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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] EDITORIAL: Time for Beijing to get tough on smoking
the government needs to make more effort to make them a reality. This is also the case with protective laws it has enacted in many other areas but failed to properly police. This cannot be allowed to happen with the tobacco control convention. The healt
Jul 28, 2014
South China Morning Post
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Jul 28, 2014 17:30
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] Low-tar cigarette lawsuit not over, as campaigner vows to keep up health fight
Li is suing manufacturer China Tobacco Jiangxi Industrial (CTJI) and a Beijing supermarket that sold him a 10-pack carton of Jinsheng cigarettes in March ...arguing that their claim the low-tar cigarettes with Chinese herbs are a safer option than regular
Jul 20, 2014
South China Morning Post
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Jul 20, 2014 10:45
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[Asia, Hong Kong] Smoking to have 'devastating' economic impact in China: WHO
Margaret Chan said there was a real risk that the economic achievements of the past three decades on the mainland could be cancelled out by the huge burden of coping with diseases linked to smoking.
Jul 10, 2014
South China Morning Post
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Jul 10, 2014 03:42
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Philip Morris Asia Challenge under Australia – Hong Kong Bilateral Investment Treaty
Philip Morris Asia (PMA) has challenged Australia's plain packaging legislation under the 1993 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Hong Kong for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (Treaty)….PMA has made a number of
Jul 5, 2014
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
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Jul 5, 2014 19:24
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] Beijing cracks down on smoking and queue-jumping ahead of Apec summit
'Civilisation' campaign aims to clamp down on queue-jumping and smoking / The campaign, labelled “Embracing Apec Wonderful Pekingese-Citizen Civilised Behaviour Promotion,” also promises to crack down on jaywalking, drink driving and drivers refusing to
Jun 10, 2014
South China Morning Post
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Jun 10, 2014 20:18
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[Hong Kong] Watch: Horrific video shows what smoking REALLY does to the lungs after just 60 cigarettes - and it could help you kick the habit for good
Ryan Au, a teacher in Hong Kong, made the video to show students how dangerous smoking is after becoming concerned by his students starting Shows two sets of lungs - one 'inhaling' clean air and the other 'smoking' After the 'smoking' lungs have had 60 c
May 23, 2014
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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May 27, 2014 10:41
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] news.gov.hk - Categories - Law & Order - Customs seizes cigarettes worth $1.9m Illicit haul: Customs officers seized around 700,000 cigarettes worth $1.9 million, with a duty potential of about $1.3 million.
Officers at Man Kam To Control Point stopped an incoming cross-boundary container truck on May 6 which had declared to be carrying shoes, toys and plastic products.
May 8, 2014
news.gov.hk
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May 9, 2014 15:45
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] HK$2m of cigarettes found in dehumidifiers
Customs officers have coolly uncovered the latest means of smuggling illegal cigarettes into Hong Kong from the mainland, after HK$1.9 million worth of tobacco was found inside 47 fake dehumidifiers. The discovery was made at the Man Kam To border check
May 9, 2014
South China Morning Post
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May 9, 2014 15:44
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[Asia, China, Hong Kong] Tar levels 15 times higher in some cigarette brands
according to laboratory tests quoted by the Consumer Council yesterday. Tests on 84 cigarette brands found them all to be within the legal limit of 17 mg of tar per cigarette, though one brand, Pine Prime, which had the highest amount of tar, contained 1
Apr 16, 2014
South China Morning Post
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Apr 16, 2014 11:56
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[Hong Kong] PHILIP MORRIS ASIA LIMITED & THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products in Australia:
Australia’s tobacco plain packaging rules resulted from legislation that the Parliament passed on November 21, 2011. On that day, Philip Morris Asia (PMA) brought a claim against Australia under the Australia-Hong Kong Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
Apr 16, 2014
Philip Morris International (ch)
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Apr 16, 2014 11:45