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[New York] CONFER: The smoking ban --10 years later

2013 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the institution of the New York State Clean Indoor Air Act, otherwise known as the smoking ban. For a decade now, smokers have been treated as second-class citizens and cannot engage in the act without having to v
Niagara Falls (NY) Gazette
added Feb 12, 2013 12:15
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[UK] Electronic cigarettes - miracle or menace?

Anyone walking into a busy pub in Manchester may well be confronted with a rather shocking sight. At one table it looks like a group of friends are smoking, but there is no smell in the air and no ashtrays on the table. What they are using are e-cigare
BBC Online
added Feb 11, 2013 10:20
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Russia Weakens Anti-Smoking Law Before Key Second Reading

While the bill keeps a ban on smoking in public places, it drops restrictions on cigarette sales and the right to set minimum cigarette prices, said Dmitry Yanin, head of anti- tobacco lobbying group, the International Conference of Consumer Societies. “
Business Week/Bloomberg
added Jan 24, 2013 20:32
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7 Airports that Don't Care about Your Lungs - Pictures

CBS
added Nov 22, 2012 06:11
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[Australia] Negative anti-smoking messages stall the desire to quit

Shock and fear campaign tactics and restrictive measures on smoking do not encourage young people to kick their habits, an RMIT University study has found. Cigarette price increases and limitations on smoking in public places actually decrease the desire
B&T Weekly
added Oct 4, 2012 15:29
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[USA] China and US partner against smoking

On September 7, the China-US Smoke-free Workplace Initiative, a public-private partnership that represents the next cooperative effort on tobacco control between the US and China, was launched in Beijing. The new initiative aims to expand the number of s
Global Times (cn)
added Sep 27, 2012 16:17
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Even the Smell of Cigarettes Changes How We Use Public Spaces

Qian Hui Tan observes that smokers are "purveyors of sensory pollution" - creating a scent that, like all odors, can invade and take over. When that space is public, the impact can be immense, segregating and stratifying public spaces.
The Atlantic Monthly
added Sep 27, 2012 14:53
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[India] Sale of cigarettes banned in Goa

PANAJI: Goa government has asked all shops and establishments and eating outlets not to sell tobacco products in any form. The establishments have been directed "not to store or sell tobacco products in the form of cigarettes, cigars, biddies, gutka, hu
Times of India
added Sep 26, 2012 13:26
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Palau Stubs Out Tobacco

As of March 15, 2012, Palau has banned all tobacco products, completing a seven year effort to limit tobacco use on the freely associated Island territory of the U.S.
Talk Radio News Service
added Sep 17, 2012 17:27
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[Europe] Denmark to enforce smokeless tobacco ban

Government caves on EU's snus restrictions
Copenhagen Post (dk)
added Sep 10, 2012 11:07
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