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[Asia, Korea - South] Smokers to be ineligible for Air Force pilots
Air Force said Wednesday it has decided to disqualify smokers from applying for its pilot selection test, drawing controversy over its legality and fairness. Starting next month, applicants who test positive for nicotine will not be eligible for fligh
Jun 6, 2013
Yonhap News Agency (kr)
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Jun 5, 2013 17:25
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[Virginia] Rader is a tobacco-free campus
Patients, staff members and visitors to Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall can no longer light up, chew or use any other tobacco product on the facility’s campus
May 24, 2013
Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS)
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May 24, 2013 16:39
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[New Jersey, New York] EDITORIAL: Raise NJ's smoking age to 21: Editorial
The “18-to-die-for-your-country” argument is a classic canard. Nearly 90 percent of adult smokers say they started younger than 18. Die-hard smokers cry “freedom” when new restrictions are proposed. But ask the middle-aged smoker who just paid $9 to feed
May 18, 2013
Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger
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May 18, 2013 11:38
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[Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine] Businessman worth $581M, Nahshon Nahshonov, Makes Donation to WWII Veterans
Nahshonov is a leader in the diamond industry and a key individual in the tobacco industry with his tobacco company "Marpela". These are only 2 examples of his accomplishments out of his impressive track record. Nahshonov is also the proud owner of a hote
May 12, 2013
PR Newswire
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May 13, 2013 14:52
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[Asia, China] BLOG / ERNEST KAO: Plane will not wait for you to buy cigarettes, says flight attendant to policewoman
So sensitive is the issue of power abuse these days that rumours of a Hong Kong flight attendant rejecting demands from a uniformed military police officer became an instant hit on weibo. The officer wanted to delay take-off so she could go out and buy ci
May 8, 2013
South China Morning Post
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May 8, 2013 07:09
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Smoking-cessation drug linked to violence
Q: My husband's best friend, another soldier, started taking Chantix on Wednesday to quit smoking. Sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning, he murdered a 17-year-old recruit and shot himself in the head afterward.
Apr 28, 2013
Seattle (WA) Times
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Apr 28, 2013 19:06
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[New York] Smoking? Combat? Wait Until 21 to Decide, Young Recruits Say
As it turned out, many of the young people walking into the military recruitment center on 125th Street the next day also saw the inconsistency. In general, they thought that it was true that they were not mature enough to make life-or-death decisions on
Apr 24, 2013
New York Times
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Apr 24, 2013 09:11
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[Australia] Tobacco ‘saved my life’ says war veteran
“When I got down there they said ‘you’ve got a reserved occupation. You grow tobacco, get back up there and grow tobacco, the troops in the front line have got to have tobacco!’ so I did that,” Bruce said. “The tobacco saved my life! Wonderful tobacco!”
Apr 23, 2013
Inverell (NSW) Times (au)
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Apr 23, 2013 14:07
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TRICARE Expands Assistance to Reduce Tobacco Use
The Defense Department is committed to helping troops, their families and all beneficiaries of the TRICARE health care plan reduce their reliance on tobacco products, a TRICARE official said here today. During an interview with American Forces Press Ser
Apr 18, 2013
DoD Social Media (US Department of Defense)
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Apr 18, 2013 16:53
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[Texas] Houston VA targets the nation's leading killer by limiting smoking
In an effort to improve the health of Veterans, volunteers, visitors, and staff, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) will severely limit smoking on its campus this year. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disabili
Apr 13, 2013
Your Houston News (Houston Community Newspapers)
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Apr 26, 2013 23:17