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Understanding tobacco industry pricing strategy and whether it undermines tobacco tax policy: the example of the UK cigarette market
Industry-initiated cigarette price changes in the UK appear timed to accentuate the price gap between premium and ULP brands. Increasing the prices of more expensive cigarettes on top of tobacco tax increases should benefit public health, but the growing
Apr 16, 2013
Addiction
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May 28, 2013 07:12
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[Europe] Tobacco tactics hinder public health efforts in smoking reduction - The case of the UK
A research report by the University of Bath in the UK concludes that British tobacco firms have been using pricing strategies with the objective of undermining tobacco tax policy.
May 28, 2013
European Public Health Alliance (be)
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May 28, 2013 07:06
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[UK] PHILIPS: Viewing pornography is far more damaging than smoking a cigarette
Although I don’t recommend it, it is the case that some people manage to smoke, seemingly without ill effects. My mother, nearly 90, smokes 20 a day and doesn’t even have a smoker’s cough. Pornography is on an entirely different level of moral gravity. Ci
May 27, 2013
The Catholic Herald (uk)
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May 27, 2013 17:17
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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 Last broached ten years ago, the current directive is deemed out of date thanks to the arrival of new non-toba
May 27, 2013
ConservativeHome (blog) (uk)
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May 27, 2013 17:14
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[UK] Smoking service is proving to be a success
A STOP-SMOKING service is helping people across South Derbyshire to kick the habit. The service, which is delivered by Derbyshire’s NHS trust and held at Sainsbury’s in Swadlincote, is so far proving to be popular in convincing people to quit.
May 27, 2013
Burton Mail (uk)
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May 27, 2013 17:11
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[UK] MARK OWEN QUITS SMOKING
MARK OWEN has been an "emotional wreck" for the last few months as he has attempted to quit smoking. The Take That star, who endured a stint in rehab in 2010 to address a drinking problem, decided to give up cigarettes on his 41st birthday back in Janua
May 27, 2013
Daily Star (uk)
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May 27, 2013 12:25
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[UK] Britain’s pubs face lost decade
suffered the most from a triple hit of a ban on smoking, rising beer and utility costs and the recession. … chief executive of the pub chain Young’s, said: “It feels like a 100 years ago that smoking was banned in pubs – and the industry has benefited. Y
May 26, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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May 26, 2013 22:54
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[UK] Henry Smith MP: We must stop our children getting hooked on cigarettes
For all of us who know someone who might have lived longer if they hadn’t smoked – and for those who don’t want their children to start – we must get rid of these. Putting tobacco in plain, standardised packs is the right step to take. It’s a move that w
May 26, 2013
ConservativeHome (blog) (uk)
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May 26, 2013 13:01
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[UK] Quitting smokes has left me a wreck, says Take That's Mark Owen
Take That's Mark Owen has said that since he stopped smoking, he has become an emotional wreck. Sober for three years after beating his booze demons, the singer has also cracked his nicotine addiction, making him a non-smoker for the first time in adulth
May 26, 2013
ANI (in)
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May 26, 2013 12:57
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[UK] Smoking in front of children costs NHS £103million a year in North West, claims Manchester City Council leader
we must ‘cut off’ the new supply of smokers, claims Manchester’s council leader. Sir Richard Leese revealed on his blog that smoking costs the NHS in the North West around £400million per year, after he attended a Tobacco Free Futures for Kids meeting on
May 26, 2013
Mancunian Matters (uk)
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May 26, 2013 02:22