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Tobacco and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The inclusion of tobacco control in the Sustainable Development Goals has been in the works for several years. It is due to various advocacy efforts of the...

Tobacco Companies Reach Supreme Court To Out Throw $50B Lawsuit

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November 6, 2012

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Two of the largest foreign-owned tobacco companies have asked the Ontario's top court to discharge a $50-billion lawsuit instigated against them by the provincial government. According to the lawyers of British...

Most Women Exposed to Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke in China

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November 6, 2012

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Nearly two-thirds of women of reproductive age in China are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke at home and over half are exposed in the workplace, which raises the risk of complications in pregnancy, includi...

‘Smoking Will Kill Up to a Billion People’

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October 29, 2012

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Smoking, which is described as the biggestpublic health disaster in the history of the world with its perpetrators likened to terrorists, will kill up to a billion people worldwide this century unless governmen...

China Leader’s Job at Odds With Tobacco Ties, Brookings Says

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October 26, 2012

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The brother of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who oversees public health, should be removed from his post as a top official in China’s state-owned tobacco monopoly to avoid conflicts of interest, a report pub...

Smokers Left Gagging by Not-So-Plain Cigarette Packets

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October 26, 2012

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TOOWOOMBA'S smokers have been left gagging as new not-so-plain cigarette packets start to filter into stores. A packet of Winfield Blues is no longer the colour its name would suggest - instead a sickly look...

European Commission: Will Move Ahead With Draft Revision of Tobacco Directive

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October 25, 2012

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BRUSSELS--The European Commission still intends to move ahead with a draft revision of the tobacco directive in the coming weeks, spokesman Olivier Bailly said Thursday, as he insisted no-one within the Europea...

FCA Video Highlights Tobacco Epidemic

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October 25, 2012

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A billion people will be killed by tobacco this century. It has been estimated that the tobacco industry makes approximately $6,000 for every death. This must stop! The tobacco treaty is among one of the best t...

Five Smart-Phone Apps That Promote Smoking

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October 24, 2012

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Marketing cigarettes ain’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of Joe Camel billboards and T-shirts or caps branded with cigarette makers’ logos. But Big Tobacco hasn’t given up on getting its message out. ...

Who Smokes Most: A Surprising Map of Smoking Rates by Country

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October 19, 2012

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Nobody lights up like Eastern Europe, where average annual consumption can exceed 2,000 cigarettes per person. The very highest rate is in Serbia (2,861 cigarettes per person per year), according to data from 7...

John Dalli Interview: Tobacco Products Directive is Dead

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October 19, 2012

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The John Dalli affair has had one significant casualty for the European consumer; the Tobacco Products Directive. Dalli came to New Europe's Brussels HQ on the morning of October 19 for a followup interview by ...

Russia Smoking Ban Bars Tobacco Ads And Public Smoking

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October 18, 2012

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MOSCOW -- Russia's government has OKed a bill that would ban smoking in public and tobacco ads. The government on Thursday approved a landmark deal that would crack down on smoking in a country where 44 mill...

Tobacco Giant Drops Appeal

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October 15, 2012

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Philip Morris, the major tobacco producer, has decided not to pursue its legal challenge of a Norwegian law that forbids retailers from displaying tobacco products. The company’s Norwegian unit, Philip Morris N...

Tobacco Tax Increase Hits France

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October 3, 2012

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The French government has raised the tax by 6.5%, the first bump in the country since 2004. PARIS – French smokers are now paying more for their cigarettes and other tobacco products, including roll-your-own...

Swiss Reject Full Ban on Smoking in Public Spaces

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September 23, 2012

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Voters in Switzerland have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum. Although Geneva voted slightly in favour, results from the country's other 25 cantons showed a majority of ...

FC Barcelona and the European Commission Join Forces to Help Millions of Europeans to Give up Smoking

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September 18, 2012

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FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with the European Commission to launch a campaign aimed at helping Europe’s 28 million smokers to give up tobacco "With this joint action, we aim to help football fans ...

Plain Package Cigarettes Reduce Smoking Appeal: Study

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September 4, 2012

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A new study has discredited the tobacco industry's assertion that there is no proof plain packaging on cigarette packs reduces the appeal of smoking. Scientists from Canada, the United States and Brazil cond...

What is ISDS and What Does it Mean for Tobacco Control

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August 30, 2012

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ISDS stands for Investor State Dispute Settlement. I know, spelling it out doesn’t help comprehension much. It is a term of art for trade law policy wonks. Unlike most unnecessarily long bits of lingo, this one...

Smoke Signals: Plans of Big Tobacco Plain to See

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August 29, 2012

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IT'S easy to laugh at Big Tobacco. Fresh from defeat in Australia's High Court, it has taken its fight against plain cigarette packets to New Zealand where British American Tobacco warns such legislation could ...

Tobacco Boss Says Some Regulation OK

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August 22, 2012

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New Zealand's tobacco industry is already heavily regulated and the Government's plain packaging proposals for cigarette packets is a step too far, the country's biggest cigarette manufacturer has said. In a...

Hidden Hand of Big Tobacco Leads to WTO Challenge

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August 20, 2012

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BIG tobacco has opened a new front in its war against Australia's plain packaging law. The World Trade Organisation has revealed that within hours of the government's victory in the High Court, Ukraine upgra...

The Global Tobacco Epidemic is Far from Over

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August 20, 2012

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The global tobacco epidemic is far from being over. A recent study published in the Lancet suggests that the number of tobacco users remains very high in many parts of the world, particularly low and middle inc...

UB Researcher Finds Big Tobacco Has Powerful Global Grip

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August 17, 2012

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A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher shows that Big Tobacco has a strong grip globally, making for a huge challenge when it comes to curbing tobacco use around the world. In what is being de...

Fund profits from an addictive investment

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August 17, 2012

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THE taxpayer-owned Future Fund is profiting handsomely from tobacco investments, despite Canberra's plain packaging laws. As the High Court's landmark ruling in favour of plain packaging triggered a slide in...

WHO Welcomes Landmark Decision from Australia’s High Court on Tobacco Plain Packaging Act

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August 15, 2012

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