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TOBACCO NEWS
23/07/08
Tobacco in baseball: How leagues regulate its use
Kenne Brown, who graduated from Lyman High in 1982, started chewing tobacco when he was about 14 years old. Eventually, he moved on to dipping tobacco ...
21/07/08
Zimbabwe's Tobacco Deliveries Decline 28%, Marketing Board Says
Zimbabwe's tobacco deliveries so far this season declined 28 percent compared with the same period last year, the government's Tobacco Industry and Ma ...
16/07/08
Cigar letter called error
Comptroller Peter Franchot scrambled yesterday to offer his support for a proposed city ban on the individual sale of cheap cigars days after his offi ...
14/07/08
Smoking Ban Fires up UAW
In a sign that the road to better health is sometimes paved with unfair labor charges, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. recently caused a ...
07/07/08
Tri-City bars, taverns bouncing back after statewide smoking ban
Customers at The Pub in Kennewick haven't been able to smoke inside since the state instituted a ban 2 1/2 years ago.
But a smoke-free interior ha ...
02/07/08
Smoke-free policies are wide-ranging and extremely effective
Smoke-free policies are reducing heart disease related to smoke exposure, the prevalence of smoking in adults and the exposure of both adults and chil ...
30/06/08
New UAE fatwa bans smoking in public
Dubai, June 26 (IANS) A new fatwa or Islamic edict has been issued in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which states that smoking in public is forbidden ...
25/06/08
Philip Morris pulls carbon-filtered brand
Philip Morris USA has ended its three-year test market of a specially filtered cigarette, underscoring the difficulties that cigarette makers face in ...
05/06/08
Tobacco control group honors regional leaders
The Tobacco Control Partners of the Lower Hudson Valley has honored leaders in the region for their work to reduce tobacco use:
n Orange Regional Med ...
30/05/08
'Israel can do better against smoking'
One of America's leading experts on tobacco prevention and cessation says Israel needs grassroots leadership to reduce the smoking rate from its curre ...
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