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[Europe] Comment l'industrie du tabac finance Interpol [How the tobacco industry finances Interpol]
Since 2012, Interpol is sponsored by the leading manufacturer of cigarettes in the world, Philip Morris. A conflict of interest that violates the Framework Convention on Tobacco WHO, as the industry continues to drive global cigarette smuggling.
Jun 19, 2013
Slate
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Jun 19, 2013 10:20
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[Jamaica] LETTER: Tear down that tobacco billboard
Last week, the world celebrated World No Tobacco Day. We did so at the Smokefree Action Coalition in Spanish Town where we have the first smoke-free square in the Caribbean. Two days later, Carreras erected a large billboard.
Jun 11, 2013
Jamaica Gleaner (jm)
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Jun 14, 2013 18:58
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Lithuania plans to join UN protocol against illicit tobacco trade
Lithuania would thus join the Protocol on the Elimination of the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, which supplements the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and take part in the creation of a global tracking and tracing sy
Jun 14, 2013
Lithuania Tribune (lt)
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Jun 14, 2013 17:44
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Pack of cigarettes in Russia to bite smokers by 2020
the average price for a pack of cigarettes will be 238 rubles ($7.5) by 2020. Current prices range from 30 to 80 rubles per pack ($1-3). Not only ordinary smokers, but also the Ministry of Finance were left dissatisfied with the move. The department pro
Jun 14, 2013
Pravda Online
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Jun 14, 2013 09:53
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Editorial Comment: Anti-tobacco lobby disastrous for developing world
since tobacco is such a major foreign currency earner, the Government should step up to re-assure the farmers and also advise on the likely course of action as regards land use in future when the anti-smoking lobby is expected to have smothered demand to
Jun 13, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 14, 2013 01:15
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Parly ratifies protocol on tobacco
PARLIAMENT has ratified the protocol that seeks to control tobacco smoking amid concerns by legislators of the potential effects on the tobacco growers. Health and child Welfare Minister Henry Madzorera steered the motion in both the House of Assembly an
Jun 10, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 12, 2013 16:33
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[Zimbabwe] Africa to resist tobacco ban
The International Tobacco Growers’ Association has vowed to fight against the ban of tobacco production as this would negatively affect livelihoods of people living in Africa. This came out at an ITGA regional meeting held in Harare yesterday.
Jun 6, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 12, 2013 16:31
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Farmers worried
TOBACCO growers are in a state of panic following the Government’s recent move to ratify the protocol that seeks to control tobacco smoking. The World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control directly affects tobacco production.
Jun 11, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 12, 2013 16:29
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The ‘diverse, dynamic new world of global tobacco control’? An analysis of participation in the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control [FREE FULL TEXT]
Conclusions Developing countries face particular barriers to participating in the COP process, and their engagement in global tobacco control is likely to diminish in the absence of specific measures to support their effective participation.
Jun 9, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Jun 11, 2013 14:25
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[Africa, Zimbabwe] Parly ratifies protocol on tobacco
PARLIAMENT has ratified the protocol that seeks to control tobacco smoking amid concerns by legislators of the potential effects on the tobacco growers. Health and child Welfare Minister Henry Madzorera steered the motion in both the House of Assembly an
Jun 10, 2013
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
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Jun 10, 2013 10:56