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[UK] Real cost of plain tobacco packs to independent retailers is revealed

In-store research by the Rural Shops Alliance (RSA) shows the introduction of plain tobacco packs could cost shopkeepers “tens of millions of pounds” a year, reports today’s Independent Retail News.
Talking Retail (uk)
added Aug 24, 2012 07:22
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[UK] Obese and smokers less of a burden on the NHS than the healthy who live longer - report

Research by the Institute of Economic Affairs argues that a tax on fatty food could actually increase the burden on the health system and unfairly penalise the poor.
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Jun 27, 2012 16:11
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[UK] Banned for half a century, cigarette adverts are staging a lucrative comeback - but with an electronic 'smoke'

London's advertising agencies can sense an exciting new opportunity. Traditional cigarette maker British American Tobacco - the world's second-biggest producer and best known for its Dunhill, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike brands - has begun a search for a L
This is Money (uk)
added May 26, 2013 01:34
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Impact of point-of-sale tobacco display bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey

Impulse purchasing of cigarettes was lower in places that enacted POS display bans. These findings indicate that implementing POS tobacco display bans does result in lower exposure to tobacco marketing and less frequent impulse purchasing of cigarettes.
Health Education Research
added May 13, 2013 09:06
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[Europe, UK] LYONS: The new EU directive: quit smoking or die

In December 2012, the EU's executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of 'significant scientific, market and international developments' that have
spiked (uk)
added May 9, 2013 17:22
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[UK] Boom in the sale of illegal cigarettes ($$)

More than one in four cigarettes smoked in Britain is illicit and Gillingham in Kent has emerged as the town with the worst habit. A study of discarded packs throughout Britain by MSIntelligence, a Geneva-based company, found that just over 26 per cent
Times Of London (uk)
added Mar 3, 2013 18:48
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[UK, USA] Sales of e-cigarettes continue to soar

“We continue to expect consumption of e-cigarettes could surpass consumption of traditional cigarettes within the next decade,” said Bonnie Herzog, tobacco analyst at Wells Fargo.
Financial Times (uk)
added Jan 21, 2013 12:19
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[Australia, UK] SKAPINKER: Tobacco companies versus the plain truth ($$)

when Alison Cooper, chief executive of Imperial Tobacco, says that forcing tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packets is not about health but is just anti-business, every other business person should tell her not to taint them with her death an
Financial Times (uk)
added May 16, 2012 17:34
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[UK] Cigarettes will NOT be sold in plain packaging: Cameron ditches plan designed to deter young people from smoking

The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added May 2, 2013 17:38
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems: International Tobacco Control Four-Country Survey

Awareness of ENDS is high, especially in countries where they are legal (i.e., the U.S. and UK). Because trial was associated with nondaily smoking and a desire to quit smoking, ENDS may have the potential to serve as a cessation aid.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
added Apr 9, 2013 11:19
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