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[Asia-pacific, Japan] ‘Life or death’: Tokyo pub owners fear impact of tougher smoking laws
Under an anti-smoking ordinance adopted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly last month, the 73-year-old owner of a small udon (wheat noodles) restaurant in the Takadanobaba district will soon have to make a choice: declare the entire interior nonsmoking o
Jul 10, 2018
Japan Times (jp)
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Jul 19, 2018 21:17
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[Asia-pacific] Japan’s watered-down smoking ban clears Diet
The Diet on Wednesday passed an amendment that will ban smoking in public facilities for the first time as the nation — long deemed a haven for smokers — scrambles to combat secondhand smoke in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Games. The ban will be implem
Jul 18, 2018
Japan Times (jp)
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Jul 18, 2018 15:25
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Japan OKs 1st anti-smoking law, but seen as lax and partial
The upper house approved and enacted the bill into law Wednesday after it was approved earlier by the lower house. Last month, Tokyo separately enacted a stricter ordinance banning smoking at all eateries that have employees, to protect them from second
Jul 18, 2018
AP - Associated Press
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Jul 18, 2018 15:23
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[Asia-pacific, Japan] Revised law still allows smoking in most bars and restaurants
Japan will host a far from smoke-free Olympics after watered-down revisions to the passive smoking law passed in the Upper House on July 18 let most bars and restaurants off the hook. The revision of the Health Promotion Law will permit smoking at eatin
Jul 18, 2018
Asahi Shimbum (jp)
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Jul 18, 2018 15:17
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[Texas] Round Rock may expand indoor smoking ban to include bars
The Round Rock City Council is set to vote Thursday night on possibly taking bars off the list of places that still allow smoking. If the change to the ordinance is approved, a city spokesman said that would affect seven bars in town. The mayor says the
Jul 12, 2018
KXAN-TV36 (Austin, TX)
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Jul 16, 2018 14:20
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[Tennessee] Nashville exempt from public housing smoking ban, MDHA says
But MDHA has converted almost all of its public housing to Section 8 housing — which exempts Nashville from this smoke-free rule, according to Jamie Berry, communications director for MDHA. Berry said 18 of their 20 housing facilities have been converte
Jul 13, 2018
The Tennessean
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Jul 16, 2018 12:50
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GLANTZ: FDA Should Not Create a Separate Category for So-Called “Premium Cigars” Because it has Already Correctly Concluded that there is No Appropriate Public Health Justification to Exclude Premium Cigars from Regulation
My collegaues at UCSF and I just submitted this public comment...Since all cigars – including so-called “premium cigars” – meet the definition of “tobacco products,” they should be regulated as tobacco products, and there is no rational basis (other than
Jul 12, 2018
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (UCSF)
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Jul 13, 2018 23:58
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Smoking will be banned in public housing nationwide at end of July
Starting July 31, U.S. Housing and Urban Development will prohibit the use of cigarettes, cigars and pipes in all public housing units and common areas, as well as any outdoor area within 25 feet of public housing grounds. The ban does not apply to e-cig
Jul 12, 2018
CBS News.com
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Jul 12, 2018 21:00
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[UK] Patients 'should be recommended e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking and be allowed to use them at hospitals'
Patients should be recommended e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking and be allowed to use them at hospitals, doctors’ leaders say. They are calling for patients to be routinely offered help in kicking the habit at GP appointments, outpatient clinics an
Jun 25, 2018
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Jul 3, 2018 15:36
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[UK] Allow e-cigarettes on hospital sites - leading doctors
Smokers should be permitted to use e-cigarettes on NHS sites, leading doctors have said. Meanwhile, smoking cessation services should be an “opt out” element of a smoker’s NHS care, according to a new report on how the NHS treats smoking addiction. Suc
Jun 26, 2018
Press Association (uk)
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Jul 3, 2018 15:28