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[UK] Child labour rampant in tobacco industry
Child labour in tobacco is rampant and on the increase... Evidence from three continents shows how children aged 14 and under are kept out of school and employed in hard and sometimes harmful physical labour to produce the tobacco leaf that fills cigare
Jun 25, 2018
The Guardian (uk)
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Jun 26, 2018 21:28
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[UK] NHS staff smokers cost health service £200m a year with cigarette breaks and sick days, report finds
There are more than 73,000 smokers among the 1.2 million NHS employees in England and the lost working hours from their combined smoking breaks add up to £99m a year, the Royal College of Physicians’ tobacco advisory group has said. Though smoking break
Jun 26, 2018
The Independent (uk)
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Jun 26, 2018 21:25
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[Australia] Anti-smoking advocates urge governments to plug gaps in smoke-free laws
Heart Foundation and Quit Victoria are urging all employers, especially those whose staff work outdoors, to follow Eastlink's lead and introduce smoke-free policies and state governments to plug gaps in existing smoke-free legislation, which leave many p
Jun 27, 2018
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
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Jun 26, 2018 21:10
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Cancer prevalence among flight attendants compared to the general population
Many flight attendants working today were also exposed to high levels of secondhand tobacco smoke before in-flight smoking bans were implemented. The long-term health effects of this mix of occupational exposures, including with regard to cancers which de
Jun 26, 2018
BioMed Central (uk)
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Jun 26, 2018 20:45
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[Asia, China] Flight attendants exposed to greater risk of cancers: study
As for male flight attendants, they are more likely to have melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, especially if they were exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke. The researchers studied the data from a survey conducted from 2013 to 2014 as part of
Jun 26, 2018
Xinhua Newswire
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Jun 26, 2018 20:43
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Flight attendants may have higher cancer rates
Scientists have long suspected that flight attendants’ cancer risk might be affected by their exposure to naturally occurring radiation at high altitudes, shift work, time zone changes that disrupt sleep cycles, and poor cabin air quality, researchers no
Jun 26, 2018
Reuters
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Jun 26, 2018 20:42
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[Malawi] Special report: The children working the tobacco fields: 'I wanted to be a nurse'
Children in poor families work the fields in Malawi, impacting schooling, reports Sarah Boseley, amid signs of a growing international crisis....There are 18 tenant families on this tobacco farm in the Kasungu district of Malawi, each living in a straw h
Jun 25, 2018
The Guardian (uk)
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Jun 25, 2018 15:28
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[Idaho] SMOKE-FREE TWIN FALLS CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF TODAY AT RELAY FOR LIFE
Kemp is Idaho’s grassroots manager for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and today she’ll be at Canyon Ridge High School for a cause. As participants at this evening’s Relay For Life event honor those who’ve been touched by cancer, Kemp
Jun 22, 2018
KLIX 1310 News Radio (Twin Falls, ID)
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Jun 23, 2018 10:48
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[France] Philip Morris International Makes Call to Creative, Media and Communications Communities
During a keynote at the PMI Science Lounge at The Cannes Festival of Creativity, SVP of Communications Marian Salzman said, “We are asking the creative community to join us in raising awareness of the potential of science, technology and innovation for t
Jun 21, 2018
Business Wire
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Jun 22, 2018 20:40