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[UK-Scotland] Cigarette smuggler Douglas Allison ordered to pay £30000

Douglas Allison, 47, has been ordered to pay £30,000 within six months or face a further 14 months in prison. Last year, he was jailed for six-and-a-half years at Maidstone Crown Court for trying to smuggle the cigarettes into Dover and Newhaven.
BBC Online
added Apr 8, 2013 08:42
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[UK-Scotland] Tobacco firm to challenge plain cigarette pack plan

THE tobacco giant JTI is preparing to challenge the Scottish Government's plain cigarette packets plans in an advertising campaign next week. It will reveal correspondence, obtained through Freedom of Information, from the Department of Health in which
The Scotsman (uk)
added Apr 7, 2013 10:22
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[UK-Scotland] Fresh calls for car smoking ban

A South of Scotland MSP says he has had widespread support for his proposal to ban people smoking in cars if their children are with them.
ITV Network Limited (uk)
added Apr 4, 2013 10:08
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[UK-Scotland] Car kids smoking ban plea

South of Scotland MSP Jim Hume is planning to launch a campaign to ban smoking in cars when children are present. Australia, Canada and South Africa are among those countries who have already banned smoking in vehicles.
ITV Network Limited (uk)
added Apr 3, 2013 09:28
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[UK-Scotland] Retailers' plain cigarette packaging fears

PETROL station shops will suffer a "significant impact" to their trade if plain packaging of tobacco products goes ahead, with rural forecourts likely to be the worst hit, the industry has warned.
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Apr 4, 2013 09:50
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[UK-Scotland] RIDGWAY: Plain cigarette packaging an incentive to counterfeiters

I have worked in the packaging industry for more than 40 years and can assure you the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products will have unintended consequences ("Campaigners back plan for plain cigarette packaging", The Herald, March 28).
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Mar 30, 2013 18:58
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[UK-Scotland] MSP Jim Hume plans to ban adults smoking in cars with children

Jim Hume, a list MSP for South of Scotland, says similar laws have been successfully introduced in countries such as Australia, Canada and South Africa. He said outlawing smoking at the wheel would stop children suffering passive smoking on the way to s
STV (uk)
added Apr 1, 2013 09:36
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[UK, UK-Scotland] Scotland to ban smoking in parks

Smoking is on course to be banned in public parks and other council-controlled outdoor areas, under radical plans to make Scotland 'smoke free' by 2034.
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Mar 29, 2013 13:52
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[UK, UK-Scotland] JTI hits out at talk of plain tobacco packaging for Scotland

Jorge da Motta, managing director of JTI, described the press reports as “wide of the mark”. “The UK Department of Health has yet to publish the findings of its consultation and has recently stated that no decision has been made on this issue,” he said.
The Grocer (uk)
added Mar 28, 2013 16:12
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[UK-Scotland] CREATING A TOBACCO-FREE GENERATION A Tobacco Control Strategy for Scotland (PDF)

tobacco control remains central to achieving the Scottish Government’s Purpose and Objectives, as well as to meeting our international obligations such as the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. For Scotland to become a m
Scottish Executive (uk)
added Mar 28, 2013 11:13
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