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[Indiana] Evansville's bars still fuming over smoking ban

Lawsuit moves into appeals process
Evansville (IN) Courier & Press
added Jul 9, 2012 12:03
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Oregon's Missed Opportunity for Tobacco Prevention; Master Settlement Agreement Monies Spent Elsewhere

The Lund Report
added May 15, 2012 17:59
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[Canada, USA] GLANTZ: The FDA made the right decision not to appeal the current warning labels

Fortunately, new papers have been published that supplant the need for the FDA to estimate the effects of the warning labels, particularly an excellent study of the effects of the Canadian warning labels that showed a 22.5% drop in the likelihood of bein
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
added Mar 29, 2013 14:13
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[New York] Breakable bonds leave city a winner in smoking slowdown

But Newman, the former deputy comptroller, doesn’t see it that way. While emphasizing that a potential default was still a long way off, he said that the city needs to keep in mind what investors will think the next time it goes to the market with a bon
New York World (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)
added Feb 6, 2013 20:57
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[Canada] Day 107: The body count begins

or the first time the testimony is focused not on the action of the companies, but on the impact of their products on Quebec consumers.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Feb 5, 2013 16:52
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Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense?

Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question: Instead of trying to penalize them and change their ways, why not just let these health sinners die prematurely from their unhealthy hab
AP - Associated Press
added Jan 26, 2013 22:36
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Tobacco farms drive major deforestation in Tanzania

Cutting of trees for firewood to cure tobacco over the last few decades has been a major driver of deforestation and worsening extreme weather in Tanzania's central western Tabora region, experts say. But efforts to persuade tobacco farmers to adopt othe
AlertNet ( Thomson Reuters Foundation) (uk)
added Dec 26, 2012 23:22
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CBO: Cigarette Tax Hike Would Cut Deficit

Increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes by 50 cents a pack would save lives and, in the long run, reduce the federal deficit even though people would be living longer on Medicare, a study found.
MedPage Today
added Dec 3, 2012 10:49
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[Asia-pacific, China, Philippines] Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths

According to the fourth edition of the Tobacco Atlas, put out by the American Cancer Society and the World Lung Foundation, tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the world.
Inter Press Service (IPS)
added Oct 16, 2012 02:33
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[Europe, Poland] New EU smoking directive will cut treasury revenue, claims tobacco industry

EU directives to changes in cigarette packaging and sale will hit Polish Treasury coffers, says Poland's National Association of Tobacco Producers.
Polskie Radio (pl)
added Sep 20, 2012 14:29
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