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[Canada] PASKEY: Tobacco is Alberta's biggest cancer killer - so what are we doing about it?
It makes more sense to tie bylaws to the most harm: and smoking, not pitbulls, or fast bikers, or unpicked-up dog poop, is a leading cause of harm. It would take political leadership to go hard at our number one cause of cancer death. Yes, it would.
Jan 14, 2013
Metro (ca)
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Jan 14, 2013 10:46
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[Missouri] Push in St. Louis County Council to ban smoking in casinos
On Friday, that tweak turned into a call for a major alteration as O’Mara announced he would introduce legislation at Tuesday’s council meeting to remove all exemptions from the ban, including those for the county’s two gambling venues, River City Casino
Jan 12, 2013
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
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Jan 13, 2013 23:45
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[Greece] Inside a Greek Poet’s Work, a Reflection of Her Country’s Hard Times
Greece’s feisty, 81-year-old national poet, was holding court on a recent afternoon, ... Asked to describe the mood in Greece today, she did not mince words. “Darkness and chaos,” she said, drawing on a cigarette.
Jan 12, 2013
New York Times
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Jan 12, 2013 05:03
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[Australia] An election promise to count on: outdoor smoking bans coming
The ACT government says it will fulfil its election promise to increase the number of smoke-free outdoor areas in the territory and hopes to enact the laws during this term.
Jan 8, 2013
Canberra (ACT) Times (au)
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Jan 7, 2013 13:55
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[UK] Australian plea delayed submissions on cigarettes ($$)
Consultations on whether Britain will become the first European nation to enforce plain cigarette packs were extended by the Government — on the day that Australia requested that the deadline be prolonged.
Jan 1, 2013
Times Of London (uk)
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Jan 4, 2013 00:08
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[Illinois] Editorial: Hysteria over limits on cigarettes goes up in smoke
After five years of living with the law, most Illinoisans have found they like it. A poll last month by the American Lung Association in Illinois found 77 percent of state residents favor the law. Even smokers — more than half of them — think it’s a good
Jan 3, 2013
Chicago Sun-Times
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Jan 2, 2013 22:36
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[Europe] EU appoints tobacco lobbyist to top ethics panel
The European Commission has attracted criticism for reappointing a tobbaco lobbyist to its ethics committee on lobbying. It gave the job to Michel Petite – a French lawyer at the London-based firm Clifford Chance, who works for US tobacco giant Philip M
Dec 31, 2012
politicsuk.eu (Manchester Gazette) (uk)
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Dec 31, 2012 09:44
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WEISBERG: Gun control? Think smoking
The other is a public health model, as with seat belts or smoking, where better policy advances through regulation, litigation and incremental political change.
Dec 21, 2012
Albany (NY) Times-Union
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Dec 21, 2012 08:01
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[Philippines] Aquino Trumps Church, Big Tobacco With Twin Laws
Philippine President Benigno Aquino defeated the Catholic Church and the tobacco lobby by using his popularity to push through twin laws to provide free condoms to the poor and boost taxes on tobacco and liquor.
Dec 19, 2012
Business Week/Bloomberg
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Dec 20, 2012 00:04
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[Ukraine] Fence around Parliament not restored, smoking rooms not banned
In addition, information about the closing of the smoking room in the Parliament has not been confirmed. Both rooms work.
Dec 18, 2012
ForUm (www.for-ua.com) (ua)
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Dec 18, 2012 17:42