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[Honduras, Singapore, Ukraine] Australia defiant on WTO cigarette challenge

Australia said Friday it would "vigorously defend" itself against complaints about its plan for plain cigarette packaging made by Honduras and Ukraine to the World Trade Organization
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added May 25, 2012 18:32
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Singapore Seen - Girl, 12, posts pictures of herself smoking on facebook

STOMPer Boomer was disturbed to see this 12-year-old girl posting pictures of herself smoking on facebook.
STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) (sg)
added Dec 31, 2012 12:44
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Singapore to Seek Ban on Tobacco Displays in Shops

Worried that more citizens are lighting up, the Singapore government is proposing to ban shops from displaying tobacco-related products. The plan, announced Tuesday by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, joins a steady slew of smoking curbs imposed in the Sou
Wall Street Journal Blogs
added Mar 12, 2013 12:35
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[Australia, New Zealand, Singapore] Plainer cigarette packs won’t deter them, S’pore smokers say

Smokers in Singapore said that if such a change were to happen here, it would have little to no effect on their smoking habits. “It wouldn’t bother me. Packaging is just packaging,” said civil servant Hazzely Jufferie.
inSing.com (sg)
added Feb 25, 2013 23:54
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Singapore healthiest country in the world

The final ranking was calculated based on a health-risk score which took into consideration factors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity rates, physically inactivity and extent of immunisation coverage.
Bikya Masr (eg)
added Aug 17, 2012 03:29
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems: regulatory and safety challenges: Singapore perspective -- Cheah et al.

Based on samples tested in this study, many contain misleading information on product ingredients. The results show poor consistency between actual nicotine content analysed on ENDS cartridges and the amount labelled. These findings raise safety and effic
Tobacco Control
added Dec 2, 2012 13:34
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[Singapore] Kid so young yet so proud to show off photos of himself smoking

STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) (sg)
added Sep 3, 2012 09:41
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[Asia, Singapore] 18 Vietnamese contraband cigarette peddlers nabbed

Singapore Customs have smashed a Vietnamese peddling ring dealing in contraband cigarettes and arrested 18 Vietnamese. Over 1,500 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes worth more than S$15,300 were seized in the pre-dawn operation. The duty and goods and ser
Channel NewsAsia (sg)
added Apr 9, 2013 14:59
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[Singapore] With these signs all over Bukit Merah market, there's no excuse for smoking here

STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) (sg)
added Jan 21, 2013 16:39
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[Singapore] Smokers spend up to 40 min on breaks during work hours

Smoking employees can spend up to 40 min on smoke breaks during the typical working day. They also remain indifferent to how this may affect their work productivity. According to a report by Jobstreet.com, smokers take an average of one to four smoke br
AsiaOne (sg)
added Aug 17, 2012 12:24
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