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World figures and their smoking stories
The subject of smoking is close to the heart of a number of high-profile global figures, so let's take a closer look at how smoking affects the lives of the great and the good. Obama: quitting smoking is harder than running for presidency
Jun 3, 2013
China Internet Information Center (cn)
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Jun 3, 2013 13:14
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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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Will Russia's Monkey Wrench Cripple the Tobacco Industry? (LO, MO, PM, RAI)
Luckily for Philip Morris and British American, burgeoning middle-class growth in China and India could prove to be more than enough to curb any sales weakness in Russia, but the potential for a "monkey-see, monkey-do" effect could be an even more worris
Jun 2, 2013
Motley Fool
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Jun 2, 2013 19:35
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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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[Bangladesh] Rising tobacco use sparks concerns
The tobacco control law of 2005 provides for bans on advertising, promotion and sponsorship, smoking in public places and public transports and requirements for warning on cigarette packets. However, direct tobacco advertising had been banned only for sm
Jun 1, 2013
Dhaka Tribune (bd)
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Jun 2, 2013 09:46
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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