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[UK] Child labour rampant in tobacco industry
Child labour in tobacco is rampant and on the increase... Evidence from three continents shows how children aged 14 and under are kept out of school and employed in hard and sometimes harmful physical labour to produce the tobacco leaf that fills cigare
Jun 25, 2018
The Guardian (uk)
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Jun 26, 2018 21:28
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[Asia-pacific, Japan] EDITORIAL: Lawmaker’s jeers directed at witness hurt dignity of Diet
We feel flabbergasted and enraged by his act of jeering, which disgraced the bastion of free speech, of which he is a part. Yoichi Anami, a Lower House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, heckled a lung cancer patient who was speaking at the
Jun 23, 2018
Asahi Shimbum (jp)
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Jun 25, 2018 15:33
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[Malawi] Special report: The children working the tobacco fields: 'I wanted to be a nurse'
Children in poor families work the fields in Malawi, impacting schooling, reports Sarah Boseley, amid signs of a growing international crisis....There are 18 tenant families on this tobacco farm in the Kasungu district of Malawi, each living in a straw h
Jun 25, 2018
The Guardian (uk)
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Jun 25, 2018 15:28
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New York State Teachers Retirement System Decreased By $2.02 Million Its Philip Morris Cos (PM) Position;
Jun 25, 2018
Norman (OK) Observer
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Jun 25, 2018 15:26
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[Nevada] LETTER: LTE- Chris Picior
I’m on the initiative petition committee that filed the Mesquite Citizens Initiative for Clean Indoor Air... We have never attempted to mislead voters or subvert laws or hide anything, but in an attempt to discredit this entire process, this paper has co
Jun 22, 2018
Mesquite (NV) Local News
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Jun 22, 2018 20:04
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[UK] Liam Fox caught in fresh “lobbyists as advisers” scandal
"The Institute for Economic Affairs has long acted as a paid lobbying agency for the tobacco industry. It's very worrying to see one of their staff playing such a key role in shaping Britain's trade deals as we leave the EU." The IEA didn’t respond to a
Jun 21, 2018
openDemocracy.net (uk)
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Jun 22, 2018 15:56
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Pro-smoking Japanese lawmaker apologizes for heckling cancer patient
Yoichi Anami, a ruling party MP, shouted “Enough already!” at a hearing last week when Kazuo Hasegawa, a 47-year-old non-smoker with stage four lung cancer, was testifying about the danger of secondhand smoke. Anami’s jeer sparked widespread criticism o
Jun 21, 2018
Reuters
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Jun 21, 2018 14:26
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[Australia] Another tragic scene from our filthy planet: Underwater footage shows fish attempting to EAT a filthy cigarette butt carelessly dropped in the ocean near Melbourne
The cigarette butt is captured descending towards the ocean floor as fish swim around it in eager interest. They swim towards the toxic butt and attempt to latch onto it, bouncing around the coral. The footage was filmed by a freediver, Jules, who sha
Jun 20, 2018
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Jun 20, 2018 19:56
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It Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’
Kenneth J. Mukamal, the lead investigator of the trial, was in close, frequent contact with beer and liquor executives while designing the study. Buried in that document are disturbing examples of the coziness between the scientists and their industry p
Jun 18, 2018
New York Times
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Jun 20, 2018 19:55
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[Ireland] Minister calls on smokers to kick their littering habit
According to the 2017 National Litter Pollution Report, cigarette-related litter - mainly butts - was responsible for more than 56pc of rubbish discarded on the country's streets. Packaging items like cardboard, paper, bottles and caps, glass and cans c
Jun 18, 2018
Irish Independent (ie)
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Jun 20, 2018 13:34