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Taming tobacco - Cincinnati Post

Taming tobacco
Cincinnati Post, OH - Dec 6, 2007
The trouble is even at 30 cents Kentucky's tobacco tax is far, far below regional and national norms. The state tax in Ohio is $1.25 a pack; in Indiana, ...

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Lighting Up The Powerful Global Smoking Lobby
Global public health efforts to reduce smoking are at odds with the interests of the tobacco industry. According to a case study published in the online open access journal Globalization and Health, competing tobacco companies co-operate via a global network of national and regional manufacturing associations to undermine
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British American Tobacco AGM targetted by ASH protest - Indymedia UK

British American Tobacco AGM targetted by ASH protest
Indymedia UK, UK - 19 hours ago
... the child labour and restrictive practices in tobacco farming, and many other issues covered in a far-reaching report released by ASH this year. some of ...
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Thousands quit smoking - News Wales

Thousands quit smoking
News Wales, UK - 6 hours ago
329800 smokers set a date to quit, a 29% rise on last year, and 165711 were still not smoking four weeks later. The NHS Stop Smoking Service spent 26.7m ...

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UAE health experts consider second-hand smoke a “Major Public ... - ArabianBusiness.com (press release)

UAE health experts consider second-hand smoke a “Major Public ...
ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates - Apr 30, 2008
Its approach is enabling a higher number to quit smoking, which is a socially-devastating medical area." Since the introduction of smokefree laws around the ...
UAE health experts consider second-hand smoke a “Major Public ... - ArabianBusiness.com (press release)...

Tobacco auctions begin on 11 more floors in AP - Sify

Tobacco auctions begin on 11 more floors in AP
Sify, India - Feb 21, 2008
Guntur: Virginia tobacco auctions began on 11 more floors on Thursday in Andhra Pradesh in the second phase. In the first, auctions had begun on six floors ...
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Health Groups Call On Chancellor To Prioritise Anti-tobacco Smuggling Measures And Sign EU-Wide Agreements
On behalf of 22 health groups, ASH will be meeting the Exchequer Secretary, Angela Eagle today to present plans on tackling smuggling and raising tobacco taxes, ahead of the forthcoming Budget. More: continued here
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Smokeless Tobacco Ads Continue To Target Youths
The Smokeless Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (STMSA) has had a limited effect on the advertising of smokeless tobacco products to youth. Utilizing readership data, advertising data and a media planning program, researchers looked at the level of advertising of smokeless tobacco in magazines with high youth readership and
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State awards colleges tobacco prevention grants - Black Hills Pioneer

State awards colleges tobacco prevention grants
Black Hills Pioneer, SD - 23 hours ago
Campus-based tobacco-use prevention programs are part of an effective strategy for reducing tobacco use by South Dakota young people. ...
SD colleges receive tobacco prevention grants Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Smoking tax rise would 'hurt the poor' - ABC Online

Smoking tax rise would 'hurt the poor'
ABC Online, Australia - Apr 27, 2008
Now a public health expert wants the Government to lift the price of cigarettes too, in order to encourage more people to quit smoking. ...
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Singapore: Thai Team Tobacco Progress In Cup - Goal.com

Singapore: Thai Team Tobacco Progress In Cup
Goal.com, Switzerland - 56 minutes ago
Thai Tobacco Monopoly FC became the first of four visiting foreign teams to progress to the quarterfinals of the RHB Singapore Cup, when they got away with ...
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‘Joint effort needed’ to strengthen tobacco law - Gulf Times

‘Joint effort needed’ to strengthen tobacco law
Gulf Times, Qatar - 1 hour ago
The aim of the workshop, which is one of the activities lined up for the commemoration of the ‘World No Tobacco Day’ was to discuss how to improve the ...
Workshop on tobacco law organised Peninsula On-line
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Group fights ‘La Rose’ cigarettes - Taipei Times

Group fights ‘La Rose’ cigarettes
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 8 hours ago
By Meggie Lu State-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corp (TTL) came under fire yesterday from the anti-tobacco John Tung Foundation over last week’s relaunch ...
Group fights ‘La Rose’ cigarettes - Taipei Times...

Warning: This exhibition could be addictive - The Age

The Age
Warning: This exhibition could be addictive
The Age, Australia - 10 hours ago
TOBACCO companies were always going to be sensitive to critical publicity. Even so museum curator Inara Waldon was surprised to find her exhibition ...
Drugs story retold Melbourne Herald Sun
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The best kind of quitter - phillyBurbs.com

The best kind of quitter
phillyBurbs.com, PA - 12 hours ago
The free service, provided by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, offers New Jersey residents support and tools to quit smoking. ...
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China struggling to kick nation's habit - Houston Chronicle

China struggling to kick nation's habit
Houston Chronicle, United States - 19 hours ago
"Even if they make it tougher, I don't think I'll stop," he said a few yards from the Beijing Tobacco Monopoly Co. headquarters. ...
Hawaii studies living-space smoke ban Honolulu Advertiser
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Better living through knitting - Chapel Hill News

Chapel Hill News
Better living through knitting
Chapel Hill News, NC - 19 hours ago
By Krista Bremer, Correspondent CHAPEL HILL -- Some people use a nicotine patch to help them quit smoking. Others use hypnosis. For one longtime Carrboro ...
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State urges end to tobacco Web sales - Connecticut Post

State urges end to tobacco Web sales
Connecticut Post, CT - 21 hours ago
UST, the world's leading producer of moist smokeless tobacco products, is lobbying against such a ban. The holding company and its public affairs arm ...
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State aims to help smokers quit - Arizona Republic

State aims to help smokers quit
Arizona Republic, AZ - 23 hours ago
When it comes to smoking cessation, research shows that counseling and nicotine-replacement therapy delivers the best results. ...
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Ramsey County aims to limit outdoor smoking - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Ramsey County aims to limit outdoor smoking
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - May 10, 2008
The board votes Tuesday on a policy to make many recreation areas, including county beaches, tobacco-free zones. By CHRIS HAVENS, Star Tribune In an effort ...
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