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[UK] BREWER: Plain cigarette packets could reduce nicotine addiction
By downplaying addiction both big tobacco and the government effectively tell vulnerable adolescents that becoming addicted to a drug doesn’t really matter. Only about a fifth of regular smokers smoke 10 a day or fewer. In contrast, hardly …
May 15, 2013
British Medical Journal
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May 16, 2013 09:51
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[Connecticut] O'FLAHERTY: Clear benefit to higher cigarette tax
Rarely is an issue so clear cut. Increasing the cigarette tax will reduce smoking, save lives, save money by reducing tobacco-related health care costs and increase revenue to balance the state budget and fund critical programs. This should be an easy cal
May 15, 2013
Connecticut Post
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May 16, 2013 09:19
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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.
May 14, 2013
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
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May 14, 2013 19:07
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[China] KRASNOPOLSKY: Smokers ignorant, but not evil
Smokers in China might be ignorant, but they are definitely not immoral. This was not the first time I asked somebody not to smoke around my kids, and my requests have never been ignored. I, myself, always walk away from a crowd of non-smokers whenever I
May 14, 2013
Global Times (cn)
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May 14, 2013 13:46
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[California] JACKSON: Seven Rules For Smoking at Shows
We thought it might be high time to remind smokers of the etiquettes of smoking at gigs. Yes it's one thing most rebels can't help doing when you put a drink and a band in front of us. As someone who smokes, I'm well aware of the many social pitfalls of
May 14, 2013
OC Weekly
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May 14, 2013 13:03
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SIMON/STEWART: Merchant of Death Steps Down: A Look at the Deadly Work of Philip Morris International's Outgoing CEO Louis Camilleri
During his tenure, nearly 30 million people died from tobacco-related causes globally. When will the tobacco industry’s largest player stop obstructing public policy in nations that are trying to save lives and reduce suffering among their citizens? With
May 13, 2013
AlterNet.org
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May 14, 2013 11:55
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FAESSEL: Star Scientific and Dirty Politics
this is an attack on the messenger, not the message. Star’s advancing science and superb test results that include four peer reviews of anatabine / Anatabloc clearly demonstrate its efficacy. Accordingly, Star’s building scientific narrative is p
May 13, 2013
SmallCap Network
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May 13, 2013 16:13
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[UK] O'TOOLE: Pregnant women are not the only smokers – tests are not the answer
Asking pregnant women to take breath tests is patronising and fails to take into account that smoking is society's issue too ... we need to look at the reasons – economic, social and individual – that they started smoking in the first place. This involves
May 13, 2013
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
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May 13, 2013 14:17
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[UK, UK-Scotland] Jane Devine: Having smoking areas at Commonwealth Games venues is hardly sending a healthy message
The Commonwealth Games are a golden opportunity to shape the attitudes we need for a healthier Scotland, but at the moment, we’re not at the races.
May 13, 2013
The Scotsman (uk)
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May 13, 2013 09:25
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[Virginia] BENNETT: Big tobacco and higher education
it is still embraced by many of the nation's colleges. The industry clearly has targeted higher ed connections . . . Altria, maker of Marlboro, the biggest selling cigarette brand in the U.S., is a case in point. Execs and directors of the Virginia-bas
May 12, 2013
Muckety
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May 13, 2013 03:08