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[Australia] PM's gay smoking furore
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard will address the Australian Christian Lobby's national conference next month, despite its leader yesterday suggesting a homosexual ''lifestyle'' was more hazardous to health than smoking.
Sep 5, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
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Sep 5, 2012 17:08
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[Maryland] WEIMERT: Cigarette taxes saved my kids' lives
Maryland should again raise the cost of smoking
Aug 29, 2012
Baltimore (MD) Sun
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Aug 29, 2012 21:06
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[Afghanistan] Beards, music, tobacco: the Taliban's morality police are back to smash 'vice' ($$)
Jun 25, 2012
The Australian (au)
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Jun 24, 2012 12:54
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[Canada] Smoking ban exemption for First Nations
The Penticton council has amended the smoking regulation bylaw in progress to include an exemption for the traditional First Nations cultural use of tobacco in aboriginal ceremonies. ... On March 4, the council gave the first three readings to the bylaw
Apr 19, 2013
First Perspective (ca)
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Apr 19, 2013 13:51
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In South Dakota prisons, Indian inmates get to smoke — for religious reasons | The Knowledge Effect
After ruling last year that the South Dakota prison system violated the rights of incarcerated Native American tribe members when it imposed a blanket ban on all inmate tobacco use, a federal judge has issued guidelines regarding appropriate use.
Feb 21, 2013
Thomson Reuters
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Feb 21, 2013 16:54
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Malians celebrate, French-led forces clear Timbuktu
Among the celebrating Gao crowds, many smoked cigarettes, women went unveiled and some men wore shorts to flout the severe sharia Islamic law the rebels had imposed
Jan 27, 2013
Reuters
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Jan 28, 2013 11:04
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[Australia] Blessed are the smokers for they are welcome in heaven
Religious billboards outside many churches in Sydney now preach: "Smoking won't kill you in the next life. Sin will." . . . "It's trivialising what is a major cause of death and disease and I think it's better to avoid merging the two issues frankly ..
Oct 15, 2012
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
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Oct 15, 2012 08:48
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EDITORIAL: Mali burning
A man told the Economist that the top of his ear was sliced off for smoking. “For drinking, they cut off your head,” he said. . . . What they will do with this prize is anyone’s guess, but it seems likely to become a bastion for extremists to train and t
Oct 7, 2012
The Washington Post
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Oct 14, 2012 03:28
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[South Dakota] Judge: SD prison tobacco ban curbs religion rights
Chief Judge Karen Schreier ruled that even if state officials had asserted a compelling governmental interest, they did not prove that the complete ban was the least restrictive means available to further that governmental interest.
Sep 19, 2012
AP - Associated Press
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Sep 20, 2012 01:19
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[Saudi Arabia] Minister directs governorates to implement royal order banning smoking
Minister of Interior Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz has issued directives to all regions of the Kingdom, stressing work as per a royal order banning smoking in all ministries, government departments and public institutions.
Jul 30, 2012
Ministry of Interior Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Aug 1, 2012 10:19