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FDA names new head of tobacco products center

A Food and Drug Administration veteran who helped spearhead efforts to regulate the tobacco industry in the 1990s is taking over the agency's Center for Tobacco Products. Mitch Zeller will become the center's director on March 4, FDA Commissioner Margare
AP - Associated Press
added Feb 22, 2013 14:12
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Cig makers in Malaysia face more cuts

Tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes will be reduced effective June as the Government att­empts to bring down the estimated 100,000 deaths caused due to smoking-related illnesses. Tar content in each cigarette will be reduced from 20mg to 15mg while nic
AsiaOne (sg)
added Jan 19, 2013 23:46
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Should you need a licence to smoke?

It might sound extreme, even social engineering, but this is the proposal of a public health expert in Australia, who suggests that it could provide a practical "disincentive" for smokers.
BBC Online
added Nov 14, 2012 07:20
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A closer look at what the Tobacco Control Act hasn't done

In a post on his blog, "The Rest of the Story," Dr. Siegel evaluates each of the seven FDA actions that Dr. Hamburg claims have been effective in helping to protect public health from tobacco use. His conclusion? The rest of the story is that after three
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
added Jul 19, 2012 07:35
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Papua New Guinea Introduces Sweeping Smoking Ban

New laws expected to face widespread community opposition in a country where tobacco consumption is a national pastime
VOANews.com (Voice of America)
added Dec 10, 2011 00:00
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Obama Take 2: Tobacco, Obesity Key in Second Term

The FDA will launch a media effort later this year aimed at preventing childhood tobacco use. It should complement a similar effort already underway by the CDC.
MedPage Today
added Jan 22, 2013 12:31
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Turkey Regulates Brand Stretching And Brand Sharing In Tobacco Products

Mondaq
added Dec 28, 2012 13:57
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Smokefree Lists, Maps, and Data

View our lists updated October 5, 2012!
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR)
added Oct 9, 2012 03:38
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A plan to INCREASE the number of cigarettes Americans smoke! or ?

The goal of these proposals — which Daynard acknowledges may seem “a little crazy” — would be a nation with a smoking rate under 10 percent, or about half of what it is in America today. ACSH’s Dr. Gilbert Ross calls these proposals intriguing, but says
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
added Mar 12, 2013 15:31
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[Canada] Strategy launched by anti-smoking group

The Alliance for the Control of Tobacco delivered a five-year strategy to curb smoking in the province. The anti-smoking group presented the plan to the health minister on Tuesday morning in St. John's.
CBC News (ca)
added Feb 26, 2013 16:32
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