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[Russia, Illinois] Student deported in cigarette trafficking case

A foreign student taking computer courses in Chicago was sentenced Monday to a year in prison for trying to distribute 350,000 untaxed cigarettes.
The Tennessean
added Oct 18, 2012 14:39
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[UK-Scotland] Revealed: Triads raking in £10m as they flood Scotland with counterfeit tobacco

WARNINGS have been issued that the fake smokes - posted into the country - contain high levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide.
Daily Record and Sunday Mail (uk)
added Oct 18, 2012 09:24
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[Europe, Sweden] EU commissioner pleads innocence

Malta's John Dalli on Tuesday evening (16 October) first hit back at allegations of improper conduct with the help of New Europe, an online newspaper on EU affairs, which emailed his statement to journalists in Brussels.
EUobserver.com
added Oct 18, 2012 09:15
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] Snus: an export ban and EU tobacco rules

The product is banned under the EU's Tobacco Product Regulation Directive that defines tobacco for oral use as "all products for oral use, except those intended to be smoked or chewed".
Times of Malta (mt)
added Oct 18, 2012 08:29
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] EU freezes tobacco law after lobbying scandal

The European Commission has frozen work on its new anti-tobacco law, despite warnings it is falling into a tobacco industry trap. Spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde-Hansen said on Wednesday (17 October) that internal talks on the law - "inter-service consultatio
EUobserver.com
added Oct 18, 2012 03:56
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] Health NGOs decry 'big tobacco' attempt at derailing Dalli anti-smoking campaign

The European Public Health Alliance claimed Dalli's resignation showed "how powerful the tobacco industry can be in influencing and undermining decision makers that are trying to support public health measures. . . . The cancer charity Smoke Free Partne
Malta Today (mt)
added Oct 18, 2012 03:21
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[New Zealand] Tough steps to stub out smoking mulled

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said yesterday the Government was considering fines for smoking with children in a vehicle, banning smoking in parks and clamping down on duty-free tobacco limits. "We are looking at every option we can to stop pe
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added Oct 18, 2012 03:17
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[Europe, Sweden] Dalli denies resignation pre-announced by Barroso (full statement)

The Maltese Commissioner has issued a statement which follows. This statement is brought to you exclusively by New Europe, which is the first news source to make it public. The European Commission press service has REFUSED was not technically equipped to
New Europe
added Oct 18, 2012 03:12
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[Europe, Sweden] A timeline: John Dalli OLAF investigation

Earlier this summer, on July 11, Commissioner John Dalli was informed by hand delivered letter from the Director General of OLAF Giovanni Kessler that he was "considered to be a person concerned in an OLAF investigation
New Europe
added Oct 18, 2012 03:10
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] Exclusive: John Dalli interview on OLAF, resignation, tobacco directive [VIDEO]

John Dalli came to New Europe's Brussels HQ on the morning of October 17, and was interviewed by Alexandros Koronakis and Cillian Donnelly on the OLAF investigation, his resignation, and the tobacco directive.
New Europe
added Oct 18, 2012 03:05
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