A leading Irish oncologist and senator has called for a 99 percent tax on the profits of tobacco companies if they pursue threats of legal action against the state, according to a story in the Irish Read More
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February 19, 2015
In calling recently for more attention to be paid to the smoking ‘epidemic’, the president of the Jordan National Anti-smoking Society, Mohammad Shreim, ruled out a struggle against smokers. “…we want them to quit because Read More
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Germany’s Federal Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that gave a landlady authority to evict a pensioner whose smoking was said to be offensive to neighbors, according to a BBC Online story. The Supreme Read More
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South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined KT&G WON2.5 billion ($2 million) for encouraging retailers not to sell the cigarettes of ‘foreign competitors’, according to a story in The Korea Times At Read More
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Hon Lik, the inventor of the modern electronic cigarette, is due to speak at the second Global Forum on Nicotine, which is scheduled to be held at the Warsaw Marriott, Poland, on June 5 and 6. Abstracts Read More
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February 19, 2015
Smoking and eating have been banned on beaches at Phuket Island, Thailand, according to a story in the Phuket Gazette. The bans were apparently announced during a press conference called to clarify an earlier ban Read More
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JTI Ireland has told the Irish government to halt immediately standardized tobacco packaging legislation in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) or face a High Court claim for damages, according to a story in Read More
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February 18, 2015
John Oliver, host of the US television program, HBO’s Last Week Tonight, turned his attention to the tobacco industry during Sunday night’s episode, and, according to a story by Ryan Parker for the Read More
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February 18, 2015
Researchers in Canada have claimed that the federal government has effectively stymied scientific studies aimed at determining whether electronic cigarettes are a life-saving alternative to tobacco cigarettes or a magnet drawing more people to smoking, Read More
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February 18, 2015
Swedish Match’s sales for the year to the end of December, at SEK13,305 million, were up by six percent on those of 2013, SEK12,610 million. And sales during the fourth quarter of 2014, at SEK3,536 million, Read More
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