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[California] LETTER: Outreach workers spoke out of turn
Earlier this month comments were made by Steven Gallegos and Michael Olivares, Glendale Adventist Medical Center tobacco outreach workers, to the Glendale City Council and to the News-Press that are uncharacteristic of our approach to promoting community
Oct 22, 2012
Glendale (CA) News-Press
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Jan 4, 2013 14:58
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[Colorado] LETTER: SHARPE: Marijuana use could take path of tobacco in U.S. if legal
In her Oct. 22 op-ed, Dawn Nannini makes the common mistake of assuming that marijuana prohibition deters use. . . . Thanks to honest public education, legal tobacco use has declined considerably, without any need to criminalize smokers or imprison toba
Oct 29, 2012
Fort Colliins (CO) Coloradoan
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Oct 29, 2012 12:23
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[Texas] Letter: Smoking ban logic goes up in flames
Why should the government tell them how to care for their food and drink, but also allow them to expose their staff and customers to cigarette smoke? The editorial staff of the Amarillo Globe-News should either use better logic or stay out of the argume
May 12, 2013
Amarillo (TX) Globe-News
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May 13, 2013 04:21
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[Canada] LETTER: POVAH: Big tobacco will make a buck no matter cost to society
Bearing in mind, of course, that it has been clearly established that, in some cases, the “legal” tobacco industry has actually, and intentionally, fuelled the contraband market. If there’s a buck to be made, big tobacco will do it, no matter the cost t
May 10, 2013
Windsor (Ont) Star (ca)
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May 10, 2013 15:50
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: Cigarette smuggling and the tobacco industry
The salient point missing from Christopher Curtis’s stories on the illicit Mohawk cigarette trade is the culpability of the tobacco industry. As recently as 2010, Canadian giant JTI-Macdonald and Northern Brands International, a subsidiary of U.S. major
Apr 15, 2013
Montreal Gazette (ca)
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Apr 15, 2013 15:22
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LETTER: WHO's undermining tobacco control
In addition to fighting tobacco industry interference, we must also fight for a stronger WHO that is capable of correctly reporting national FCTC implementation data and leading the global tobacco control movement. Given WHO's budget crisis and staff lay
Aug 24, 2012
The Lancet (uk)
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Aug 24, 2012 05:56
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[Canada] Letter: SHATENSTEIN: There’s nothing left to debate about tobacco
Marie Polet, the president and CEO of Imperial Tobacco Canada, says the company conducts its business “in a professional and responsible way.” When a firm has the leading market share of products that kill close to 40,000 Canadians every year, caution sh
May 31, 2013
Montreal Gazette (ca)
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Jun 2, 2013 22:43
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Miss Manners: E-cigarette or not, it's impolite to smoke in public
DEAR MISS MANNERS: Where is it impolite to e-smoke? ... But not everyone does distinguish the real from the imitation, particularly at a distance from a speaking platform. Such people would not consider you pathetic, you may be relieved to hear: They wou
Jan 27, 2013
San Jose (CA) Mercury-News
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Jan 27, 2013 23:09
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[Indonesia] LETTER: MYERS: Tobacco and the Stars
Re "Why Do Stars Think It's O.K. To Sell Soda?," ... With top performers pushing tobacco to children, and few laws to regulate tobacco, it's not surprising that Indonesia has the highest smoking rate for males in the world. Artists like Weezer shouldn't b
Jan 12, 2013
New York Times
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Jan 12, 2013 05:01
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[New York] LETTER: The Marketing Machine
Re “Plan to Become an Ex-Smoker for Good” . . . The tobacco industry spends over $8 billion on marketing nationally . . . it’s time for New York City to ban tobacco advertising in pharmacies and in local stores, big and small. Our youth deserve an adult
Nov 20, 2012
New York Times
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Nov 20, 2012 15:39