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[Uruguay, USA] Big Tobacco: Why Smoking Is Not Going Away
United States continues to sit on the sideline...has abandoned developing nations to fight an industry...failure to act on tobacco is something American politicians can be held accountable for—after all, it is American regulation that shifted the market t
May 8, 2015
Harvard Political Review
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May 8, 2015 10:40
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[Uruguay, USA] Can Elizabeth Warren Kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
If Congress passes what’s known as the “fast-track” bill next week .... binds Congress into an up or down vote... if it comes down to a simple “yes” or “no,” Warren’s famous touch, however powerful, might not be enough.
May 7, 2015
TIME Magazine
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May 9, 2015 11:53
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[Latin America] Effect of Uruguay’s National 100% Smokefree Law on Emergency Visits for Bronchospasm
Uruguay’s 100% smokefree law was followed by fewer emergency visits for bronchospasm and less need for treatment, supporting adoption of such policies in low- and middle-income countries to reduce the disease burden and healthcare costs associated with sm
May 1, 2015
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
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Jun 25, 2015 15:16
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[Australia, Malaysia, Uruguay] NIJAR: Law Speak - A ‘toxic’ clause to note
Three top law firms – Freshfields (UK), White & Case (US) and King & Spalding (US) – dominate...will Malaysia sign a TPPA with a clause which even the trade commissioner of the EC, and the conservative Financial Times, called “toxic”?
Apr 27, 2015
Sun Daily (my)
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Apr 27, 2015 23:19
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[Asia-pacific, Uruguay] Ralph Nader: Obama, corporate ‘free traitors’ and you
sacrifices the American consumer, labor and environmental standards...and much U.S. sovereignty to the supremacy of corporate...Senator Warren explained that... “Philip Morris is trying to use ISDS to stop Uruguay from implementing new tobacco regulations
Apr 25, 2015
Middletown (CT) Press
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Apr 25, 2015 16:55
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[Asia, Mid-east, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay] AL-MAEENA: Merchants of death flex their muscles
Avaaz, a global civic NGO…is leading the fight against this latest diabolical attempt …it’s using a closed-door international tribunal that ruled for corporations ... rulings are binding, even though many of the judges are private citizens with corporate
Apr 21, 2015
Saudi Gazette Online (sa)
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Apr 21, 2015 22:47
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[Asia-pacific, Australia, Uruguay] IP impact of leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership chapter debated
The chapter that has become public concerns investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)...as to whether Australia’s existing anti-tobacco regulations are under threat from this specific trade agreement, that falls into the ‘probably not’ category, according
Apr 21, 2015
World Trademark Review (uk)
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Apr 21, 2015 10:50
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[Latin America] The use of legal, illegal and roll-your-own cigarettes to increasing tobacco excise taxes and comprehensive tobacco control policies: findings from the ITC Uruguay survey [FREE FULL TEXT]
To improve the effectiveness of increased taxes and prices in reducing smoking, policymakers need to narrow price variability in the tobacco market. Moreover, increasing antismoking messaging reduces tax avoidance in the form of switching to cheaper RYO c
Apr 15, 2015
Tobacco Control
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Apr 19, 2015 22:43
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[Latin America, Uruguay] LETTER: Blood smoke
It’s a quite scary scenario: a single company with a product which kills beyond any doubt could succeed in defeating the laws made to protect general public. It’s often blamed that World Bank courts generally take sides with corporations, but this is an
Apr 15, 2015
Pakistan Today (pk)
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Apr 17, 2015 13:19
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KAYE: Philip Morris Sues Uruguay Over Anti-Smoking Campaign
Avaaz... is running a signature campaign in support of Uruguay’s policies...unleashing lawyers to undermine a country’s sovereignty leaves Philip Morris once again appearing to be little more than a corporate bully.
Apr 13, 2015
Triple Pundit
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Apr 13, 2015 12:04