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[Canada] London health unit clamps down on convenience store cigarette marketing campaign
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is throwing the book at local convenience store operators supporting an in-store marketing campaign that goes against the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. The campaign’s focal point is a petition, displayed on an electronic t
May 23, 2013
Metro (ca)
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May 23, 2013 02:45
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[UK] Business big shot: Sir Ronnie Flanagan ($$)
Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the former chief constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and its peacetime reincarnation the Police Service of Northern Ireland, became the latest former senior police officer to advise a big tobacco company with his appointment at
May 22, 2013
Times Of London (uk)
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May 23, 2013 13:19
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MARTENS: IRS Sleuths Were on the Right Track: Big Tobacco Created Tea Party in 1994
Big Tobacco not only created the Tea Party, it has promoted it over decades, pumped millions into marketing it, and pulled it out of its magic hat every time it needed to produce an overnight, spontaneous “grassroots” movement.
May 22, 2013
DeSmogBlog.com (ca)
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May 23, 2013 03:50
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[North Carolina] Tar Heel lawmakers gird for tobacco fight
The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
May 22, 2013
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
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May 23, 2013 03:43
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[New York] Tales of Actual Legislation: Weprin would ban ‘irresponsible’ smoking in cars
Assemblyman David Weprin is touting a bill that would ban smoking in private cars where a child under 14 is present. “Smoking is prohibited in many public places, as you well know,” Weprin, D-Queens, said. “The dangers posed to a child from second-hand
May 22, 2013
Albany (NY) Times Union blogs
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May 22, 2013 13:45
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[Illinois] Bill takes aim at secondhand smoke on campuses
Some faculty, students support bill; others question effectiveness
May 22, 2013
The Alestle (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)
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May 22, 2013 13:03
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Illinois Senate approves electronic cigarette ban for minors
Minors statewide would not be able to buy electronic cigarettes under a plan unanimously endorsed in the Senate Tuesday. Senate sponsor state Sen. John Mulroe, D- Chicago, said this legislation updates state law to include new advancements in nicotine pr
May 22, 2013
The Times of Northwest Indiana
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May 22, 2013 07:38
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[Nigeria] FG Revised Its Anti-Tobacco Bill
As the World Health Organisation pledged not to have any negotiation with any tobacco company, Nigeria says it has revised its anti-tobacco law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill to review the existing tobacco law is now before the
May 22, 2013
Leadership (ng)
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May 22, 2013 07:34
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FABER: Tobacco Subsidies are Smoking Gun
Like most of us, McCain thought the U.S. stopped subsidizing tobacco after the famed “tobacco” buy-out in 2004. Fact is, between 1995 and 2011, taxpayers gave tobacco farmers another $276 million in crop insurance subsidies – on top of $1.3 billion in ot
May 21, 2013
Environmental Working Group
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May 22, 2013 19:43
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Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., offered the first crop insurance amendment Monday, proposing an end to $33 million a year in insurance policies for tobacco farmers ... "It turns out Joe Camel's nose has been under the tent this whole time in terms of crop ins
May 21, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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May 22, 2013 18:52