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[Vermont] State awarded $8.3 million in tobacco lawsuit

sets a precedent prohibiting unsubstantiated health claims. ... an important precedent applicable to many arenas of consumer protection ... the judge’s method for calculating violations perpetrated by a continually published website turns over a new leaf
VTDigger.org
added Jun 6, 2013 09:10
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[Asia, Malaysia] Quit-smoking campaign team makes pit stop at Menara Star

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) launched a Pledge To Quit Right campaign in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day on May 31. The GSK team made a pit stop at Menara Star and got the staff members to post their pledges on the Pledge to Quit Right
The Star (my)
added Jun 4, 2013 09:51
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[Sweden, UK] Many doctors deem nicotine as riskiest component of cigarette

The survey, commissioned by British American Tobacco, involved administering an online survey ... The survey findings show that a substantial proportion of GPs (40%) believe nicotine to be the first or second riskiest component of cigarettes, incorrectl
DNA India (in)
added Jun 1, 2013 12:21
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[Asia, China] Chinese Tobacco Firms Advertise Online in Loophole

These companies have established online smoking communities, posted tobacco-themed micro films, and even developed Internet games that incorporate cigarette branding. On the website of "Yanyue," which literally means "smoke pleasant," netizens are bein
China Radio International (CRI) (cn)
added May 31, 2013 02:53
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[Asia, China] Tobacco companies go online for ad space

According to a recent report released just in time for World No-Tobacco Day on Friday, tobacco companies have reduced their advertisements in traditional media, but are looking to step up their presence on the Internet. The Beijing Center for Disease Co
China Daily (cn)
added May 30, 2013 07:18
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[Australia] Take a breath of fresh air for World No Tobacco Day

CANCER Council Queensland has launched a Facebook poll calling on Queenslanders to "friend some fresh air" for World No Tobacco Day this Friday.
Gladstone (QLD) Observer (au)
added May 28, 2013 07:33
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[Israel] Ministers Ban Tobacco Ads in Newspapers and Internet

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation endorsed, Sunday, amendments to the laws on limiting advertising and marketing tobacco products, which will ban advertising them on the internet and in newspapers.
Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com)
added May 27, 2013 12:26
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App can help parents, patients quit smoking now ($$)

American Academy of Pediatrics
added May 27, 2013 11:33
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[New York] Judge snuffs bootleg Indian’s cheap cigs

A member of an upstate Indian tribe has been told to butt out of the discount- cigarette business after admitting he sold more than 10,000 bootleg smokes to city residents. A judge ordered Robert Gordon of the Seneca Nation of Indians to stop selling unt
New York Post
added May 24, 2013 11:38
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[New York] Judge rebukes Buffalo cigarette shippers

A federal judge has rebuked a Buffalo delivery company accused of shipping tons of untaxed cigarettes to New York City residents in violation of federal law. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman issued an order Tuesday barring Regional Integrated Logistics f
AP - Associated Press
added May 24, 2013 11:36
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