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[Hong Kong] Tobacco control efforts working
The Government's anti-smoking strategy is proving a success, with fewer Hong Kong people indulging in the nicotine habit.
Jun 27, 2012
news.gov.hk
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Jun 27, 2012 13:20
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Public policies, tobacco taxes and tobacco consumption: evidence from Hong Kong
These results suggest that a comprehensive tobacco control programme is an effective means of reducing tobacco consumption.
Jun 22, 2012
Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
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Jun 22, 2012 09:36
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[Asia] Hong Kong's smokers still lighting up in bars
You would have thought that having a smoking ban in Hong Kong would mean that World No Tobacco Day would be a big success. But yesterday, people were still happily puffing away in bars. In 2007, the city implemented a smoking ban that applied to all ind
Jun 1, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Jun 1, 2013 12:26
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[Hong Kong] Stub them out
Bar and restaurant managers should be prosecuted if people are caught smoking in their premises. That's the latest stub-'em-out warning from the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health.
Oct 10, 2012
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Oct 10, 2012 17:55
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[Hong Kong] Govt urged to charge managers for smoking breach
The government has been urged to make bar managers liable for prosecution if people smoke inside their premises. The call was made by the chairwoman of the Council on Smoking and Health, Lisa Lau, on the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the first an
Oct 9, 2012
Hong Kong Standard (hk)
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Oct 9, 2012 07:11
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[Hong Kong] Customs seizes record high illicit tobacco seizures from transshipment containers
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (May 16) smashed a transshipment smuggling case at Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound and seized record high illicit tobacco weighing 5339 kilograms and valued at about $4 million with a duty potential of around
May 17, 2013
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
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May 18, 2013 22:57
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[Hong Kong] HK Customs confiscates $18.5 million in crime proceeds from cigarette smuggling syndicate
Hong Kong Customs, with the application of the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance (OSCO), recently confiscated $18.5 million worth of realisable properties owned by three persons who were previously convicted in an illicit cigarette-cum-money launderi
May 16, 2013
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
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May 16, 2013 16:46
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[Hong Kong] WINN: Tobacco and roadside pollution more dangerous than bird flu
This is why it is particularly galling that there was no increase in the tax on tobacco in this year's budget. A packet of Marlboro Light costs HK$50 in Hong Kong, HK$76 in Singapore and HK$139 in Brisbane. Increasing tax is considered to be one of the bi
Apr 12, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Apr 12, 2013 00:28
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[Hong Kong] LETTER: Budget must increase cigarette tax
This is a last-ditch public attempt to persuade the government to introduce tobacco tax increases in the budget on February 27, following our direct submissions to the administration, last year and this year.
Feb 18, 2013
South China Morning Post
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Feb 18, 2013 10:55
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[Hong Kong] SALLAY: Left Field: Tobacco sponsor ban has hurt sports over the years
Legislation banning tobacco advertising was full of merit but it is sports, tennis in particular, that has paid the price
Nov 25, 2012
South China Morning Post
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Nov 25, 2012 11:54