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[Korea - South] EDITORIAL: Tobacco retail
Selling tobacco is a business suitable for mom-and-pop stores. But it is dominated by convenience store chains operated by chaebol groups. Of course, it is not illegal for large groups to sell tobacco. Yet it would be more desirable to leave this busines
Oct 15, 2012
Korea Herald (kr)
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Oct 15, 2012 11:25
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[India, Korea - South] Growers demand alternative to tobacco before cut in crop area
Tobacco growers have urged Union Commerce Ministry to provide viable alternatives before supporting World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). FCTC Conference of Parties meet is scheduled in Seoul, South Korea from Novemb
Oct 7, 2012
Business Line (The Hindu)
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Oct 7, 2012 13:39
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[Korea - South] Why Smokers Shouldn't Be Scared Of The WHO's Global Recommendations For Cigarette Taxes
[FCTC] said it will discuss creating its own recommendations for member states on cigarette taxes at a November conference in Seoul, South Korea. According to the draft guidelines, "The main objective of the guidelines is to assist Parties in developing e
Sep 28, 2012
Business Insider
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Sep 28, 2012 21:00
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[Korea - South] 'Smokers Three Times More Likely to Suffer Stroke'
A research team at Seoul National University Hospital said on Friday that its analysis of 426 patients shows that smokers were two-point-eight times more likely to suffer subarachnoid hemorrhages than nonsmokers.
Sep 21, 2012
Korea Broadcasting System (KBS World Radio) (kr)
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Sep 22, 2012 08:51
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[Korea - South] Anti-smoking moves face backlash
The Korea Tobacco Growers Organization (KTGO), which represents around 5,000 tobacco farmers here, said in a news release Wednesday that they are against the new proposals from World Health Organization (WHO) on smoking. The Seoul-based outfit claimed t
Sep 19, 2012
Korea Times (kr)
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Sep 19, 2012 13:50
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[Korea - South] South Korea's smoking "divide"
in the old days, it was not difficult to see older women smoking inside the house - but today, women would not smoke out in the open. And perhaps that is why the number of female smokers in South Korea is one of the lowest out of the countries in the Or
Sep 11, 2012
Channel NewsAsia (sg)
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Sep 12, 2012 09:25
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[Korea - South] City designates area by COEX as smoke-free
The area around COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, has been designated as another smoke-free zone by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Sep 12, 2012
Joong Ang Ilbo (kr)
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Sep 11, 2012 17:46
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[Korea - South] Drivers face heavier fine for tossing cig butts
The home affairs ministry said Tuesday the government will toughen the punishment for motorists throwing cigarette butts out of car windows as part of efforts to boost public safety.
Sep 4, 2012
Korea Times (kr)
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Sep 10, 2012 16:02
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[Korea - South] Korea has cheapest tobacco, 2nd-highest smoking rate in OECD
According to the data from the European Commission Excise Duty on Tobacco which surveyed the price of the best-selling tobacco in 22 member nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2012, Korea sells the cheapest tobacco at
Sep 10, 2012
Korea Herald (kr)
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Sep 10, 2012 11:17
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[Korea - South] Cigarette Prices in Korea Cheapest Among 22 OECD Nations
A new report shows that cigarette prices in Korea are the cheapest among 22 OECD nations and the country's smoking rate is one of the highest in the developed world. Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that one pack of cigarettes costs 2,5
Sep 10, 2012
Arirang TV & Radio (kr)
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Sep 10, 2012 11:03