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[Minnesota] Is a "no smokers" hiring policy unethical?

Minnesota is one of 29 states that makes it illegal to refuse to hire someone because they smoke. The American Lung Association opposes this law and takes the position that it elevates "smokers to a protected class."
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
added Apr 18, 2013 17:03
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[New Zealand] Smoking attack adverts pushed for NZ

Tobacco control expert Professor Stanton Glantz, of the University of California, San Francisco, says the virtual absence of such ads in New Zealand is a reason smoking prevalence is significantly higher in this country than in his home state - 17 per ce
New Zealand Herald
added Apr 10, 2013 15:02
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[UK] Philip Morris report suggests thousands of jobs are at risk if plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco is introduced

according to a report released today and commissioned by Philip Morris Ltd. The report suggests up to 30,000 out of the 182,300 jobs in Britain's small independent retailers are at risk and concludes tobacco purchases will
This is South Wales (uk) (Evening Post)
added Apr 9, 2013 09:40
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LETTERS: Virtual smoking

you gave short shrift to the potential adverse effects of the nicotine vapour, organic compounds (propanediol, propanetriol, diacetin) and both fine and ultrafine particulates in the e-cigarette formulation that would doubtless be delivered to the deep lu
The Economist
added Apr 7, 2013 09:46
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Tobacco-Free U: 2013 New York State Dean’s List (PDF)

This past year has been a monumental one for tobacco-free campuses in the state. In September, the City University of New York began implementing a tobacco-free policy on all 23 of its campuses. On June 12, 2012 the State University of New York (SUNY) Bo
American Cancer Society
added Apr 4, 2013 15:14
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[Canada] Day 132: Dependence

you can imagine what today's hearing was like at the Montreal tobacco trials, as lawyers for the defendant tobacco companies completed their cross examination of the plaintiffs' expert witness in addiction, Dr. Juan Negrete. There was very little new gro
Eye on the Trials (ASPQ) (ca)
added Apr 4, 2013 11:46
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[Italy] Consumer groups mixed on e-cigarette ban for minors

This week the health ministry signed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone aged 18 or younger, the same age limit for tobacco products. The health ministry said that the devices, despite advertizing a less-harmful alternative to trad
Gazzetta del Sud (it)
added Apr 4, 2013 07:29
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[UK] Inquiry into the illicit trade in tobacco products (PDF)

As the evidence to this Inquiry demonstrates, there is no good reason to accept this argument. In fact, legitimate packs of cigarettes carry both covert and overt security marking, including numbers and anti- counterfeit marks, which would still be pres
ASH London (uk)
added Mar 25, 2013 12:31
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Public Attitudes Toward the Treatment of Nicotine Addiction

to assess the extent to which medical explanations of smoking have permeated public beliefs about treatments for smoking cessation. ... Medical discourse of smoking cessation does not dominate public understandings of smoking cessation. Rather, ideas abou
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Mar 25, 2013 12:04
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[Oklahoma] E-Cigarette Users Upset Over Proposed Bill To Regulate Sales

Those who've kicked the habit with the help of tobacco free electronic cigarettes say they are once again being targeted by "big tobacco." At issue is a Bill that would turn stores that sell E-cigarettes into conventional Cigarette venders and tax them a
News 9 WWTV (Oklahoma City, OK)
added Mar 18, 2013 04:46
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