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[Idaho] LETTER TO THE EDITOR: UI tobacco policy

The University of Idaho works to protect the health and safety of its students through various aspects of life on campus but does not protect its students from secondhand smoke.
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
added May 9, 2013 18:03
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[Oklahoma] LETTER: Sen. Johnson helps tobacco companies

Since 2006, state Sen. Rob Johnson, R-Edmond, has taken campaign donations from tobacco lobbyists. Earlier this year, Johnson introduced Senate Bill 802, which would've imposed an unwarranted sin tax on the sale of smoke-free electronic cigarettes, which
The Oklahoman
added May 8, 2013 22:55
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[Australia, Japan] LETTER: Consequences of health planning

the campaign to improve the health of the Australian public by reducing smoking and drinking rates has resulted in an Australian public that is perhaps less healthy (or at least, no healthier) than it was before the campaign. The question remains: Will t
Japan Times
added May 8, 2013 21:49
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[Japan] LETTER: Australia's declining smoking rate

Joseph Jaworski, in his April 21 letter, "Consequences of health planning," claims that the Australian public health campaign to reduce smoking and drinking has "resulted in an Australian public that is perhaps less heathy
Japan Times
added May 8, 2013 15:49
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[Virginia] LETTER: Ban cigarette filters to help the environment?

Paula Chow was right on the mark concerning the lack of respect for Mother Earth shown by smokers ["Cigarette butts litter our roads, harm wildlife," April 21]. The intersections at either end of the U.S. 1 bridge are clogged with cigarette butts carele
Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star
added May 7, 2013 08:59
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LETTER: Pharmacy Sales of Tobacco

The pharmacies that help explain the use of medications to my patients should explain to them why they promote the premature deaths of my patients by selling them this poison. The very store that sells the medicines for treatment of heart and lung diseas
New York Times
added May 7, 2013 02:14
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[Pennsylvania] LETTER: Second-hand smoke still a threat to some workers

The Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act passed in 2008 did not go far enough. Significant exemptions in the law mean that our citizens and workers are still being exposed to the deadly effects of second-hand smoke. Those exceptions to the Clean Indoor Air
Easton (PA) Express-Times
added May 6, 2013 14:29
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[Minnesota] LETTER: Apartments go smoke-free

Please join me in congratulating the residents, management and staff of Garden Court Apartments in joining the smoke-free housing movement in southwest/south-central Minnesota. We will host a reception from 2-3 p.m. May 15 at Garden Court Apartments to c
Fairmont (MN) Sentinel
added May 6, 2013 13:34
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[UK] Doctors condemn Government's decision to hold plans for plain cigarette packaging

In a letter to The Independent, Sir Richard Thompson, the president of the Royal College of Physicians, and Dr Hilary Cass, the president of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, appealed for a rethink by Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary. They
The Independent (uk)
added May 6, 2013 13:17
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[UK] LETTER: Plain cigarette packets

As health professionals who engage daily with the consequences of smoking, we were dismayed to learn that David Cameron has abandoned plans to include "plain packs" legislation in the Queen's Speech.
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added May 6, 2013 12:51
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