The Taiwan Smokers’ Rights Association yesterday accused the New Taipei City government of breaking the law and violating students’ rights with its request that junior- and senior-high schools conduct tobacco tests on suspected smokers, according Read More
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August 29, 2014
Reynolds American Inc. is due to host a webcast of the presentation that will be made by its CEO and president, Susan M. Cameron, at the Barclays Back-To-School Consumer Conference in Boston, from about 09.45 hours Read More
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August 28, 2014
The Ghana-based Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) has joined public health groups the world over to call on the tobacco industry to end its exploitation of tobacco farmers, according to a SpyGhana.com story. The Read More
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August 28, 2014
The Indonesian government has been accused of failing to protect young people from cigarettes, according to an en.tempo.co story. The CEO of the children’s organization, Lentera Anak Indonesia, Hery Chariansyah, was quoted Read More
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August 28, 2014
A number of anti-smoking advocates yesterday urged the Taiwan government to regulate electronic cigarettes as a tobacco product rather than as a controlled drug, so as to address the ‘rampant illegal sales’ of these devices, Read More
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August 28, 2014
Japan Tobacco Inc. is donating ¥2.0 million and about 14,000 bottles of water from its beverage business to help the survivors of last week’s landslide in the northern part of Hiroshima, Japan. In announcing the donations, Read More
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August 28, 2014
A health advocacy group in the Philippines is thinking of asking the government to shorten the period that tobacco companies have been granted before they have to include graphic health warnings on cigarette packs, according Read More
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August 28, 2014
Philip Morris International is due to host a live audio webcast at www.pmi.com/webcasts of CFO Jacek Olczak’s remarks and question-and-answer session at the Barclays Back-To-School Consumer Conference, starting about 10.30 hours Eastern Read More
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August 27, 2014
The World Health Organization conceded in a report released yesterday that ‘experts’ suggest that electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) could have a role to play in helping some smokers quit their habit. But overall, the Read More
Staff Writer
August 27, 2014
China’s top legislature has begun reviewing a draft amendment that would extend the country’s current tobacco advertising restrictions, according to a China Daily story. ‘Tobacco advertisements directly or indirectly transmitted via radio, film, Read More
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