Denver gives initial OK to ban on cigarettes at hospitals
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (GST)
Smokers could be burned with a $300 fine for lighting up on sidewalks and other public areas around Denver hospitals.
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Menthol cigarettes target "young smokers"
Monday, July 21, 2008 (GST)
A recent research by a Harvard university team has said that Tobacco Companies are manipulating the level of Menthol in cigarettes. This is, obviously, being done to attract adults by making the product brand more appealing.
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More Smokers Seek Help With Quitting Since Latest Cigarette Tax Took Effect
Monday, July 21, 2008 (GST)
When Richard Alderman first started smoking 50 years ago, a pack of cigarettes cost a quarter.
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Brussels proposes EU tax hike on cigarettes
Friday, July 18, 2008 (GST)
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has suggested that the EU's current minimum excise duties on cigarettes and tobacco should be increased to reflect inflation, in a move aimed at helping to cut consumption as well as ...
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European Union calls for tobacco tax hike
Friday, July 18, 2008 (GST)
The European Union unveiled plans for a tobacco tax hike Wednesday to try to persuade smokers to quit.
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Psst... Hey, kid, try this cigarette
Thursday, July 17, 2008 (GST)
A new study suggests that the tobacco industry is still adept at manipulating the contents of cigarettes, with an eye on satisfying the tastes of young people. Kids like a light taste of menthol, so that's what cigarette manufacturers are providing.
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Access Is Key to Kids' Decision to Smoke
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 (GST)
Smoking friends or stores selling cigarettes make the habit more likely, study finds
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STOP SINGLE SALE OF CIGARETTES
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 (GST)
A SCHOOL principal has called on the national government to impose ban on the single sale of cigarettes in the country.
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Tobacco oversight
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 (GST)
The Issue: Cigarettes avoid government control. Their View: Time to make regulation a reality.
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Farmers turn to manufacturing own cigarettes
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 (GST)
Smokers can now buy local when purchasing cigarettes.
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Satan and his bull semen
Friday, July 11, 2008 (GST)
The Iranians call the US shaitan e bozurg, better translated as ‘the more distinguished among the devilish’ rather than the more abrupt ‘great satan’. Well, they can keep their opinion, but the US certainly is the greatest of the trading nations.
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Smoked out: deals in clubland
Friday, July 11, 2008 (GST)
Tobacco companies are pouring millions of dollars into Melbourne's bars and clubs in return for exclusive agreements to stock and promote their cigarettes.
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FTC scuttles test on cigarettes
Thursday, July 10, 2008 (GST)
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it no longer considers reliable a test for tar and nicotine used for more than 40 years and touted by the tobacco industry in marketing "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes.
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FTC wants to curb tar-nicotine claims in cigarette ads
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 (GST)
Tobacco companies could no longer imply government approval when they advertise cigarettes as "light" or "low-tar" under a proposal announced Tuesday.
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WA cancels cigarette deal with Yakama tribe
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 (GST)
Washington state officially terminated a cigarette tax agreement with the Yakama Indian Nation on Monday, citing complaints that cigarettes had been sold to non-Indians without proper tax stamps.
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Viewpoint: Hookahs worse than cigarettes
Monday, July 07, 2008 (GST)
When smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in our society, how can the Pensacola News Journal advertise, publicize and romanticize it in its "Hot for Hookah" story?
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The lesser of the two
Monday, July 07, 2008 (GST)
Some experts tout snuff, which is gaining popularity, as a safer alternative to cigarettes.
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Cigarettes or adequate food is a tough choice for some poor families, according to a new study from
Friday, July 04, 2008 (GST)
The researchers found that of low-income families, those containing a household head or spouse who smoked cigarettes were at about 6 percent higher risk for being “food insecure” — not always able to put enough food on the table.
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Safer Cigarettes
Friday, July 04, 2008 (GST)
HARRISBURG--Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to make cigarettes less likely to start fires.
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Cigarettes, Sedaris, and Me
Thursday, July 03, 2008 (GST)
In today's Portland Phoenix, I have a short piece about Ken Gloss, proprietor of the Brattle Book Shop in Downtown Crossing, who'll be in Portland next week.
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Japan Tobacco Tax Could Triple Prices
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 (GST)
TOKYO -- Japan, long known for its smoker-friendly policies, is debating a substantial tax increase that could bring Tokyo in line with the U.S. and Europe.
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Bay State Lawmakers Approve Cigarette Tax Hike
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 (GST)
BOSTON (WBZ) Smokers in Massachusetts may have to pony up more for a pack.
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English Smoking Ban Cuts Cigarette Sales by 6%, Nielsen Says
Monday, June 30, 2008 (GST)
June 30 (Bloomberg) -- England's ban on indoor smoking in public places has contributed to a 6 percent drop in U.K. cigarette sales since taking effect a year ago, market researcher Nielsen Co. said.
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Cigarette vending machines should be banned, council leaders say
Monday, June 30, 2008 (GST)
Council leaders are calling for a total ban on coin-operated cigarette vending machines, after new figures showed that sales of cigarettes to under-age children have risen by almost fifty per cent in the past year.
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Many EU youths think cannabis is no more dangerous than cigarettes
Friday, June 27, 2008 (GST)
Brussels - Nearly half of the European Union's young people believe that cannabis is no more dangerous to health than smoking cigarettes, an EU survey has found.
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