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[Europe] Cigarette packs to have bigger health warnings

We spoke to Frederic Vincent, an EU health spokesman and asked him weren't the warnings already on packets enough? We want to go further. We’re aiming at 75% of the pack by 2015-2016.
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
added Dec 26, 2012 01:42
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[Canada, UK, USA] Smoke and mirrors: The tobacco industry pursuit of the cancer-free cigarette

“We’ve got consumers getting sick because they use our products.” It’s a statement that previous BAT executives wouldn’t have dreamed of making. Incredibly, tobacco companies in North America were still denying the link between smoking, addiction and di
Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca)
added Oct 8, 2012 14:29
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[Australia] New 'trick' in cigarette names

An anti-smoking campaigner has accused tobacco companies of "sexing up" their brand names to make them more appealing in the wake of plain packaging laws.
West Australian
added Sep 26, 2012 18:44
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Has tobacco run out of puff?

Investors Chronicle
added Jun 6, 2012 07:09
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FDA, Tobacco Cos. Destined To Refight Graphic Warning War ($$)

But after the new rulemaking process is complete, the FDA is bound to find itself right where it left off: defending the graphic warning requirement in court. “The tobacco industry will never accept any tobacco control measure without a very public and
Law360
added Mar 21, 2013 22:40
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[Australia] Tobacco giant won't quit fight on plain packaging

BIG tobacco company Philip Morris has been forced to release documents relating to a stoush with the federal government, after taking its fight against the government's plain-packaging legislation to an offshore court.
Canberra (ACT) Times (au)
added Jan 19, 2013 18:23
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Sri Lanka tobacco company gets more time to comply with graphic warning law

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court today granted the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) more time to comply with the Health Ministry regulations to mark cigarette packs with graphic warnings. The Supreme Court hearing an appeal by the CTC against an Appellate Court rul
LankaPage.com
added Feb 28, 2013 13:52
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[Europe] PANICHI: Stubbed out: why Australia is alone on cigarette plain packs

The push for the European Union to emulate Australia on packaging laws, however, has stalled. And here's why.
Crikey (au)
added Feb 2, 2013 16:53
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[Europe] [Press Release] Tobacco Products Directive very unlikely to increase illicit trade

Tobacconists and newsagent are demonstrating in Brussels to express their opposition to the draft Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). They claim that, if adopted, the text will increase counterfeiting and the parallel market (1). Experience has proven that
European Public Health Alliance (be)
added Jan 23, 2013 06:24
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[Europe, UK] Tobacco tax smokescreen evaporates

Using tax changes as a smokescreen for price rises has allowed tobacco companies to maintain their earnings as cigarette consumption in the UK and Europe has continued to fall. One tobacco analyst, who asked not to be named, described the relationship b
Financial Times (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 15:55
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