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[Indonesia] Crisis looms as industry lights up Asia

The west is winning the smoking war, but in our region, the fight has just begun.
The Age (au)
added Aug 25, 2012 23:33
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Court of Appeals rules cigarette labels violate companies' free-speech right

John Dinan, an associate professor of political science at Wake Forest University, expects the U.S. Supreme Court will agree to address the graphic-warning labels, "especially because the lower federal courts are divided on this question."
Winston-Salem (NC) Journal
added Aug 25, 2012 13:36
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Appeals Court Nixes Cigarette Warnings

A federal appeals court threw out the FDA's attempts to slap graphic warning labels -- such as a pair of lungs blackened by smoke -- on cigarette packs in a decision released Friday.
MedPage Today
added Aug 25, 2012 13:26
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EDITORIAL: Australia's plain tobacco packaging

The tactics needed to fight the battle against tobacco are known, but it is strong political leadership in implementation that will ultimately achieve the goal.
The Lancet (uk)
added Aug 25, 2012 13:05
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Mealey's Litigation Bulletin Tobacco: Federal Appeals Court Rules that Graphic Warnings Violate Tobacco Companies' Rights

Unlike in Warner-Lambert Co. v. FTC, 562 F.2d 749 (D.C. Cir. 1977), the panel said, the FDA has not shown that the graphic warnings were designed to correct past false or misleading claims or that, absent disclosure, consumers would likely be deceived by
Lexis Nexis
added Aug 25, 2012 11:39
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[Malaysia] Australia's new tobacco rules closely watched by other countries

Malaysia is watching too. A news report last week quoted a Health Ministry official as saying the ministry was monitoring global developments in the wake of the Australian High Court ruling.
The Star (my)
added Aug 25, 2012 05:12
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[UK] War on tobacco – A guide to Australia's new cigarette packaging law

pro-smoking groups say the new packaging, which will show images of cancer-riddled mouths, blinded eyeballs and sick children in hospital beds, won’t make any difference to sales.
TNT Magazine (uk)
added Aug 25, 2012 04:45
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Cigarettes may have same packages in Azerbaijan

According to deputy chairman of the Social Policy Committee of Milli Majlis Musa Guliyev, this innovation is provided in the bill 'On fight against smoking'. According to him, once the bill is adopted, all tobacco products in Azerbaijan will be sold in t
News.az
added Aug 25, 2012 04:37
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[New Zealand] DANN: Duty to protect our kids trumps tobacco's case

British American Tobacco seems to be under the misapprehension that it can sell a poisonous, addictive drug and still demand the same rights as any other corporate entity.
New Zealand Herald
added Aug 25, 2012 04:22
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DC Circuit Affirms District Court: Court of Appeals rules in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and other manufacturers in graphic warnings lawsuit (PDF)

the Court held that the proposed warnings violated the First Amendment because the “FDA has not provided a shred of evidence - much less the substantial evidence required by the APA - showing that the graphic warnings will ‘directly advance’ its interest
Reynolds American (RAI)
added Aug 24, 2012 16:07
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