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World No Tobacco Day 2013 Calls for Tobacco Ad Ban
In the U.S. alone, tobacco companies spend $8.8 billion a year — $1 million an hour — to market their deadly and addictive products. Worldwide, tobacco companies spend billions more to lure new users, especially kids, and keep current customers hooked.
May 31, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Jun 6, 2013 10:02
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[Malta] VIDEO: [WATCH] Dalli says European Commission wanted to lift snus ban
Former Commissioner says EC and OLAF did not question Swedish Match’s motivation and conflict of interest in his ‘entrapment’.
May 31, 2013
Malta Today (mt)
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Jun 4, 2013 09:43
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[Europe] Smoking leads to five-fold increase in heart disease and stroke in under-50s
Smoking increases the risk of heart disease and stroke by five-fold in people under the age of 50 and doubles risk in the over-60s. The protection of children and adolescents from taking up smoking is essential to the future health of Europeans and strong
May 31, 2013
European Society of Cardiology
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Jun 4, 2013 02:02
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[South America/Caribbean] PAHO/WHO urges total bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in the Americas
Such bans are one of the most effective ways to reduce consumption of tobacco, which kills some 1 million people every year in this hemisphere. Only five countries in the Americas have total bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. The fi
May 31, 2013
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
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Jun 2, 2013 19:46
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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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Which Countries Smoke Most ... and Which Have the Best Anti-Smoking Ads - Olga Khazan - The Atlantic
Though Parisians are often the ones caricatured as perpetually (and nonchalantly) having cigarettes in hand, it's actually their neighbors to the east who light up the most. Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Russia all top the list of the world's biggest smo
May 31, 2013
The Atlantic Monthly
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Jun 1, 2013 12:17
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[Asia] World No Tobacco Day 2013: India takes a close look at tobacco companies
World Health Organization and activists are criticizing tobacco companies' efforts at corporate social responsibility as thinly veiled marketing schemes ... This is "a classic example of how tobacco companies are using corporate social responsibility (C
May 31, 2013
Christian Science Monitor
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Jun 1, 2013 10:46
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[UK] World No Tobacco Day infographic: The numbers behind smoking cigarettes
We will have to wait and see what the impact of these measures will be, but a study earlier this year by Cambridge University estimated that plain packaging in Britain would reduce the percentage of adult smokers here by one per cent. While that may not
May 31, 2013
Metro Café (uk)
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May 31, 2013 13:37
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World No Tobacco Day 2013 Calls for Tobacco Ad Ban
Countries highlight progress and challenges in fight against tobacco
May 31, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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May 31, 2013 13:18
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Anti-smoking ads increase odds of quitting in 14 countries
Awareness of anti-smoking messages on television, radio, or billboards, or in newspapers or magazines, significantly increased the odds that current smokers intend to quit in 14 of 17 countries surveyed, according to a study released in this week's Morb
May 31, 2013
HealthCanal.com
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May 31, 2013 13:16