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[Europe] Tobacco industry-commissioned report: large decline in EU consumption, almost no change in illegal trade
Philip Morris’s press release is a misrepresentation of the findings of the KPMG report. In reality, the report revealed that tobacco tax hikes in the EU countries effectively reduced tobacco consumption and had no consistent impact on increasing the ill
Jun 4, 2013
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
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Jun 4, 2013 00:09
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[Canada] Culture clash: Possible ban on shisha smoking in restaurants sparks concern
The provincial government may ban shisha smoking at roughly 30 establishments throughout the province as part of Alberta’s Tobacco Reduction Strategy.
Jun 4, 2013
Edmonton (Alberta) Journal (ca)
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Jun 4, 2013 00:00
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Frank Lautenberg's Legacy Includes Saving Airline Passengers From Secondhand Smoke
The New Jersey Democrat, who helped pass the '87 bill, had once been a two-pack-a-day smoker himself. But over the course of his career he had come to care deeply about advancing public health through the legislative process.
Jun 3, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Jun 4, 2013 02:44
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Study: Companies Pay Almost $6,000 Extra Per Year for Each Employee Who Smokes
By drawing on previous research on the costs of absenteeism, lost productivity, smoke breaks and health care costs, the researchers developed an estimate that each employee who smokes costs an employer an average of $5,816 annually above the cost of a pe
Jun 3, 2013
Ohio State University
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Jun 4, 2013 00:05
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Smoking employees cost $6,000 a year more, study finds
Smokers cost their employers nearly $6,000 a year more than staff who don’t smoke, researchers said on Monday in what they say is the first comprehensive look at the issue. And in what some might see as a dark twist, they’ve taken into account any saving
Jun 3, 2013
NBC News
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Jun 3, 2013 23:52
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[District of Columbia] Marge Baker: Five Things Republicans Don't Want You to Know About the D.C. Circuit
The Associated Press is reporting that tomorrow President Obama will nominate three experienced and highly regarded people -Cornelia Pillard, Patricia Ann Millet and Robert Leon Wilkins-- to the influential Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Jun 3, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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Jun 3, 2013 19:20
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[Russia] Do National Smoking Bans Actually Work?
But will it actually work? Here’s how similar efforts have played out in other developed nations.
Jun 3, 2013
TIME Magazine
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Jun 3, 2013 19:05
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Japan taking steps to discourage smoking nationwide
“We have freshly launched this fiscal year the second Health Japan 21 project. It’s to stop those underage from smoking and to host the committee of experts on tobacco and health upgrading to undertake various measures to deal with cigarette smoking,” sa
Jun 3, 2013
Japan Daily Press (jp)
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Jun 3, 2013 13:12
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Senator Frank R. Lautenberg A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
• Smoking on Airplanes: In his first term, in 1987, Senator Lautenberg wrote the groundbreaking law banning smoking on airline flights lasting two hours or less ... • Smoking in Federal Facilities: Senator Lautenberg wrote the 1994 law ... FDA-Tobacco
Jun 3, 2013
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
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Jun 3, 2013 11:48
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Remembering Frank Lautenberg's Progressive Legacy
helped write the law banning smoking on airplanes, which helped start the movement towards smoke-free public spaces. … Wrote the law banning smoking in all federally funded places that serve children. ... author of legislation to ban smoking in federal b
Jun 3, 2013
Think Progress (blog)
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Jun 3, 2013 11:27