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[UK] Tobacco companies welcome Queen's silence on plain packs ($$)

JTI and Imperial Tobacco reiterated claims there was little evidence plain packaging stopped young people smoking, and that plain packs would increase the illicit trade of tobacco. The introduction of plain packs would have been inappropriate before the
The Grocer (uk)
added May 13, 2013 04:07
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[UK] David Cameron's head of strategy sues Australian minister for libel

The case centres on a tweet in which Mike Kelly, now Australia's defence procurement minister, accused Crosby, who is Australian, and his colleagues in a lobbying firm of using "push polling", where an organisation attempts to influence or alter the view
The Observer (uk)
added May 13, 2013 14:46
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)

While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
added May 19, 2013 14:12
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Plainly Constitutional: The Upholding of Plain Tobacco Packaging by the High Court of Australia (PDF)

While each legal challenge is pursued and decided in its own context and its own way, no challenge to tobacco control measures takes place in isolation, not least because of the FCTC, a global treaty with 176 Parties, each having committed, under interna
McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer (au)
added May 19, 2013 14:12
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[Australia, UK] DAUBE/CHAPMAN: Cameron’s cave-in on plain packaging is a boost to industry

When Australia’s former health minister Nicola Roxon was asked about the need for action at the launch of the report that recommended plain packaging, she said, “By not acting we are killing people.” The UK prime minister and his colleagues would do well
British Medical Journal
added May 19, 2013 11:27
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[Asia] Bangladesh Enacts Landmark Tobacco Control Law

Overcoming more than four years of delays and strong tobacco industry opposition, the Parliament of Bangladesh has enacted a new law that significantly strengthens the country’s efforts to reduce tobacco use.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added May 16, 2013 02:58
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Questions raised over Crosby’s UK role and business interests

Senior party figures told the Financial Times a fortnight ago that this was inspired by Mr Crosby’s advice to “scrape the barnacles off the hull of the boat” – in other words drop unnecessary policies. However, this week a row blew up when it emerged tha
Financial Times (uk)
added May 10, 2013 15:29
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UK MP hits out at 'Australian huckster'

Labour MP Diane Abbott said the influence of the Tory strategy chief Lynton Crosby was clear after plain packaging for cigarettes and minimum pricing for alcohol were not included in Wednesday's Queen's Speech, despite the government previously suggestin
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 9, 2013 14:24
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[UK] Government has lost “credibility on public health” for inaction on cigarettes and alcohol, campaigners say

Lindsey Davies, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, said evidence existed that both measures could have saved lives, and ministers’ failure to enact them was “profoundly disappointing.” She urged the government to think again, saying, “When it
British Medical Journal
added May 10, 2013 10:33
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[UK] NFRN welcolmes shoplifting clampdown announced in Queen’s Speech

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) ... “With display bans already in place in the large retailers, and coming into effect in small stores in 2015, tobacco branding will be virtually invisible so we are delighted that David Cameron has s
Talking Retail (uk)
added May 10, 2013 10:31
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