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[Burma/Myanmar] Big Tobacco’s Latest Target: Myanmar
As Myanmar emerges from decades of isolation and military rule and international sanctions are lifted, the Associated Press details how tobacco companies – including multinational giants British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco – are moving in as quick
Aug 22, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Aug 26, 2013 11:01
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[Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Georgia (Country), Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine] Analysing compliance of cigarette packaging with the FCTC and national legislation in eight former Soviet Countries
We obtained cigarette packets of each of the 10 most smoked cigarette brands in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. . . . Despite progress in the use of health warning messages, gaps still remain—particularly wi
Oct 9, 2012
Tobacco Control
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Oct 10, 2012 05:24
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Ethiopian Lawmakers Enact Anti-Tobacco Law
House of Representatives has reportedly ratified the World Health Authority's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which places limitations on the sale and use of cigarettes. Besides a ban on smoking in public, the proclamation also includes p
Jan 29, 2014
Zegabi (ke)
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Jan 29, 2014 18:41
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[Ukraine, USA] Canada boycotts world tobacco meeting because it’s in Russia
Eve Adams, the parliamentary secretary to Health Minister Rona Ambrose, called the event a farcical international conference... said the withdrawal from the meeting was meant to send a signal that Canada stands with the people of Ukraine against Russian
Oct 10, 2014
Canadian Press
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Oct 11, 2014 11:48
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ROBBINS: End Game Strategies for Tobacco Control
Can we really consider “end game strategies” for tobacco? An Op-Ed in the New York Times makes a strong case ... The Journal of Public Health Policy, where I am co-editor, has been encouraging public health leaders to report on “end game strategies” fo
Mar 26, 2013
ScienceBlogs
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Mar 27, 2013 10:47
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[Africa] Rwanda ranked least EAC country on death attributable to tobacco
Kigali: Research findings from the 2012 study indicate that, 7.5% of the Rwandan population are tobacco consumers a fact that ranks Rwanda the least tobacco consumer compared to other EAC countries ... The proportion of death attributable to tobacco vari
Mar 29, 2013
Rwanda News Agency (rw)
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Mar 29, 2013 14:39
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[China, North Carolina] The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes
China National runs more than 160 cigarette brands, manufactured in about 100 factories across the country, and uses its earnings to invest in banks, luxury hotels, a hydroelectric plant, a golf course, and even drugmakers. Most of its money goes to its o
Dec 11, 2014
Bloomberg News
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Feb 11, 2015 23:34
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[UK] Tobacco industry treated 'shabbily'
Lord Naseby has encouraged ministers to end a policy of keeping their distance from tobacco firms
Jun 19, 2012
MSN UK (uk)
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Jun 21, 2012 00:48
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[UK] Tobacco Industry's Tactics Against Anti-Tobacco Policies
In this week's issue of PLoS Medicine, UK public health experts write that it is fair to say that the tobacco industry's comprehensive and huge response to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is adopting a 'globalizatio
Jun 27, 2012
Medical News TODAY(UK)
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Jun 28, 2012 06:15
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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