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[New Jersey] N.J. legislators, businesses critical of proposal to raise tobacco purchase age to 21

"We are sending a message to young people that to smoke is no joke," Codey said last week in a statement. By raising the limit to 21, the legislation is geared towards curbing and preventing smoking habits for young people.
Easton (PA) Express-Times
added May 27, 2013 17:13
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[Bulgaria] Desislava Atanasova, CEDB: To lift the full ban on smoking in public entertainment establishments would be a total mistake

In order a piece of legislation to have stability it must be checked in time. Undoubtedly, the position has not changed. I think it was really an expression of European behavior by the National Assembly and there is no European country that not to take s
Focus English News (bg)
added May 27, 2013 16:59
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There is attitude to review smoking ban in public places: socialists’ candidate for Bulgarian PM

There is an attitude to review the smoking ban in public places without any fundamentally revolutionary changes, Plamen Oresharski, who has been nominated for a prime minister by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said in an interview with Bulgarian TV 7.
Focus English News (bg)
added May 27, 2013 16:48
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[Alaska] Bethel city rakes in revenue from new tobacco tax

A new excise tax on tobacco in the Southwest Alaska hub of Bethel brought the city more than $25,000 in its first month in effect. With an election looming, city officials have yet to decide what to do with the money.
Alaska Dispatch
added May 27, 2013 12:32
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Coalition for Bulgaria, business discuss smoking ban

Representatives of the parliamentary group of Coalition for Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association are discussing at parliament the proposed amendments to the regulation on the full smoking ban at public places, FOCUS News Agency repo
Focus English News (bg)
added May 27, 2013 12:18
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[Asia, Israel] Cigarette ads bill goes to plenum for approval

Proposed law would limit advertising and require tobacco companies to attach deterring images to packs.
Jerusalem Post
added May 27, 2013 11:34
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[Kuwait] Activate law that bans smoking of shishas in restaurants – MP

MP Saud Al-Huraiji has called on the Minister of Commerce and Industry and cafe and restaurant owners to activate a law that bans the consumption of ‘shisha’ (water pipes) in restaurants, especially indoors. “This behavior contradicts with the traditions
Arab Times (kw)
added May 27, 2013 11:32
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Bulgarian hospitality industry presses new government for backtrack on smoking ban

Determined to take up the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the party’s prime ministerial candidate Plamen Oresharski on promises to backtrack on the country’s full ban on smoking in public places, the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association has called fo
Sofia Globe
added May 27, 2013 11:25
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Bulgaria's CEDB leader: Smoking and healthcare cannot go along together

“If the next government rejects the smoking ban in public places, this move will be in total contradiction to what they said about working actively in the healthcare sector, because these two things – smoking and healthcare, cannot go along together,” sai
Focus English News (bg)
added May 27, 2013 11:24
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[UK] Henry Smith MP: We must stop our children getting hooked on cigarettes

For all of us who know someone who might have lived longer if they hadn’t smoked – and for those who don’t want their children to start – we must get rid of these. Putting tobacco in plain, standardised packs is the right step to take. It’s a move that w
ConservativeHome (blog) (uk)
added May 26, 2013 13:01
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