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[Uae] Kids at risk due to second-hand smoke whether in cars or homes
Speaking to Gulf News, Dr Khalifa Omar Mohammad, cardiologist at Rashid Hospital, said that passive smoking is breathing in smoke from other people’s cigarettes, cigars or pipes.
Oct 27, 2012
Gulf News (ae)
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Oct 27, 2012 18:34
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[Uae] LETTER: Smoking in cars must stop
Smoking in cars must be prevented for the safety of commuters
Oct 26, 2012
Gulf News (ae)
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Oct 26, 2012 15:34
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Cigarette prices hiked Dh1 in UAE
The price revision is effective since Tuesday
Oct 17, 2012
Emirates 24|7 (ae)
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Oct 19, 2012 02:29
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[Uae] LETTERS: 'Shocking smokers is one thing but we need to educate them'
In response to the cover story 'Time to really shock smokers (Oct 17), it might be good to shock smokers with awful pictures but it will not persuade them to quit. This is a matter of long-term educational strategy along with putting in place the right
Oct 17, 2012
7 Days (ae)
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Oct 18, 2012 07:54
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UAE health chief: 'cigarette packet warnings must carry stronger message'
Visual health warnings have also started to appear on cigarette packets in the Gulf but Dr Wedad Al Maidoor, head of the UAE’s tobacco control committee, says the images are “too weak” by comparison. Al Maidoor told 7DAYS: “If you see packs in countries
Oct 17, 2012
7 Days (ae)
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Oct 17, 2012 03:45
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[Uae] EDITORIAL: GCC tobacco tax time has come
Costlier legal tobacco products will encourage black markets to emerge. That is all but certain. But smuggling can be policed. Any solution that reduces the prevalence of smoking, and discourages children from starting, is worth consideration.
Oct 5, 2012
The National Newspaper (ae)
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Oct 8, 2012 02:59
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Smoking ban 'should apply to all' in UAE
Since adhering to a smoking ban in malls put into effect by the Department of Economic Development (DeD) at the beginning of July, the owner has seen a vast drop in sales. The drop, he said, is not so much to do with customers not being allowed to smok
Oct 7, 2012
The National Newspaper (ae)
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Oct 7, 2012 17:19
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[Mid-east, Uae] GCC considers raising tax on cigarettes
finance ministers from all six states in the Gulf Cooperation Council convene tomorrow in Riyadh. Among the many topics to be discussed is the possibility of increasing a region-wide tobacco tax in response to calls by the healthcare professionals in the
Oct 4, 2012
The National Newspaper (ae)
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Oct 4, 2012 15:45
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[Uae] Three-month ultimatum to tobacco companies on graphic warnings
Authorites crack the whip on firms playing truant; new rule will also regulate smoke-free areas, sale of tobacco and advertising
Sep 12, 2012
Gulf News (ae)
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Sep 16, 2012 22:12
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[Uae, Uae: Dubai] Study: Shisha users do not call themselves 'smokers'
Dubai: Shisha smokers do not acknowledge themselves as smokers, according to a countrywide survey that pegs the number of shisha smokers at 30 per cent in the age group of 22-44. The findings, which come from a study titled Chronic Respiratory Symptoms i
Sep 1, 2012
Gulf News (ae)
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Sep 1, 2012 20:36