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Turkey Regulates Brand Stretching And Brand Sharing In Tobacco Products

Mondaq
added Dec 28, 2012 13:57
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Through tobacco industry eyes: civil society and the FCTC process from Philip Morris and British American Tobacco's perspectives

PM and BAT articulated a global policy-making environment in which NGOs are key, non-state stakeholders, and as a result, internationalised some of their previous national-level strategies. After both companies failed to prevent the FCTC, their strategies
Tobacco Control
added Jun 25, 2012 13:22
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[Bangladesh, Brazil, Kenya] Tobacco farmers switching to alternatives

Throughout the world, tobacco farmers are beginning to switch to growing food or higher yielding crops, like bamboo. ... The campaign Unfairtobacco.org interviewed experts from Bangladesh, Kenya and Brazil during last year's Week of Alternative Liveliho
Framework Convention Alliance (ch)
added Feb 14, 2013 13:57
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[Zambia, Zimbabwe] African tobacco farmers oppose WHO ban

This came up at an International Tobacco Growers’ Association-Africa meeting held recently in Zambia. Tobacco growers opposed the ultimate eradication of tobacco growing
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Jun 15, 2012 12:40
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[USA] EDITORIAL: US should embrace efforts to combat smoking overseas

Washington has done embarrassingly little to address the problem overseas. The US government spends about $8 billion on global health annually, but only about $7 million on tobacco-control efforts overseas,
Boston (MA) Globe
added Dec 27, 2012 05:32
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[Africa, Kenya, Korea - South] Anti-tobacco laws gain currency as UN endorses tough control measures

A crucial conference on tobacco in South Korea that proposes serious restrictions in production of the crop could spell death knell the lucrative tobacco farming. Tobacco farmers are closely monitoring outcome of the conference backed by United Nations
The Standard (ke)
added Nov 19, 2012 18:40
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FCTC

The ITGA participated in the one-day public hearing on agricultural diversification and crop alternatives to tobacco in Brasília, Brazil, on the 26th of February 2007.
International Tobacco Growers' Association
added Sep 18, 2012 01:34
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Tanzania yet to submit tobacco report to WHO

Tobacco production in Tanzania will have a troubled future unless the government takes urgent measures to rein in global initiatives by anti-tobacco lobbies geared at phasing out the crop.
IPP Media (tz)
added Sep 12, 2012 10:10
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[Asia] China tobacco control 2nd worst

With a total score of 44.6, China ranks the 13th among 14 nations that have reported their progress to the WHO on implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It indicates that the country has fallen behind not only developed countries b
Global Times (cn)
added May 22, 2013 13:50
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[Europe, Ireland] Anderson to play major role in shaping EU tobacco legislation

Sinn Féin MEP, Martina Anderson has been appointed by the GUE/NGL Group in the European Parliament to track and amend the Tobacco Products Directive as it passes through the legislative process in the Parliament.
Sinn Féin (ie)
added Feb 8, 2013 22:05
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