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[Russia, USA] BONNER: Re-elect Barack Obama, the better choice for America, Ukraine and world

Romney’s Bain & Company made millions of dollars advising British American Tobacco on how to brand and market their products more successfully. As a result, more Ukrainian women and children started smoking; the smoking rate among men remained among the h
Kyiv Post (ua)
added Nov 8, 2012 18:14
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[Russia] Wall Street Analyst: Global Noose Tightening on Big Tobacco

Writing in Forbes, analyst Charles Sizemore concludes, "Though enforcement varies from country to country, there is really no such thing as a 'tobacco friendly' country anymore. Everywhere you look, the noose is getting tighter."
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Mar 20, 2013 00:27
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Philip Morris Borrowing Costs Climb After Russia Bans Public Smoking | Fox Business

Bond investors demanded a higher yield from Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Tuesday than the cigarette maker was granted last summer, as rising interest rates and questions about overseas tobacco sales weighed on its debt sale.
Dow Jones Newswires
added Feb 27, 2013 00:37
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Will Russia's Monkey Wrench Cripple the Tobacco Industry? (LO, MO, PM, RAI)

Luckily for Philip Morris and British American, burgeoning middle-class growth in China and India could prove to be more than enough to curb any sales weakness in Russia, but the potential for a "monkey-see, monkey-do" effect could be an even more worris
Motley Fool
added Jun 2, 2013 19:35
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VASILENKOV: Russian smokers to live in ghettos?

The lack of a ban on smoking is a violation of the rights of people, especially people with asthma and allergies, and of course, children. The objections of smokers, no matter how famous, are ungrounded, and the State Duma has not violated any of their ri
Pravda Online
added May 1, 2013 11:06
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E-cigarettes and cigarette-looking chewing gum to be banned in Russia

Lawmakers propose to amend the recently passed law "On protection of public health from exposure to tobacco smoke" to strengthen the measures to combat smoking and promotion of tobacco products. The ban will embrace the use and imitation of tobacco produ
Pravda Online
added Jan 21, 2013 12:00
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[Russia] Smoking after 2015: Expensive and not in fashion

Medvedev says that this law provides for a gradual introduction of a smoking ban in restaurants, cafes, and other commercial outlets ahead of January 1st, 2015. And this will be done in a civilized way as part of the Convention on Tobacco Control of the W
RUVR Voice of Russia (ru)
added Oct 31, 2012 20:06
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Mitt Romney Lined His Pockets Pimping Big Tobacco In Russia

Here's a question to ponder: If one belongs to a religion that bans smoking, should one participate in helping tobacco companies profit from emerging markets? Is there a moral question that has to be answered before undertaking that project?
Crooks & Liars (blog)
added Oct 12, 2012 16:25
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[Russia] Jason Linkins: Mitt Romney's Bain & Company Timeline: Let's Get It Straight, Shall We?

She caps it off thusly: "Perhaps Cherkis and Carter have direct evidence that Mitt was actually controlling things while she was nominally in charge, but if so, I don't think they made it clear in the article." Well, golly, let's make it all clear, then
Huffington Post (blog)
added Oct 11, 2012 15:49
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[USA] Romney's Bain Capital made millions from tobacco business in Russia in 90s

An investigation into Republican Mitt Romney's Bain Capital tobacco work has found that the consulting firm helped Philip Morris, which is America's leading cigarette manufacturer, increase its revenues in the U.S., and aided two other tobacco titans as t
Newstrack India (in)
added Oct 10, 2012 05:29
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