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[Switzerland] Students kick smoking habit

A nationwide competition in Swiss schools to encourage students to kick their nicotine habit has delivered encouraging results. Experiment Nonsmoking took place in 2,700 classrooms across Switzerland which saw smokers give up all tobacco products for si
worldradio.ch 88.4 FM IN GENEVA (WRS) (ch)
added May 13, 2013 14:19
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[Tanzania] Tobacco firm supports Morogoro schools

SCHOOL committees in the country have been urged to utilize responsibly donations extended to the education centres by various stakeholders. The call was made here on Thursday by the Deputy Mayor of Morogoro, Ms Lydia Mbiaji, when receiving two classroom
TSN Daily News(tz)
added Mar 1, 2013 13:45
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Battle heats up over proposed 429% increase on cigarette taxes in Missouri

Voters will decide on controversial measure during the November election
KYTV KY3 (Springfield, MO)
added Oct 19, 2012 02:54
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[Virginia] Henrico school system going 100 percent smoke-free

Smoking and other tobacco use have been prohibited for students, but the ban now extends to faculty, staff and visitors.
Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch
added Sep 28, 2012 10:25
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[New York] Cuomo Signs Bills Curbing Secondhand Smoke, E-Cigarettes ($$)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed bills prohibiting smoking within 100 feet of school entrances and banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors, moves the governor said would protect young people from nicotine addiction and secondhan
Law360
added Sep 7, 2012 14:46
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[Georgia] Nearly half of Ga. school districts tobacco-free

The Georgia Department of Public Health says 87 of the state's 181 school districts, or 48%, are on board. Under the policy, no student, staff member or school visitor is permitted to use any tobacco product or E-cigarette, at any time on school property
AP - Associated Press
added Sep 6, 2012 15:40
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High school smoking sees big decline in Utah

As of 2011, only 5.9 percent of Utah high schoolers said they smoked cigarettes, compared to 11.9 percent in 1999. Nationwide, 18.1 percent of youth smoke.
Salt Lake Tribune
added Sep 6, 2012 06:53
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[India] Maharashtra: Anti-tobacco rules being openly flouted

1 in 4 children at Mumbai's municipal schools use some form of tobacco. Another survey of 200 schools, finds 61 per cent of them have tobacco shops within 100 yards of their premises.
CNN-IBN (in)
added Jun 4, 2012 04:50
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[California] LETTER: Dawn Daniels-Brown: Smoking vs. cheating

Merced (CA) Sun-Star
added May 16, 2012 16:24
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Socioeconomic Status and Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents: A Multilevel Analysis of Argentina's Global Youth Tobacco Survey

Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added May 14, 2012 20:34
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