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[Asia, India] Time to take effects of passive smoking seriously: Experts
Pune: When world no tobacco day was observed last week, doctors said it wasn't just smokers that they were worried about, but those who lived or worked with them. Given the incidence of lung cancer among passive smokers, doctors said it was time to take
Jun 2, 2013
Times of India
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Jun 2, 2013 10:44
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[Asia, India] KALRA: A terrorist called tobacco
As more and more countries move to fully meet their obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the industry’s attempts to undermine the treaty becomes more aggressive. These include weakening public health efforts to ba
Jun 2, 2013
The Hindu Online (in)
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Jun 2, 2013 10:41
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[Asia, Vietnam] Cigarette smoking puts millions at risk
The latest statistics of the Ministry of Health show nearly 50 per cent of Vietnamese males and two per cent of females smoke cigarettes. And more than that, over 50 million Vietnamese are passive smokers at the workplace and at home, accounting for mor
Jun 2, 2013
Vietnam Net
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Jun 2, 2013 10:39
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[Asia, India] Is smoking 'within limits' harmless?
"Half of the smokers continue smoking as they feel doing so within limits does not lead to health issues," the survey, 'ICICI Lombard Smoking Habits 2013', said. A large portion of respondents (77 per cent) felt that smoking or limited puffing of ciga
Jun 2, 2013
Daily Bhaskar (in)
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Jun 2, 2013 10:29
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[Asia, China] Tobacco use kills 6m annually: WHO
Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people worldwide a year, almost one half of its users, an official with the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday on the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day. Dr Thomas Sukwue, a WHO representative in Gambia, also sai
Jun 1, 2013
China Daily (cn)
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Jun 2, 2013 10:15
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[Australia and Oceania] Australia urges world to stand up to tobacco industry
"Big tobacco will stop at nothing to use every opportunity they can to intimidate countries to not take appropriate public health measures," Jane Halton, Australia's health minister, told AFP in Geneva at a meeting marking World No Tobacco Day.
May 31, 2013
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Jun 2, 2013 10:07
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[Asia, India] Nagaland records 57% prevalence of tobacco use
Nagaland State observed 'World No Tobacco Day' under the theme 'Ban on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship' at the Conference Hall of Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima on May 31.
Jun 1, 2013
Morung Express (in)
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Jun 2, 2013 09:53
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Iranians waste away 8 million dollars in smoking every day
Seyyed Hassan Moein Shirazi, in an interview with the Persian service of the Mehr News on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, said that Iran was the first country to approve the comprehensive tobacco control law in 2006, but unfortunately
Jun 1, 2013
Tehran Times
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Jun 2, 2013 09:48
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France to ban electronic cigarettes in public amid health risk uncertainty
May 31, 2013
CBS
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Jun 1, 2013 12:55
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[Philippines] Filipino smokers urged to quit life-threatening vice
leading research-based healthcare company Novartis Healthcare Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) and major medical societies recently observed World Hypertension Day (WHD) by appealing to Filipinos to quit smoking for their and their loved one’s
Jun 1, 2013
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
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Jun 1, 2013 12:45