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Municipalities with Smokefree Park Laws (PDF)

This list includes those municipalities that specified that all city parks and/or specifically named city parks are smokefree. The list does not include those municipalities that have designated smoking areas in city parks, those that provide coverage
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
added May 14, 2013 13:30
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[Hungary] Socialist MP refused access to tobacco documents; Lázár accuses Philip Morris of creating anti-Fidesz scandal

Hungary’s national tobacco company has refused a Socialist lawmaker access to documents containing bids submitted for a recent tender. The company on Wednesday rejected Csaba Toth’s request to view the bids for tobacco concessions, arguing that even tho
All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)
added May 9, 2013 15:24
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[Kentucky] Feds Reach Deal With Online Cigarette Company

Federal prosecutors have reached a $3.1 million settlement with the owners of an online cigarette dealership over taxes owed on the smokes ... Prosecutors say the invoices were an attempt to avoid more than $2 million in excise taxes. Israel and Pam Chave
AP - Associated Press
added May 9, 2013 00:32
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ZELLER: Reflections on the ‘endgame’ for tobacco control

Any evaluation of endgame strategies must start from the premise that there is a continuum of risk associated with nicotine-delivering products. Strategies should be pursued that encourage the use of the cleanest and safest form of nicotine delivery. P
Tobacco Control
added May 8, 2013 23:51
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[UK] Curbs on cheap alcohol and plain cigarette packets shelved but Tory MP warns against becoming the party of 'booze and fags'

The Smokefree Action Coalition - an alliance of more than 100 health charities, unions, royal colleges and campaign groups - today wrote to the Prime Minister and the Health Secretary to implore them to introduce the measure.
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added May 8, 2013 15:27
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[UK] Poll shows more support for abandoning gay marriage plans rather than plain packaging

The Government has come under further pressure to drop its gay marriage plans after a new poll showed more people wanted them scrapped than the scheme to ensure cigarettes are sold in plain packaging, which was recently kicked into the long grass.
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added May 8, 2013 14:35
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How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank

Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform.
The Nation
added May 8, 2013 14:19
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[UK] Queen's Speech: plain cigarettes, snoopers' charter, gay marriage laws missing

Despite the conspicious absence of many planned laws, Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, said this does not mean policies in his area have actually been abandoned. Speaking on BBC Radio Four's Today programme, he said both minimum alcohol pricing and pla
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added May 8, 2013 13:52
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[Hungary] Survey finds government’s tobacco concession decisions unpopular; most would annul results

The tobacco retail tender is unpopular with Hungarians, as 60% would annul the results, according to a Medián survey commissioned by consultancy Policy Solutions. The weekend poll found that only 20% support the government’s handling of the issue and 50
All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)
added May 8, 2013 12:54
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Oral statement to Parliament / The Queen’s Speech 2013

HM The Queen addressed Parliament about the legislative programme for government. Originally given at Houses of Parliament.
GOV.UK
added May 8, 2013 12:52
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