Archive for October, 2005

New cigarette machines check for ID

October 29, 2005 | Asahi.com

All 620,000 cigarette vending machines across Japan will be replaced with new models equipped with integrated-circuit (IC) card sensors that will prevent minors from buying cigarettes, industry organizations said Thursday. Continue

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France outlaws tobacco tourism

October 28, 2005 | Times Online

NOBODY in France will be allowed to carry more than ten packets of cigarettes outside their home under a Bill passed by parliament yesterday.

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Bat: Total ban unnecessary

October 27, 2005 | Politics.co.uk

British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second largest tobacco group, has welcomed the government's decision to stop short of a total smoking ban, arguing that such a policy would have been "unnecessary" and "out of tune with public opinion". Continue

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Law would ban smoking in cars

Sun Newspapers

If children present, smokers could no longer light up in vehicles
PARMA HEIGHTS ? Councilman Rick Schwachenwald was driving behind a woman in a minivan, two kids strapped into carseats inside. Continue

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Prisoner wins $5,000 in second-hand smoke case

October 26, 2005 | The Kingston Whig-Standard

An imprisoned double murderer awarded $5,000 because he?s endured exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke while behind bars believes he deserves more cash. Continue

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