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[Australia, New Zealand, USA] TDM 5 (2012) - Legal Issues in Tobacco Control

Cigarettes, TPP, and the Wisdom of Product-Specific Rules in Trade Deals / The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as an International Standard under the TBT Agreement?
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (nl)
added Nov 8, 2012 11:21
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[New Zealand] Hiding cigarettes in supermarkets 'PC-madness'

Cigarette smokers are being made to feel "dirty" as one of our biggest supermarket chains takes the fight against tobacco to a new level. . . . "Being handed a pack of cigarettes hidden in a bag makes me feel dirty," said one New World customer, a smoke
New Zealand Herald
added Aug 21, 2012 02:02
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[New Zealand, USA] VALENTI: If Tobacco Policy is Protected in TPP, Why is US Proposing a New Exception?

“The situation is a shambles. The only way to exclude tobacco from the TPP is a provision that reads: ‘Nothing in this Agreement applies to any measures that relate to tobacco’. Will our government do that? No.”
NZweek (Fairfax New Zealand Ltd) (nz)
added Jun 15, 2012 13:28
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New Zealand Plans to Require Plain Cigarette Packaging

"We cannot continue to allow tobacco companies to use sophisticated packaging designs to promote their products as if they were ordinary everyday consumer goods," said New Zealand's Associate Minister of Health Tariana Turia. "Current tobacco packaging n
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Feb 19, 2013 20:31
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[India, New Zealand] Helen Clark criticised for tobacco award

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has been criticised for her role in granting a business award to India's biggest tobacco company.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added Jul 17, 2012 07:50
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[Australia, Dominican Republic, New Zealand] WTO Hears Health, Economic Considerations Of Plain Packaging For Tobacco

In its meeting this week, the World Trade Organisation intellectual property committee heard again about the issue of plain packaging of tobacco products, as New Zealand is proposing to introduce such a regime in the country. Economic and health interest
Intellectual Property Watch (ch)
added Mar 8, 2013 11:14
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[New Zealand] NZ Report: Smoke-free prisons a success

New Zealand's ban on smoking in prisons has been a success, a report says, but some prisoners are so desperate they soak tea leaves in nicotine from their quitting patches and lighting them by fiddling with power sockets and light bulbs.
TV3 (nz)
added Oct 23, 2012 18:29
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[New Zealand] E-cigarettes on trial

Researchers at the Clinical Trials Research Unit, The University of Auckland, are conducting a study of electronic cigarettes to see if they can help smokers to quit.
Independent Newspapers Ltd. / STUFF (nz)
added Jul 30, 2012 15:38
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[Australia, New Zealand, Singapore] Plainer cigarette packs won’t deter them, S’pore smokers say

Smokers in Singapore said that if such a change were to happen here, it would have little to no effect on their smoking habits. “It wouldn’t bother me. Packaging is just packaging,” said civil servant Hazzely Jufferie.
inSing.com (sg)
added Feb 25, 2013 23:54
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[New Zealand] A Day to Celebrate: Tobacco Displays History

“Out of sight, out of mind with the next steps to take it out of this nation.” says public health advocate Shane Bradbrook – Director of Te Ao Hurihuri.
Scoop (nz)
added Jul 22, 2012 20:16
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