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[UK] NICE will create standards on obesity and use of tobacco and alcohol

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to create new quality standards for public health, the Department of Health for England has announced.
British Medical Journal
added May 16, 2013 14:01
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[UK] BREWER: Plain cigarette packets could reduce nicotine addiction

By downplaying addiction both big tobacco and the government effectively tell vulnerable adolescents that becoming addicted to a drug doesn’t really matter. Only about a fifth of regular smokers smoke 10 a day or fewer. In contrast, hardly …
British Medical Journal
added May 16, 2013 09:51
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[UK] ASA Adjudication on Nicocigs Ltd

Action The ad must not appear again in its current form. We told Nicocigs to ensure they did not claim products were not harmful, or were "safer" or "healthier" than smoking, in future in the absence of adequate evidence.
Advertising Standards Authority (uk)
added May 16, 2013 09:38
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[UK] UPDATE: Boston shop owner found guilty of selling dangerous cigarettes

Shapoor Atiqi was sentenced at Boston Magistrates’ Court this afternoon for a string of offences related to selling ‘non self-extinguishing’ cigarettes (see below). Atiqi was ordered to complete 270 hours of unpaid community work during the next 12 mont
Boston Standard (uk)
added May 15, 2013 19:52
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[UK] Meet the 'vapers': E-cigarette craze inspires bizarre new sub-culture

A radical new group of smokers have no intention of quitting. Instead, they believe their their addiction can save the lives of millions who puff away at cigarettes every day.
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added May 15, 2013 18:50
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[UK] Shisha café fined £375 for breaking smoking laws

THE owner and manager of a shisha café have both been fined for allowing people to smoke in an enclosed marquee.
Luton & Dunstable Express (uk)
added May 15, 2013 09:43
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[UK] Sniffer dog helps to find 30,000 illicit cigarettes at three shops in Ilkeston

TENS of thousands of illicit cigarettes have been sniffed out by a police dog in three Ilkeston shops. Counterfeit tobacco was hidden inside wooden steps, the bottom of a drinks refrigerator and within security door panels.
This is Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph) (uk)
added May 15, 2013 09:33
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[UK] MONBIOT: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

I have asked the Shell professor of earth sciences at Oxford, the university itself and the umbrella body Universities UK to explain the ethical difference between taking tobacco money for cancer research and taking fossil fuel money for energy research.
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
added May 14, 2013 19:07
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[UK] East Lancashire school to stub out pupils smoking the e-cigarette

TEACHERS are having to find new tactics to spot pupils smoking on school grounds since the introduction of e-cigarettes. Stephen Cox, headteacher at Ribblesdale High School, in Clitheroe, said detection of smokers was becoming ‘more problematic’ for sta
Lancashire Evening Telegraph (uk)
added May 14, 2013 13:38
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[UK] More litter being found on our beaches

the annual count of litter on UK beaches in the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) Beachwatch Big Weekend showed. The rubbish from smoking also soared, with the number of cigarette butts doubling and litter including lighters and packets increasing by 9
ITV Network Limited (uk)
added May 14, 2013 12:17
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