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[UK] Student urges MPs to help save lives by supporting cigarette pack changes
More than 50 young people from across the UK staged a protest outside British American Tobacco’s AGM recently before heading to Parliament to take their argument to MPs. The event was organised by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) together with the Bri
May 13, 2013
The Morecambe Visitor (uk)
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May 13, 2013 14:40
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[UK] O'TOOLE: Pregnant women are not the only smokers – tests are not the answer
Asking pregnant women to take breath tests is patronising and fails to take into account that smoking is society's issue too ... we need to look at the reasons – economic, social and individual – that they started smoking in the first place. This involves
May 13, 2013
Comment is Free (The Guardian, UK)
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May 13, 2013 14:17
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[UK] YouGov / Sunday Times Survey Results
Do you think the government should or should not introduce the following this year? Banning brightly coloured branding and packaging for cigarettes and introducing plain packs Should be done this year should not be done this year
May 13, 2013
YouGov (uk)
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May 13, 2013 13:31
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[UK, UK-Scotland] Jane Devine: Having smoking areas at Commonwealth Games venues is hardly sending a healthy message
The Commonwealth Games are a golden opportunity to shape the attitudes we need for a healthier Scotland, but at the moment, we’re not at the races.
May 13, 2013
The Scotsman (uk)
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May 13, 2013 09:25
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[UK] Pregnant mothers to be tested to see if they are smoking, under new NHS guidance
Smoking while pregnant harms foetal growth and development
May 12, 2013
The Independent (uk)
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May 13, 2013 09:23
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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] IS SMOKING BEHAVIOR CULTURALLY DETERMINED? EVIDENCE FROM BRITISH IMMIGRANTS (PDF)
culture also predicts health outcomes like smoking participation. We find that culture matters for the smoking behavior of sons and daughters of British immigrants in Australia and the US, and daughters of British immigrants in South Africa. We find th
May 13, 2013
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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May 13, 2013 09:12
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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.
May 2, 2013
Health Education Research
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May 13, 2013 09:06
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[UK] Is Smoking Behavior Culturally Determined? Evidence from British Immigrants
Our proxy predicts smoking participation of second-generation British immigrants but not that of non-British immigrants and natives. Researchers can apply our strategy to estimate culture effects on other outcomes when retrospective or longitudinal data a
May 13, 2013
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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May 13, 2013 09:00
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[UK] Plain cigarette packet plan dropped because of legal threat
Lawyers for cig giants Philip Morris – makers of Marlboro – claimed the move was illegal under both UK and EU law
May 12, 2013
The Mirror (uk)
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May 13, 2013 04:19
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[UK] Tobacco companies welcome Queen's silence on plain packs ($$)
JTI and Imperial Tobacco reiterated claims there was little evidence plain packaging stopped young people smoking, and that plain packs would increase the illicit trade of tobacco. The introduction of plain packs would have been inappropriate before the
May 12, 2013
The Grocer (uk)
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May 13, 2013 04:07