Archive for September, 2006

Call for cigarette warnings in SEAsia

September 30, 2006 | Yahoo News

HANOI (AFP) - Experts have called for governments across Southeast Asia to introduce graphic warnings by 2008 on both locally made and imported packs of cigarettes. Continue

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World’s 3 out of 10 cigarettes smoked in China

September 29, 2006 | Newkerala.com

Hong Kong, Sep 27: At the turn of the 20th century, tobacco baron James Duke flicked through a world atlas, stopped at the population figure of 430 million, jabbed his finger at a map of China and announced: "That is where we are going to sell cigarettes." Continue

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Tobacco industry may face new regulations

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New federal regulation of the tobacco industry could be on the horizon, thanks to reports and a court ruling in the last few weeks that have cast Big Tobacco in an unusually harsh light. Continue

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Appeal to widen smoke ban rejected

Thecourier.co.uk

AN ARBROATH councillor's call for Scotland's smoking ban to be extended to cover doorways and seating areas outside pubs, cafes and restaurants failed to find favour with MSPs yesterday. Continue

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Pro-tobacco stance raises ire

Gulfnews

Cairo: Jamal Al Bana, the younger brother of the founder of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, has been severely criticised by Muslim clerics for ruling that smoking does not spoil fasting. Continue

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