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[Canada] Day 155: The government's duty to inform

Trudeau's right hand man, Marc Lalonde, was testifying for a second day at the Montreal tobacco trials. Mr. Lalonde had been called by Imperial Tobacco as a fact witness, and it was his memory of events when he was Minister of Health (1972 - 1977) that w
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Jun 19, 2013 11:22
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Wish Camel cigarettes an unhappy 100th birthday

The death and disease caused by cigarettes is nothing to celebrate. ... Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids launched a social media campaign highlighting Camel’s true legacy – a century of death and disease – and its long history of marketing to kids. Every
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Jun 19, 2013 10:23
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Bad Acts: The Racketeering Case Against the Tobacco Industry

In short, Defendants have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal, with deception, with a single‐minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted
American Journal of Public Health
added Jun 18, 2013 12:05
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Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising

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Stanford University School of Medicine
added Jun 18, 2013 05:03
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Canada's war on smoking turns 50

In 1963, smoking was permitted virtually everywhere, including hospitals, schools, airplanes and restaurants. Cigarettes were widely advertised on TV, radio, billboards, newspapers and magazines and associated with happiness, relief and leisure. Taxes we
CBC News (ca)
added Jun 17, 2013 20:58
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[Canada] War on smoking still being fought 50 years later

It was 50 years ago today that Canada’s minister of national health and welfare, Judy LaMarsh, stunned the country by standing in the House of Commons to state that smoking caused life-threatening health problems.
Canadian Television (CTV) (ca)
added Jun 17, 2013 20:50
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Canada's war on tobacco turns 50

Monday, June 17, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of a historic statement by Canada's Minister of National Health and Welfare, Judy LaMarsh, that smoking causes lung cancer. On that day, Minister LaMarsh rose in the House of Commons and declared: "There is
Canada Newswire (CNW) (ca)
added Jun 15, 2013 11:13
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[Australia] V8 vintage Winfield tobacco ad cleared by Health Department of breaching ad laws

The Department of Health and Ageing has cleared the official V8 Supercars website of breaching the strict laws on the promotion of tobacco advertising after the site posted historic images of a car heavily branded with Winfield branding.
mUmBRELLA :: Everything under Australia´s media & marketing umbrella (au)
added Jun 14, 2013 09:30
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[Canada] Day 151: The Feds on the Hot Seat

you might be forgiven for thinking that today it was Health Canada that was on trial and not Canada's three large tobacco companies. For the second of two long and grueling days, Denis Choinière, a senior official in Health Canada's tobacco control progr
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Jun 12, 2013 12:14
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[Canada] Day 150: The federal story begins to be told

For each of these weeks, the tobacco companies have scheduled a witness through whom they will introduce a new story line to the trial -- the decades' long saga of Health Canada's management of the tobacco file.
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Jun 11, 2013 14:04
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