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The Fight to Keep Tobacco Sacred
She is helping lead a movement within her tribe, the Minnesota-based White Earth Nation, to boost traditional tobacco use. This shift is not just for the sake of rebuilding a vanishing tradition; it is part of a surprising strategy to tamp down the tribe’
Mar 29, 2018
Scientific American
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Mar 29, 2018 14:11
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[Asia-pacific, Philippines] Make cleanliness part of holiness, Holy Week pilgrims urged
Limpin said that having a smoke-free environment would lessen the threat of smoke-related diseases to second-hand smokers. “Tobacco smoke contains toxic and poisonous chemicals, including cancer-causing substances, which can pose harm and death to both
Mar 25, 2018
Philippine Daily Inquirer (ph)
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Mar 26, 2018 15:11
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[Cuba, Spain] The Converted Jews Who Played Their Part in Europe's Love of Tobacco
When the expulsion of the Jews was announced, De Torres converted to Christianity in order to save himself; he thus became a converso...De Torres tried smoking the tobacco and apparently became the first European to smoke a cigarette. He and his fellow s
Mar 17, 2018
Ha'aretz Newspaper/Magazine
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Mar 18, 2018 01:20
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[Florida] MENDELSOHN: Taking a stand against hookah smoking on Passover, or anytime
Even the Jewish organizations on campus are jumping on the bandwagon, planning events with catchy slogans like a "Purim in Persia with 69 flavors" and "Hookah in the Sukkah" to entice students to participate in their programs. And now that Passover is aro
Mar 12, 2018
Ft. Lauderdale (FL) Sun-Sentinel
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Mar 13, 2018 04:26
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[Saudi Arabia, UK] DORSEY: Smoking And Drinking: Churchill Sets An Example Today’s Western Leaders Can Learn From – Analysis
Enjoying tobacco and alcohol is certain not to have featured in Ms. May’s talks this week with Prince Mohammed. Human rights...in Yemen did. In contrast to Mr. Churchill, who, perhaps insensitively and arrogantly, refused to compromise on his principles a
Mar 9, 2018
Eurasia Review (blog)
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Mar 9, 2018 20:24
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Bulgaria’s Deputy PM Simeonov calls Russian Patriarch “cigarette billionaire” and “second-class KGB cop”
Deputy Prime Minister Valery Simeonov, known as loose cannon, attacked the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, calling him a “cigarette bishop” and a “second-class cop”. Simeonov is leader of the “National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria” (NFSB),
Mar 7, 2018
BulgarianPresidency.eu (bg)
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Mar 7, 2018 15:33
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LETTER TO WALT DISNEY Re: Fox Searchlight movies(PDF)
Dear Mr. Iger: As investors representing $556 billion... Summary We propose the following steps to manage the public health risk posed by the Fox film acquisition, which align with recommendations from global health experts: (1) Extend The Walt D
Feb 20, 2018
Seventh Generation Interfaith CRI
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Apr 26, 2018 02:57
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Two Muslims asylum seekers win High Court case as judge rules that allowing smoking and forcing them to pray by toilets at UK immigration detention centre breached their human rights
Mr Rahman had also complained about the smoky atmosphere caused when detainees lit cigarettes in cells... The judge concluded that legislation barred smoking in immigration removal centre cells. He said regulations would have to be amended for smoking to
Feb 2, 2018
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Feb 2, 2018 17:08
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Iran is losing its jihad on tobacco
Iran's anti-smoking efforts reflect the wider difficulties faced by the government: Tobacco use is a deeply ingrained habit, and appeals to Islamic values, which had an impact on other social issues years ago, have failed to win over the population. Whet
Jan 29, 2018
Chicago Tribune
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Jan 30, 2018 02:25
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[UK] Parents are outraged after school bosses removed wall from girls' toilet block exposing cubicles to CCTV in crackdown on smokers, bullies and truants
Parents of children at the mixed St Mary's Catholic College in Wallasey, Merseyside, have criticised the redesign, with many concerned about their daughters' privacy. The wall of one of the school's female toilet blocks has been removed to make the toil
Jan 21, 2018
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Jan 22, 2018 05:44