Ministers in the U.K. government now have “no excuse” to delay plans to require cigarettes to be sold in standardized packs, according to a story in the electronic Telegraph quoting health campaigners. The campaigners Read More
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July 23, 2013
British American Tobacco’s Australian unit has disputed the findings of a cancer charity’s study that standardized cigarette packaging lowers the appeal of cigarettes and increases the desire to quit, according to a Bloomberg Read More
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July 23, 2013
Anti-smoking activists have condemned an advertising campaign that offers junior and senior high school graduates discounts on buying packs of cigarettes at graduation celebrations in Jiangxi Province, China, according to a story in the Global Read More
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July 23, 2013
Imperial Tobacco Canada said yesterday it had made a $10,000 donation to the Salvation Army to support the charity’s emergency and disaster services for the community in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. On July 6, a train carrying Read More
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July 23, 2013
The Imperial Tobacco Group has donated more than 300 computer monitors and a number of laser printers to a charity that helps schools in Africa. IT Schools Africa took the equipment away following Imperial’s move Read More
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July 22, 2013
Muslims in Malaysia have been told that shisha or water-pipe smoking is forbidden, according to a story in The Star. The Fatwa (edicts) Committee of the National Council for Islamic Affairs declared on Friday that Read More
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July 22, 2013
The U.K.’s tobacco smoking prevalence is expected to drop below 20 percent this year—the first time it has been that low for 100 years, according to numerous local reports. The figure is based on Read More
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July 22, 2013
Impulsiveness is strongly associated with addiction to drugs and, for example, to smoking, according to a Science Codex story. In particular, impulsiveness is associated with an early onset of smoking and frequent relapses of smokers Read More
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July 22, 2013
Five NGOs have called on Malaysia to exclude medical and tobacco interests from continuing free trade talks under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), according to a story in The Star. The groups said the inclusion Read More
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July 21, 2013
Parkside Flexibles, a manufacturer of printed flexible packaging, has installed new laser technology at its Normanton, U.K., facility. The laser unit is a versatile contour unit and is capable of laser scribing and cutting Read More
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