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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
Nov 6, 2012
Kyiv Post (ua)
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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?
Nov 1, 2012
Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) (nl)
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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
Nov 7, 2012
Malaya (ph)
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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
Nov 5, 2012
MedPage Today
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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.
Nov 4, 2012
New Europe
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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
Oct 27, 2012
Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) (ca)
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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
Oct 9, 2012
Huffington Post (blog)
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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
Oct 15, 2012
Crikey (au)
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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
Oct 11, 2012
New Zealand Herald
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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.
Oct 9, 2012
AlterNet.org
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Oct 10, 2012 18:16