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[UK] CLARK: Smear test: how the plain packaging consultation turned ugly
Desperate people do desperate things but the attempt by the APPG on Smoking and Health to smear Forest and the Hands Off Our Packs campaign on the back of one incident witnessed by one person is pretty low, even by tobacco control standards.
Nov 19, 2012
Taking Liberties (Simon Clark blog) (UK)
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Nov 27, 2012 08:04
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[UK] 'Fantastic news' as 18155 more pack up cigarettes
Paul Johnstone Paul Johnstone More smokers in the region have quit. Between April and September last year, 18,155 people in Yorkshire and the Humber packed in the habit – up 409 on the same period in 2010, says the NHS Information Centre.
Nov 19, 2012
Keighley News (uk)
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Nov 20, 2012 13:17
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[UK] My mother has early-stage lung cancer, but won't give up smoking
I struggle both with the smell of her cigarette smoke and her refusal to contemplate the prospect that stopping smoking might increase her longevity, just as the radiotherapy might. How should I deal with this? • If you would like to respond to this week
Nov 18, 2012
The Guardian (uk)
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Nov 18, 2012 23:29
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Tobacco firms warn of flood of illegal cigarettes into UK
Japan Tobacco International, the owner of UK-based Gallaher, conducted a secret shopping trip around north-west London that revealed a huge range of counterfeit cigarettes and rolling tobacco being sold for around half the retail price. These include we
Nov 18, 2012
The Independent (uk)
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Nov 18, 2012 19:54
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[UK] Stop smoking and mark World COPD Day
IN 2012, 32,973 people were registered as having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Northern Ireland. The most common cause of COPD is smoking, so to mark this year’s World COPD day (November 14), the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouragi
Nov 18, 2012
Ballymena Times (uk)
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Nov 18, 2012 13:14
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[UK] Crackdown on shisha bars flouting smoking laws
HALF of Bolton’s shisha cafes are breaking the law by allowing people to smoke indoors. Bolton Council has now launched a crackdown on the bars to ensure they comply with anti-smoking laws.
Nov 17, 2012
This is Bolton / Bolton Evening News (BEN) (uk)
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Nov 17, 2012 16:12
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[UK] East Lancashire man had £16k haul of illegal tobacco
A MAN found with a £16,000 haul of illegal tobacco products at his home has been sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work. Stephen Fossey, 44, of Foxhill Drive, Whitewell Bottom, had more than 200 packets of Jin Ling cigarettes among the stash.
Nov 16, 2012
Lancashire Evening Telegraph (uk)
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Nov 17, 2012 19:16
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[UK] TOBACCO SCAMS UNCOVERED
IN the past few months alone, there have been a number of incidents in Derbyshire relating to fake cigarettes. This month, Dutch national Marius Klein was jailed for two-and-a-half years for his role in a multi-million-pound fake cigarette operation in
Nov 16, 2012
This is Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph) (uk)
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Nov 16, 2012 15:16
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Derby Telegraph Derby is 'one of the worst places in whole of UK for illicit cigarettes'
Bosses at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) claim that almost a third of tobacco products in the city are illicit or fake. . . . According to the firm's own research, about 31% of cigarettes in Derby avoided tax. This was higher than Nottingham, which
Nov 16, 2012
This is Derbyshire (Derby Evening Telegraph) (uk)
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Nov 16, 2012 15:13
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[UK] International agreements tackle tobacco smuggling and premature deaths
Two new international agreements are aiming to tackle the illegal tobacco trade and sharply reduce the number of people dying prematurely as a result of non-infectious diseases such as heart disease, cancer and strokes.
Nov 16, 2012
Cancer Research UK (uk)
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Nov 16, 2012 14:58