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[Africa, Nigeria] BATN, others task Lagos Assembly on smoking bill

BRITISH American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) has expressed its support for the passage of what it described as a balanced and evidence-based public place smoking bill by the Lagos State House of Assembly. This is just as the company lauded the assembly for p
Nigerian Tribune (ng)
added May 20, 2013 09:47
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[Colorado] Council broadened smoking ban in a flash

Pueblo's smoking ban was no accident, no sudden flash of lightning, although its boldness — to ban smoking in all public places — was a last-minute decision by City Council on Dec. 9, 2002. Former Councilman Bill Sova recalled that a coalition of local
Pueblo (CO) Chieftain
added May 19, 2013 18:45
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[Europe] TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE: ANOTHER “CASE STUDY” IN SPAIN?

new case of clear, public, unethical tobacco industry interference. Altadis ... has launched a campaign addressed to the Spanish political class and Nation’s government to oppose the European tobacco products directive. This campaign includes tobacco in
TobaccoRelated.org (Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology)
added May 19, 2013 14:19
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[Michigan] VIDEO: Unlicensed: The Real Story Behind Teenage Smoking - Part 1

for the other 80 counties in Michigan –licensing cigarettes is illegal. The law which prevents it is the legacy of a strong tobacco lobby in Michigan that, 20 years after passage, still remains on the books.
WLNS 6 News (Lansing, MI)
added May 19, 2013 07:03
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[Asia, Malaysia] Council may push for tobacco control law via Private Members' Bill

The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control and its affiliate members will push for a law on tobacco control via a Private Members' Bill if the Government does not table the Bill. The council's secretary-general Shaari Ahmad Junid said the Health Ministry
The Star (my)
added May 18, 2013 22:56
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[Africa, Nigeria] Anti-smoking Bill: Stakeholders Caution Lawmakers

PRO-TOBACCO campaigners and labour groups have urged the Lagos State House of Assembly to exercise caution in its debate on a bill banning cigarette smoking in schools, hotels, bars, nightclubs and other public places The group, comprising manufacturers,
The Guardian (Lagos, Nigeria)
added May 18, 2013 21:14
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[UK] Lynton Crosby lobbying row: David Cameron refuses to publish client list of his controversial aide

The Prime Minister today refused to publish the client list of controversial aide and lobbyist Lynton Crosby. David Cameron rejected claims that curbs on booze and tobacco were axed after ­pressure from Mr Crosby’s PR firm Crosby Textor, which has worke
The Mirror (uk)
added May 16, 2013 14:03
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[Europe, Malta] Surprising allies: from the Dreyfus affair to Dalligate

French MEP José Bové is convinced Dalligate was a “set-up by the tobacco lobby to bring down the commissioner”.
Malta Today (mt)
added May 15, 2013 09:46
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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[Oklahoma] AUDIO: E-cigarettes popularity increasing, but questions remain

They might be new products, but nearly every convenience store in Oklahoma carries them. But the big thing now: independent shops selling e-cigarettes under the name of vapes. You see these poppping up all over the place, there’s one right here in Still
KOSU 91.7 (Stillwater/Oklahoma City OK)
added May 14, 2013 13:38
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