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[Russia, USA] BONNER: Re-elect Barack Obama, the better choice for America, Ukraine and world

Romney’s Bain & Company made millions of dollars advising British American Tobacco on how to brand and market their products more successfully. As a result, more Ukrainian women and children started smoking; the smoking rate among men remained among the h
Kyiv Post (ua)
added Nov 8, 2012 18:14
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[Australia, New Zealand, USA] TDM 5 (2012) - Legal Issues in Tobacco Control

Cigarettes, TPP, and the Wisdom of Product-Specific Rules in Trade Deals / The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as an International Standard under the TBT Agreement?
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (nl)
added Nov 8, 2012 11:21
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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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[Sweden, USA] Can't Pin Kid's Substance Abuse on Mom's Smoking

* This study found that at the population level, maternal smoking predicted substance use/problems in offspring, but when mothers changed their smoking habits during different pregnancies, there was no change in their children's risk. * The study sugges
MedPage Today
added Nov 6, 2012 09:28
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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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[USA] Addiction to Smokeless Tobacco in America

According to the Federal Trade Commission report of 2012, smokeless tobacco sales in the United States alone, amounted to about 2.8 billion dollars for the year of 2008. The sales are robust and increasing due in some part to the decline of cigarette smo
Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) (ca)
added Oct 27, 2012 19:17
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[USA] LINKINS/GRIM: The Looting Of Russia Was Just A Warm Up: Meet Your Future Leaders

Bain's activity in Russia is simply a blunt and unsophisticated version of the model it and other private equity firms operate here in the United States. Instead of illegally using straw buyers, for instance, it sets up shell corporations in the Cayman Is
Huffington Post (blog)
added Oct 19, 2012 00:33
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[India, USA] Smoking at the movies: a global public health concern

Recent studies raise concerns about the focus on smoking in films, from the US to Bollywood
Crikey (au)
added Oct 17, 2012 01:51
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[New Zealand, USA] Tobacco packaging: Call to scrutinise lobby groups' claims

American lobby groups the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) and Chamber of Commerce have released statements saying plain packaging will not aid public health but rather pose risks for international trade. Prof Hoek said any comments in the debate s
New Zealand Herald
added Oct 11, 2012 04:34
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[Russia, USA] STAN: 9 Things That Show Mitt Romney Is Morally Bankrupt

while CEO of Bain & Company, from seeking a consulting deal, beginning in 1992, with the British American Tobacco company to help the death merchants crack the Russian market after the fall of the Soviet Union.
AlterNet.org
added Oct 10, 2012 18:16
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