inmates are smokers. It's part of the culture in prisons." Increasingly, however, governments are trying to change that part of prison culture. In 2014, Quebec will become the last province in Canada to ban smoking anywhere in its
May 10, 2013
Canadian Medical Association Journal (ca)
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May 13, 2013 04:09
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[Canada] Smoking materials caused Stony Plain apartment fire
Investigators say smoking materials on a second floor balcony started flames in the 32-unit apartment building, displacing over 60 residents Thursday night.
May 12, 2013
CBC News (ca)
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May 13, 2013 03:16