From June 1, tobacco packs to carry scarier pictures The Times Of India NEW DELHI: It's a picture that 98% people polled in seven states of India said will repulse tobacco users, in turn helping them to quit smoking or chewing tobacco. | A new pictorial warning will appear on every tobacco pack sold in India from June 1 and it sure isn't pretty. | The health ministry's ...
S.F. supervisors vote to get tougher on smoking San Fransisco Chronicle | Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle | China Hassan (left) and Devin Hassan (right) having coffee and a cigarette at the Revolution, an outdoor club and cafe in the mission in San Francisco, Ca., on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to approve a plan that would extend sm...
Lula stubs out smoking habit The Guardian | Brazilian president says he has not had a cigarillo for more than 40 days – and this time it's permanent | Lula smoking beside Tony Blair at a London conference in 2003. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/ Getty Images | It took a health scare and a se...
New pictogram for tobacco Deccan Herald New Delhi, Mar 10, DHNS | The Centre has come out with a new warning symbol for tobacco products, hoping it would lead to significant reduction in tobacco consumption in the country. | The new pictogram––depicting cancerous lips–&nd...
New pictorial warnings on tobacco products from June 1 Zeenews New Delhi: Come June 1 and cigarette packets and tobacco products will carry a new set of pictorial health warnings, an NGO said on Wednesday. | Binoy Matthew of Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), an NGO said: "The Ministry of Health and F...
New pictorial warnings on tobacco packs from June 1 Deccan Chronicle New pictorial warnings on tobacco packs from June 1 | New Delhi: Come June 1 and cigarette packets and tobacco products will carry a new set of pictorial health warnings, an NGO said on Wednesday. | Mr Binoy Matthew of Voluntary Health Association of...
Tobacco Selling Days Increased All Africa THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board yesterday increased the number of selling days for tobacco by another day as a result of an improvement in deliveries to the two floors. | ...
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Utah Senate passes tobacco tax increase Syracuse | (AP) - SALT LAKE CITY - The tax on a pack of cigarettes would increase by about $1 under a bill approved by the Utah Senate. | The proposal from Sen. Allen Christensen, R-Ogden, ...
Tobacco tax The Salt Lake Tribune A buck a pack is a bit much | Tribune EditorialUpdated: 03/04/2010 05:26:03 PM MST | Virtually the only tax increase that has support on Utah's Capitol Hill is a hike in the t...
Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years The Press Democrat | President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in an interview with The Associated Press that he stopped with sheer willpower. No nicotine patches or gum, and no medication, the 64-year-old leader said. | Silva was just about to take off in his president...
Brazil's Silva Quits Smoking After 50 Years ABC News By ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press Writer | BRASILIA, Brazil March 9, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves as he arrives to the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeir...
Tobacco company wants end to Norwegian display ban m&c | Oslo - Tobacco company Philip Morris was Tuesday to launch a lawsuit to overturn a Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in retail stores. | 'Display bans have had no impact on reducing smoking in the countries that have implemented them, a ...
U.S., tobacco fight goes to high court Obama administration seeks $300 billion from smoking product profits The Oklahoman | WASHINGTON - The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the government to seek nearly $300 billion from the tobacco industry for what it called a half-century of deception that "has cost the lives and damaged the health of untold millions of Americans." More Info | At a glance The other tobacco company defendants in the l...
Trade smoking for prizes National Post National PostFebruary 23, 2010 12:00 AM | Ask anyone who has tried: Quitting smoking can be a big challenge. Nicotine is a powerful addiction that can take from three to seven attempts before the dependency is finally broken, say experts such as the Canadian Cancer Society. | But help is at hand. Once again, the Canadian Cancer Society is sta...
