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[Lebanon] Lebanese Love of Smoking Collides with a Public Ban
Juhaina Khalidiya examines the fierce debate between those who support the purported health benefits of the ban and smokers and restaurant owners, who warn that the law could have severe economic consequences.
Sep 4, 2012
Al-Monitor
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Sep 5, 2012 02:34
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[Canada] NEW BRUNSWICK v. ROTHMANS, et. al. [Tobacco companies' statement of defence] (PDF)
Aug 20, 2012
DocumentCloud.org
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Aug 24, 2012 14:34
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[New York] NY1 Report: City Loses Millions On Untaxed Cigarettes
A New York City Finance Department sweep of 1,400 stores found more than 40 percent were selling untaxed cigarettes or using fake tax stamps.
Jun 9, 2012
NY1 (Time Warner Cable)
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Jun 9, 2012 22:56
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Estimating the cost of a smoking employee
Employees who smoke impose significant excess costs on private employers. The results of this study may help inform employer decisions about tobacco-related policies.
Jun 3, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Jun 4, 2013 00:06
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[New York] Letter: Cigarettes are causing more harm than guns
smoking is responsible for 443,000 deaths annually; 49,000 related to exposure to secondhand smoke. Daily, more than 3,800 people under 18 years of age start smoking. That’s more than 1 million future victims. Annually, smoking-related illnesses cost all
May 14, 2013
Buffalo (NY) News
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May 14, 2013 17:24
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[Canada] The real cost of smoking tenants
The study, sponsored by smoking-cessation drug producer Pfizer Canada, canvassed 401 real estate agents and brokers for their take on selling properties where smoking routinely took place. Some 56 per cent of those real estate professionals said buyers a
May 6, 2013
Canadian Real Estate (ca)
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May 7, 2013 07:56
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[Australia, UK] EDITORIAL: It's time to quit
The cynical lobbying of the tobacco companies—and their renewed attempts to sway public opinion with misleading advertising—to continue to market a substance that is known to be a leading cause of cancer should not be tolerated. Enough is enough, it's ti
Apr 25, 2013
The Lancet (uk)
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Apr 25, 2013 12:40
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RICHMOND: Fund Early Education With Tobacco Taxes: An Interesting Longshot
President Obama's proposal is probably doomed. But here are the pros and cons. ... I asked Rick Hess, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, to lay odds on the tobacco tax hike surviving. "I'd put
Apr 18, 2013
The Atlantic Monthly
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Apr 18, 2013 16:41
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[Massachusetts] Are companies' 'No Smoking' policies turning into 'no smokers need apply'?
More and more Massachusetts employers, worried about health-care costs, sick days and perhaps emboldened by a buyers market for labor, are looking into excluding smokers from their pools of job applicants, said Thomas Jones, vice president of the employe
Feb 4, 2013
Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican
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Feb 4, 2013 13:35
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A Modern Economic View of Tobacco Taxation
"Governments can raise significant revenue through cigarette taxes without placing a large net burden on the poor. Indeed, for most parameter values our calculations suggest that tobacco taxes are progressive."
Jan 1, 2008
World Lung Foundation
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Jan 6, 2013 13:12