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[UK] Pro-smoking activists threaten and harass health campaigners

Security stepped up for tobacco control group as abuse grows amid moves to make cigarette packets plain
The Guardian (uk)
added Jun 3, 2012 15:36
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[Europe, UK] Donna Edmunds: How an obscure Swedish tobacco product could hold the key to reversing Cameron’s EU problems

Whilst not part of a treaty, the Tobacco Products Directive, which is currently being reworked, offers ample opportunities for Cameron’s team. Last broached ten years ago, the current directive is deemed out of date thanks to the arrival of new non-toba
ConservativeHome (blog) (uk)
added May 27, 2013 17:14
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[UK] Lindsay Lohan and Leonardo DiCaprio love them but are electric cigarettes really as safe as they claim?

a growing number of schools are banning the devices. This is because it's feared that the e-cigarettes -- often touted as a device that helps smokers quit -- are actually prompting pupils to take up smoking. ... have no age restrictions on who can buy
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added May 20, 2013 00:09
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UK government abandons plain cigarette packaging plan

The British government is abandoning plans to introduce plain cigarette packaging, in a move that will please the tobacco industry that had challenged the claim it would put young people off smoking. Health ministers had been weighing banning brands on
Financial Times (uk)
added May 2, 2013 06:34
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Smokers cost UK employers up to £2.1 billion a year

Why e-cigarettes might be the solution to a loss of productivity caused by smoking breaks.
GrowthBusiness.co.uk (uk)
added May 1, 2013 11:00
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[UK] 'Business fears' cast cloud over future of artificial cigarettes ($$)

Government plans on licensing electronic cigarettes have been delayed even further amid fears for the future of the embryonic industry in Britain. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency began a consultation in February 2010, but it said
Times Of London (uk)
added Apr 8, 2013 09:24
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[UK] Philip Morris Nears Decision on Lower-Risk Cigarette Plant

“We are very close to making a decision on where to place our manufacturing facility,” he told analysts at a conference in London today, without elaborating further. “We should be ready with the commercialization in 2016-2017.” The company is developing
Bloomberg News
added Mar 18, 2013 12:27
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[Australia, UK] Will plain packaging of cigarettes work? A look at the current evidence

the studies that have been conducted to date certainly suggest that there might be a benefit in introducing it.
The Guardian (uk)
added Mar 8, 2013 07:06
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[UK, USA] Former White House doctor joins British American Tobacco

The tobacco giant announced on Tuesday that Dr Richard Tubb, one of the longest serving White House doctors, had joined the board as a non-executive director. Before retiring in 2009, he had worked for Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama; his roles inclu
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Jan 30, 2013 11:54
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[UK] Advertorial: Top 10 things you need to know about E-Cigarettes

To help clear up some of the confusion here are the top 10 things you need to know about e-cigarettes.
The Yorker (University of York) (uk)
added Jan 14, 2013 10:33
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