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[Australia] Smoking children need to be part of the federal government's anti-smoking campaign

CHILDREN as young as 12 are lighting up cigarettes and should be included in the federal government's anti-smoking campaign, a leading charity says. Life Education - the largest non-government provider of drug and health education in schools - has criti
Brisbane (QLD) Courier-Mail (au)
added Jun 4, 2013 02:02
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[Asia, Pakistan] New government should discourage growing tobacco usage: PEW

In his Sunday statement, President PEW Dr Murtaza Mughal, has expressed concerns that despite all half-hearted efforts including the Anti-Smoking Ordinance, tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke continues to grow and remains as the leading preven
ONLINE International News Network (pk)
added Jun 3, 2013 23:59
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[District of Columbia] Marge Baker: Five Things Republicans Don't Want You to Know About the D.C. Circuit

The Associated Press is reporting that tomorrow President Obama will nominate three experienced and highly regarded people -Cornelia Pillard, Patricia Ann Millet and Robert Leon Wilkins-- to the influential Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Huffington Post (blog)
added Jun 3, 2013 19:20
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[Russia] Do National Smoking Bans Actually Work?

But will it actually work? Here’s how similar efforts have played out in other developed nations.
TIME Magazine
added Jun 3, 2013 19:05
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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
New York Times
added Jun 3, 2013 13:20
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Japan taking steps to discourage smoking nationwide

“We have freshly launched this fiscal year the second Health Japan 21 project. It’s to stop those underage from smoking and to host the committee of experts on tobacco and health upgrading to undertake various measures to deal with cigarette smoking,” sa
Japan Daily Press (jp)
added Jun 3, 2013 13:12
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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
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
added Jun 3, 2013 11:48
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[Canada] Harper Government Invests in Programs to Help Canadians Quit Smoking

Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Health, announced an investment today in two projects that will give health care providers tools and services to help Canadians quit smoking. "Our government is committed to helping Canadians
MarketWire
added Jun 2, 2013 19:45
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[Virginia] High Bridge, Tobacco Heritage designated as national recreation trails

Two Virginia trails have been designated as national recreation trails. High Bridge Trail State Park in central Virginia and the Tobacco Heritage Trail in South Boston were added to the National Trails System on Friday.
AP - Associated Press
added Jun 2, 2013 09:47
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Starbucks Bans Smoking Within 25 Feet of Stores

Electronic cigarettes will also be banned at the retailer's 7,000 U.S. locations on that date. While the website for a WJXT, an independent TV station in Jacksonville, Fla., first reported the outdoors ban, Starbucks confirmed the item with Adweek. A rep
Ad Week
added May 31, 2013 11:55
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