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[USA] C Everett Koop

has died aged 96 ... His most significant impact, however, was on smoking. ... enraging not only the powerful American tobacco industry but also the lawmakers of Washington, DC (grateful recipients of the industry's generous campaign funds), with his ins
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added May 7, 2013 22:47
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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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Understanding the Tobacco Control Act: efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration to make tobacco-related morbidity and mortality part of the USA's past, not its future

With passing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) in June, 2009, important new regulatory approaches were added to the tobacco prevention and control arsenal. This is the first in a Series of three papers about t
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:23
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[UK, USA] Saving lives with the US Tobacco Control Act

More than 175 countries are already Parties to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but the USA is not yet counted among them. As Husten and Deyton rightly underline, the FDA's regulatory authorities will be most effective at reducing tobacco-caus
The Lancet (uk)
added May 7, 2013 08:20
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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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[Australia, Canada, UK, USA] Impact of point-of-sale tobacco display bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey

Impulse purchasing of cigarettes was lower in places that enacted POS display bans. These findings indicate that implementing POS tobacco display bans does result in lower exposure to tobacco marketing and less frequent impulse purchasing of cigarettes.
Health Education Research
added May 13, 2013 09:06
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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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[UK, USA] Looming Dangers Arise in Secret Underground Cigarette Trade

A recent report from research group KPMG, and commissioned by Philip Morris (NYSE: PM ) , revealed that while total consumption of cigarettes in Europe has fallen in recent years, the illegal contraband and counterfeit trade has grown from 8.3% of total
Motley Fool
added Apr 28, 2013 19:03
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[USA] CALL TO ACTION: Protect Our Children!

Today we ask each of you to take a moment to support the cause of a 24-year-old Michigan State University graduate and recently naturalized American citizen, Greg Holland, as he petitions the White House (http://wh.gov/Mj4J) to protect children from toba
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) (us)
added Apr 27, 2013 11:50
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[USA, California] LEW: Former Asian American Smokers Speak of Tobacco's Dangers

Rico’s story illustrates a disturbing fact: Many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPI) use tobacco and tobacco products, and then suffer health consequences. Korean American men, as well as those of Filipino, Vietnamese, C
AsianWeek
added Apr 26, 2013 05:41
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