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Smokers slow high-speed trains in NE China

Bullet trains on a high-speed railway line in Northeast China have been forced to slow down seven times over the last three days because of smoking passengers, railway police said Tuesday.
China Daily (cn)
added Dec 4, 2012 06:58
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[UK] WEST: The smoking ban was right – I love Big Brother

I didn’t want to be a full-on smoker; now I’m quite happy to be an occasional social smoker who puffs away on those rare occasions when a big social gathering coincides with a nice day. By making heavy smoking a massive hassle, the ban has made it easier
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Jun 28, 2012 11:41
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[India] Surrogate ads of tobacco products all over metro stations: NGO

Such advertisements are everywhere, argues Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
The Hindu Online (in)
added Jun 8, 2012 18:10
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SACHS: A memory of the smoking car

The smoking car was a wonderful combination of improvised theater and voyeuristic give-and-take.
Chicago Reader
added May 22, 2012 01:01
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[Vietnam] Hanoi to forbid smoking in vehicles, aircraft and trams

Hanoi has just promulgated Plan 70, on implementing the National Strategy for Tobacco Harm Prevention toward 2020 in Hanoi. Under the plan, the city will ban smoking indoors and within the campus of medical facilities, educational facilities, facilities
Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (vn)
added May 7, 2013 09:12
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[Finland] Finnish trains go smokeless

Finland is the last Nordic country to ban smoking on the rails.
YLE24 (fi)
added May 3, 2013 23:28
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[Canada] 'Irresponsible, illegal and extremely dangerous' Montreal subway drinking marathon prompts investigation

Participants are seen drinking and smoking on métro cars and platforms; vomiting in métro cars and on platforms and outside stations; urinating on station benches, tracks and walls; sitting on platform edges; and drawing graffiti outside stations.
National Post (ca)
added Mar 29, 2013 16:08
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[China] Bullet train smokers risk detention

SMOKERS on high-speed rail lines may be detained as Shanghai railway operators strengthen the crackdown on smoking onboard. The detention can range from five days to 10 days, said the Shanghai Railway Bureau. The change is effective immediately.
Shanghai Daily (cn)
added Dec 24, 2012 17:23
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[China] Passenger smoking caused bullet train to speed down

This is the seventh time that alarm was triggered by smoking of passengers since December 1 this year, when the bullet train on Harbin-Dalian railway was first put to operation."
SINA (cn)
added Dec 4, 2012 03:46
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Russian Railways in Smoking Crackdown, Privatization Freeze

Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin told journalists in Sochi on Thursday that the company would work toward a total ban on smoking on suburban trains.
Moscow Times
added Jun 18, 2012 09:24
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