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RICHMOND: Fund Early Education With Tobacco Taxes: An Interesting Longshot
President Obama's proposal is probably doomed. But here are the pros and cons. ... I asked Rick Hess, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, to lay odds on the tobacco tax hike surviving. "I'd put
Apr 18, 2013
The Atlantic Monthly
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Apr 18, 2013 16:41
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SULLUM: NIH Director Regrets Taxpayer-Funded Hatchet Job Linking Tea Party to Big Tobacco
As I noted at the time, Glantz et al. tried to make the case that the Tea Party was funded and largely created by Philip Morris but ended up arguing that anyone who disagrees with them on issues such as ObamaCare, smoking bans, and cigarette taxes is carr
Mar 7, 2013
Reason Magazine
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Mar 8, 2013 06:46
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Federal Tobacco Program Under Fire
Did the CDC use stimulus funds to incent communities to adopt restrictive tobacco laws? ... National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) reports that the CDC granted $142.8 million in tobacco-related grants to 19 cities and counties in 2010 alone. The
Mar 4, 2013
Convenience Store/Petroleum (CSPNet)
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Mar 4, 2013 06:15
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Reynolds subsidiary funding cigarette recycling
A subsidiary of the nation's second-largest cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc. is funding a national recycling program to reward do-gooders for cleaning up tobacco waste and turn cigarette butts into pellets used to make items such as plastic shippin
Nov 14, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Nov 14, 2012 13:01
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[New Hampshire] Clerk loses job over stand
Won’t take welfare card for cigarettes
Jun 17, 2012
Keene (NH) Sentinel
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Jun 30, 2012 05:34
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[India] Govt allows ITC to flout WHO norms on donations from tobacco firms
Evidence is now growing to show that the government has financial interface with the industry and some of its top financial institutions are heavily invested in certain tobacco firms allowing scope for conflicts of interest to arise between anti-tobacco
Jun 3, 2012
Chandigarh Tribune (in)
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Jun 4, 2012 14:52
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[Canada] MCA gets approval for tobacco pilot project
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has received a $476,115 two-year grant from the Government of Ontario to support the development of an Akwesasne Tobacco Law and Regulatory Framework. The “Akwesasne Tobacco Pilot Project” is one of two First Nation projec
May 8, 2013
Cornwall (ON) Seaway News (ca)
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May 8, 2013 13:50
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[Canada, USA] Every Dollar in Taxpayer Funding That the Provinces and Federal Government Gave to US Studio Films With Smoking Costs Canadians Healthcare $1.70 and Contributes to the Premature Death of Canadian
Every dollar ... to US studio films with smoking costs Canada $1.70 in tobacco related medical costs and productivity loss. The World Health Organization has made specific recommendations that all parties to the global Framework Convention on Tobacco Con
Jan 26, 2013
MarketWire
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Feb 25, 2013 11:40
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TOBACCO CONTROL STATE HIGHLIGHTS 2012 (PDF)
The framework for this report is based on the World Health Organization’s MPOWER package of high-impact strategies: Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies; Protect people from tobacco smoke; Offer help to quit tobacco use; Warn about the dangers o
Jan 24, 2013
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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Jan 31, 2013 18:53
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[Minnesota] Study: Tobacco coupons set back cessation efforts
Tobacco companies are using aggressive coupon marketing tactics to reduce the likelihood that current smokers will quit, according to new research published in the health journal “Tobacco Control.”
Jan 6, 2013
Duluth (MN) News-Tribune
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Jan 6, 2013 15:14