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[USA] LETTER: Youth tobacco use: who has a say?

On behalf of the US Preventive Services Task Force, Carrie Patnode and colleagues recently presented a systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy and harms of primary care interventions to prevent tobacco use or improve tobacco cessation rates am
The Lancet (uk)
added Feb 6, 2013 05:55
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[UK, USA] GAGE: (blog) Poorly conducted research is a gift to the opponents of tobacco control

A study implicates genes in the failure of taxation to get heavy smokers to quit, but the findings are far from clearcut . . . Tobacco control research is under huge amounts of scrutiny from those trying to undermine it. Poorly conducted experiments wher
The Guardian (uk)
added Jan 16, 2013 07:04
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[UK, USA] Need a light? It’s okay, I’ll just plug it in ($$)

Tech & Media ...fundraising for CN Creative, which is developing a new type of “smoking cessation device”. Across the Atlantic, Catterton...to make our device as close as possible to the experience of smoking.” His company has received backing from Bri
Times Of London (uk)
added Jun 11, 2012 14:48
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Attitudes toward smoking among college students in Poland and the USA

Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
added May 5, 2012 13:43
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[Canada, USA] Every Dollar in Taxpayer Funding That the Provinces and Federal Government Gave to US Studio Films With Smoking Costs Canadians Healthcare $1.70 and Contributes to the Premature Death of Canadian

Every dollar ... to US studio films with smoking costs Canada $1.70 in tobacco related medical costs and productivity loss. The World Health Organization has made specific recommendations that all parties to the global Framework Convention on Tobacco Con
MarketWire
added Feb 25, 2013 11:40
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[Indonesia, USA] Weezer: Say it ain't so!

Weezer, a popular American alternative band, is playing a tobacco-industry sponsored concert in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 8th.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Jan 2, 2013 23:13
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[Philippines, USA] Illicit cigarettes make terrorists

Criminals and terrorists may be drawn to the illicit tobacco trade to take advantage of price differentials across jurisdictions, bootlegging and small consignments from a low-tax or duty-free outlet and re-selling the products elsewhere at a higher price
Malaya (ph)
added Nov 6, 2012 16:12
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[Asia-pacific, Australia, USA, Virginia] Big Tobacco warning at free-trade talks

Delegates attending trans-Pacific free-trade negotiations in the United States are being warned their countries could end up like Australia if they agree to allow corporations to sue governments in international courts.
Sydney Morning Herald (au)
added Sep 11, 2012 12:21
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[Canada, USA, New York] Federal government urged to rethink Cornwall border crossing’s relocation

The Ontario government is pressing Ottawa to reconsider plans to move a crucial Canadian border crossing to the United States amid concerns it would open Canada’s doors to smuggled guns, illegal immigrants and contraband tobacco. If the crossing is move
Globe and Mail (ca)
added May 5, 2013 16:29
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[South America/Caribbean, USA] Panel: General Cigar can continue using Cohiba trademark in the US, despite Cuban challenge

A federal panel says General Cigar Co. Inc. can continue using the Cohiba (co-HEE-ba) trademark on its cigars in the U.S. The ruling is the latest in the nearly 16-year-old legal battle with Cuba's state-run cigar company over the signature Cuban cigar
AP - Associated Press
added Mar 29, 2013 17:18
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