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[New Zealand] Waitakere DHB hospital smoking ban defended
Waitemata District Health Board had the right to control what's happening on its property, the lawyer acting for the board, Jonathan Coates told the court today. That included providing a healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff, and specifi
May 21, 2013
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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May 21, 2013 01:16
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[New Zealand] Hospital smoking ban labelled 'torture'
A mental health patient who killed himself was put off seeking hospital treatment because he was not allowed to smoke onsite, a lawyer leading a judicial review application on smoking in hospitals says.
May 20, 2013
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
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May 20, 2013 09:52
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[New Zealand] Patients 'refusing treatment' over smoking ban, court told
Psychiatric patients are refusing treatment because they cannot smoke at DHB facilities, the High Court has been told. The Waitemata DHB is defending its ban on smoking at Auckland psychiatric centres in a case heard today.
May 20, 2013
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
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May 20, 2013 09:40
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[New Zealand] Hospital should provide smoking rooms, court told
A lawyer who described a smoking ban at health facilities in west Auckland and North Shore as cruel and torturous has told a court hospitals need dedicated smoking rooms. Smoking has been banned on all Waitemata District Health Board sites since 2009.
May 20, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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May 20, 2013 09:30
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[Africa, UK, Zimbabwe] British citizen wins back seized tobacco
HIGH Court judge Justice Alphias Chitakunye has issued an order barring five locals from interfering with a United Kingdom-based businessman Rafik Halani, and ordered them to release his tobacco and vacate his business premises in Ruwa.
May 20, 2013
Newsday (zw)
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May 20, 2013 09:15
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[Florida] Appeals court overturns tobacco settlement due to Duval judge's 'critical misunderstanding'
ruled that a Duval County judge used flawed logic in 2011 when awarding a Jacksonville family nearly $15 million ... there has to be evidence that “addiction was the legal cause” of a disease, which the 1st District Court of Appeal said was not the case w
May 20, 2013
Florida Times-Union
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May 20, 2013 09:11
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[New Zealand] High Court to hear case against DHB smoking ban
May 19, 2013
Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aoteoroa (RNZ) (nz)
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May 19, 2013 18:45
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[New Zealand] High Court to hear hospital smoking challenge
The Auckland High Court will this morning begin hearing a case challenging the Waitemata District Health Board's ban on smoking in its acute mental health units. Two patients and one nurse have brought the challenge.
May 20, 2013
TV3 (nz)
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May 19, 2013 18:40
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[New Zealand] High Court to hear hospital smoking challenge
The Auckland High Court will this morning begin hearing a case challenging the Waitemata District Health Board's ban on smoking in its acute mental health units. Two patients and one nurse have brought the challenge.
May 20, 2013
TV3 (nz)
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May 19, 2013 18:40
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[Italy] Italian Tobacco Industry Wrestling With Electronic Cigarettes
The Italian union of tobacco operators last week lodged an appeal with the regional court of Lazio, in an attempt to block the sale of electronic cigarettes. The case is the latest in a series of actions taken by the tobacco industry which believes the
May 19, 2013
The Epoch Times English Version
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May 19, 2013 16:08