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[Asia, Asia-pacific, Philippines] Ban on tobacco ads pushed

The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance or SEATCA on Friday called on the governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to strictly ban all advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products, as it claimed that there are loopholes
Manila Standard Today (ph)
added May 17, 2013 23:12
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[Australia, New Zealand] NZ tops pregnancy smoking list

New Zealand women were the most likely to smoke while pregnant, a large study of births has found. The University of Western Sydney study compared the outcomes of pregnancy and birth for women from eight different nationalities and found that 22.6 per ce
The Age (au)
added May 16, 2013 14:41
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2 million cigarette butts: Massive ocean clean-up nets 2 million cigarette butts

Based on the reports, the most commonly found items of trash are things such as food wrappers, beverage containers and plastic bags.
Examiner.com (National)
added May 16, 2013 03:44
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2 Million Cigarette Butts Removed from Ocean, Group Says

The Ocean Conservancy said that volunteers took out several million pounds of garbage during the 2012 International Coastal Cleanup day, as first reported by Yahoo News.
The Epoch Times English Version
added May 16, 2013 03:39
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[Australia and Oceania] Australia's plain tobacco packaging law at the WTO

So the underlying interests fighting Australia’s plain packaging law are not developing countries, farmers or workers but the global tobacco industry. Tobacco companies have brought direct and indirect claims against Australia in every tribunal possible,
The Conversation (au)
added May 15, 2013 19:55
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[Australia] Is Plain Packaging Running out of Some Steam?

There will be ups-and-downs in Plain Packaging’s (PP) risk, and any indication of industry success could re-energize the anti-tobacco community. Nevertheless, we believe that recent developments are consistent with PP losing some momentum.
Morgan Stanley
added May 15, 2013 18:46
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Beliefs and Perceptions Toward Quitting Waterpipe Smoking Among Café Waterpipe Tobacco Smokers in Bahrain

Waterpipe smokers in Bahrain cafés are frequent and high users. Health professionals must consider waterpipe smoking in all consultations and health promotion messages. A partnership between health professionals and disapproving members of families may be
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added May 15, 2013 18:41
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[Europe, Malta] Surprising allies: from the Dreyfus affair to Dalligate

French MEP José Bové is convinced Dalligate was a “set-up by the tobacco lobby to bring down the commissioner”.
Malta Today (mt)
added May 15, 2013 09:46
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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[Asia, India] World No Tobacco Day 2013: Are you being manipulated?

The theme of this year’s campaign is ‘Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship’. It really is a burning issue right now and the authorities in India are also hell-bent on banning tobacco from the TVs, cinemas and other influential forms of media
health.india.com (in)
added May 14, 2013 18:27
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