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Frank R. Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89
In 1989, he led a successful fight to ban smoking on all commercial airline flights. Mr. Lautenberg, once a two-pack-a-day smoker, told the Senate: “With this legislation, nonsmokers, including children and infants, will be free from secondhand smoke. Wor
Jun 3, 2013
New York Times
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Jun 3, 2013 13:20
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New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at age 89, last remaining World War II veteran in Senate
next time a flight attendant reminds you there’s no smoking on the plane or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank ... when tobacco-state lawmakers asked what would become of tobacco farmers, Lautenberg scoffed, “Grow soy
Jun 3, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Jun 3, 2013 11:54
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Senator Frank R. Lautenberg A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
• Smoking on Airplanes: In his first term, in 1987, Senator Lautenberg wrote the groundbreaking law banning smoking on airline flights lasting two hours or less ... • Smoking in Federal Facilities: Senator Lautenberg wrote the 1994 law ... FDA-Tobacco
Jun 3, 2013
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
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Jun 3, 2013 11:48
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[UK] Health groups dismayed by news 'big tobacco' funded rightwing thinktanks
The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have received tens of thousands of pounds in funding from leading tobacco companies. Their admissions have dismayed health groups, which question the degree to which both organis
Jun 2, 2013
The Observer (uk)
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Jun 3, 2013 23:42
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[Asia, Bangladesh] ‘Tobacco lobbyist’s active’
Tobacco companies have appointed ‘powerful lobbyists’ to secure their interests by liaising with the government’s upper echelon, said State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam. “There is a movement to control Tobacco use. Tobacco companies have appointed lobby
Jun 1, 2013
bdnews24.com (bd)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:32
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[Canada] Smoke free petition wants 10,000 signatures
On May 31 - World No Tobacco Day - a petition asking municipal councillors of Grey County and Bruce County to support a Smoke-Free Outdoor Spaces By-law for Grey and Bruce communities was launched.
Jun 1, 2013
Simcoe County (Ont) Online (ca)
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Jun 1, 2013 12:53
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[Asia, China] Officials urged to help smokers kick habit
Officials in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, are being urged to stop smoking during their everyday public duties, and at official events. In a written proposal, Guangzhou Tobacco Control Office said the city's officials can set a good example t
Jun 1, 2013
China Daily (cn)
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Jun 1, 2013 12:24
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[Canada] Youths spearhead petition on smoking ban
Local youths are spearheading an online campaign that calls for smoke-free outdoor spaces in Grey-Bruce. In conjunction with the Grey-Bruce Health Unit, the petition starts today ñ World No Tobacco Day -- with a goal of collecting 10,000 signatur
May 31, 2013
Owen Sound (Ont) Sun Times (ca)
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Jun 1, 2013 12:54
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[California] MATHEWS: The Thank God We Didn’t Buy That Drug Cheat’s Ballot Box Budgeting Measure Tax
But the defeat of Prop 29 doesn’t change the fact that taxes on cigarettes and tobacco are good public policy, and not just because they raise funds. Taxing something gives you less of it, and fewer cigarettes and smokers would be good for public health
May 31, 2013
Fox&Hounds
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Jun 1, 2013 12:06
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[Jamaica] LETTER: Health minister blowing smoke?
Jamaica, despite having ratified the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in July 2005, has yet to fully satisfy its obligations under the treaty. We fail to enact legislation to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship, as well as smoking in publ
May 31, 2013
Jamaica Gleaner (jm)
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May 31, 2013 11:59