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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Researchers investigate e-cigarettes awareness, use and perceptions among smokers

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), or e-cigarettes . . . ENDS awareness reached nearly 47 percent, ranging from 73 percent in the United States where ENDS are legal, to 20 percent in Australia where they are banned. Awareness was higher among
News-Medical.net
added Feb 5, 2013 17:41
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[USA] Colombia's tobacco farmers look to increase production in 2013

Colombia's tobacco farmers are hoping to vastly increase crops to take advantage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, reported local media.
Colombia Reports (co)
added Dec 22, 2012 12:32
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[Europe, USA] KASSANDRA: Dalligate: The Tobacco Directive death and Obama’s resurrection

Highly placed sources in Washington DC have told New Europe, under condition of anonymity, that one of the ‘hot’ topics discussed in recent private talks between the White House and Berlaymont (not Joseph II) was the Tobacco Directive.
New Europe
added Nov 4, 2012 12:04
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[UK, USA] Lancet antitobacco series launches as ACC chides FDA inaction

A special series of papers in the Lancet this week reviews the successes, failures, and ongoing challenges in beating back the "global tobacco epidemic," including a report from FDA scientists touting the impact of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act in the US.
theheart.org (ca)
added May 7, 2013 14:05
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[USA] Saving lives with the US Tobacco Control Act

The FDA only has jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products that are for sale in the USA, yet it is crucial that other parts of the US Government support—and at the very least do not hinder—other countries from working to make the morbidity and mortality c
The Lancet (uk)
added May 6, 2013 12:46
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[USA, Washington] Cross-border smuggling epidemic exposes Canada, U.S. to security threats, new MLI study warns

Perpetuating the status quo is both irresponsible and dangerous; it would effectively surrender control of a wide swath of the Canada-U.S. border to organized crime factions that control the contraband trade in tobacco.
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (ca)
added Apr 1, 2013 10:03
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[Canada, USA, Washington] CROWLEY: Tobacco smuggling jeopardizes border traffic

According to research for my institute, the illegal tobacco trade is clearing about $75 million a year in the 401 corridor alone. That attracts organized crime in a big way and generates ancillary activities such as bulk cash smuggling and money launderin
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Apr 1, 2013 09:51
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[Canada, USA, Washington] CROWLEY: Tobacco smuggling jeopardizes border traffic

Progress will only come when authorities on both sides of the border take tobacco smuggling seriously and take the steps to put it, and the pipeline it supports, out of business. If we could also bring the Mohawk into the mainstream of economic life and
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Mar 30, 2013 20:14
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[Canada, USA] GLANTZ: The FDA made the right decision not to appeal the current warning labels

Fortunately, new papers have been published that supplant the need for the FDA to estimate the effects of the warning labels, particularly an excellent study of the effects of the Canadian warning labels that showed a 22.5% drop in the likelihood of bein
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
added Mar 29, 2013 14:13
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[UK, USA] ‘Light’ cigarettes blamed for huge rise in cancer risk

Women smokers are nearly ten times more likely to die of lung cancer now than they were in the 1960s, say researchers.
Metro Café (uk)
added Jan 30, 2013 12:28
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