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Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:27:00 GMT
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House Passes First-Ever Comprehensive Tobacco Regulation Bill
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:27:00 GMT
Smoking is an addiction, not a choice. The public has long known this. Finally, Congress is catching on. Tools Share and save this post: Also in Health and Wellness Maggie Mahar Brian Klepper Martha Rosenberg James Glave Marie Cocco
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Smokers now more appealing to singles
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:03:00 GMT
The stigma around smoking has become so pronounced that, to borrow a phrase from Denis Leary, it seems the only place folks can light up is in their apartment, under a blanket, with all the lights out. But despite the taboo, a new nationwide survey shows
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Toyota, L'Oreal, BAT, The Body Shop, Syngenta, Timberland, BSI and more join together in Berlin, 16-17 October for Europe's largest gathering of ethical supply chain experts
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:39:00 GMT
over 150 CSR and supply chain experts will converge in Berlin for Ethical Corporations 3rd Annual Ethical Supply Chain Summit. Berlin, 18 August 2008Toyota, L'Oreal, BAT, The Body Shop, Syngenta, Timberland and BSI are now all confirmed to speak at
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Senecas Fight Cigarette Tax Bill in Albany
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:34:00 GMT
ALBANY, N.Y. -- If New York state legislatures get their way, the Seneca Nation of Indian will be forced to forfeit a majority of its revenue derived from cigarette sales. As a result, Seneca leaders will lobby Gov. David Patersons office in an effort to
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Canadians warming back up to smokers
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:11:00 GMT
TORONTO, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- An online poll by a dating site finds almost 10 percent more Canadians would now be willing to date a smoker than three years ago. The poll of 6,313 Canadian adults conducted for the Lavalife service found overall, 47 percent of
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Right off the BAT
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:48:00 GMT
PROSPECTIVE investors in Remgro and Richemont must tread cautiously and remember that the BAT shares they will receive will be in a second-class so-called inward listing on the JSE. This could mean that the JSE BAT shares will always trade at a discount
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Choice Of Kenaf As Tobacco Replacement Has MPs Baffled
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:01:00 GMT
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Members of Parliament (MPs) Monday questioned why kenaf, a jute-like plant is chosen as replacement for tobacco as farmers know little about it particularly the potential. Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau) said the
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Smokers not such pariahs for dating, new Canadian survey suggests
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:49:00 GMT
Significantly more Canadians would consider dating a smoker now than three years ago, a new nationwide survey suggests. In 2005, Ipsos-Reid asked 884 Canadian adults for Lavalife if they would date a smoker. Fully 56% said they would not. This year, the
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Major rift over smoking ban
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:10:00 GMT
Confusion over who should enforce the law that bans smoking in public places in Uganda has made the regulation toothless three years after it came into force. The police force and the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) are accusing each
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Customs Seize Cigarettes At Herbal Processing Store
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:46:00 GMT
KOTA BAHARU, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Customs Department seized 4,918 cartons of contraband cigarettes in a raid at a herbal processing store in Kampung Kasa, Pasir Mas a week ago. Its director, Azis Yaacub, told a press conference today, that
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'All-weather fruit machines for smokers in bid to boost pub takings'
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:43:00 GMT
All-weather fruit machines that smokers can play outside are planned by pub bosses to combat a huge slump in takings. The new generation of one-armed bandits are urgently needed because income from pub machines is down 200million in the past seven years
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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Farm Labor Leader Spends Week in the Tobacco Fields
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:32:00 GMT
Members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in North Carolina harvest 26 different crops ranging from cucumbers to tobacco to Christmas trees. By far, harvesting tobacco is considered the worst, the riskiest and the dirtiest of the jobs. FLOC
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VELASQUEZ: A Week in the Tobacco Fields
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:32:00 GMT
Jump to full article: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 2008-08-17 Author: Baldemar Velásquez [item undated] Intro: The last week in July, I worked as a laborer in a tobacco field in North Carolina to get
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County goes for Big Tobacco gold
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:31:00 GMT
Legislature securitizes settlement income to overcome '09 shortfall Jump to full article: Times Beacon Record Newspapers (Long Island, NY), 2008-08-14 Author: Joe Darrow Intro: It's pouring in Suffolk. At least, that's the financial forecast from the
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A look at SC's new tobacco-use surcharge
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:31:00 GMT
The state Budget and Control Board on Thursday approved a tobacco-use surcharge on health insurance premiums. WHAT IT DID: Public employees will pay an additional $25 a month if they or family members covered under their plan smoke or chew tobacco. WHEN:
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State looking to tax Indian tobacco products
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:31:00 GMT
Author: Erin Billups Intro: Seneca officials say its burden their people shouldn't have to bear. Fewer customers are willing to pay the increased price. 'We're not part of the problem, we're actually part of the solution to New York's economic woes right
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Tar Heel Senator Vows to Block Tobacco Regulation Bill
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:30:00 GMT
Jump to full article: Congressional Quarterly (CQ), 2008-08-14 Author: Drew Armstrong, CQ Staff Intro: Sen. Richard M. Burr , R-N.C., has promised to drag out debate, offer amendments, and do whatever he can to ensure ?a full and lengthy debate and
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Tobacco sales training class offered Aug. 26
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:30:00 GMT
Jump to full article: Burlington (IA) Hawk Eye, 2008-08-16 Intro: The Lee County Sheriff's office is offering a training class for local tobacco retailers on how to effectively refuse sales to minors. The class is set for 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at the sheriff's
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PLACING YOUR BETS: Remgro or Richemont? Which is the better route for getting to BAT?
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:09:00 GMT
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Teenagers Smoking 'Up to 200 Cigarettes a Week' ; Campaigners Call for Tobacco Licensing Laws
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:59:00 GMT
By Madeleine Brindley Health Editor UNDERAGE teenagers are smoking up to 200 cigarettes a week, shocking new research has revealed. Astudybyanti-smoking charity ASH Wales found that many are buying smuggled tobacco or are being sold individual cigarettes
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Asian shopkeepers fury over cigarette consultation snub
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:13:00 GMT
Asian shopkeepers have blasted their alleged exclusion from plans to force cigarettes under the counter. They say shop refits could cost thousands but claim the consultation paper is too long, confusing and in English and many are not fluent. National
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Put down the cigarette: Insurance providers offer incentives to help motivate healthier lifestyles among employees
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:05:00 GMT
That very conundrum is driving the latest trend in employee health benefits programs. 'Incentivization' is the buzzword around that conundrum to fix it. Incentivization has long been a corporate vocabulary word and here it still boils down to giving
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Cigarette smuggling burns up Mekong Delta province
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:36:00 GMT
Vo Van Cuong, deputy police chief of Long An's My Quy Dong Commune, Duc Hue District, said traffickers transported the contraband by boats at speeds of 50 kilometers per hour, which is too quick for the underequipped local constabulary. Though My Quy
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Public smoking bans to increase in Naha
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT
smoking in parks or on public streets and roadways, says it will expand the number of no smoking areas in the capitol city. "We would like to make ours a clean city for children, aged people and tourists, so they have a healthy lifestyle," the Naha City
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Musharraf's Rs 10 cr abode has a shaded terrace for him to enjoy cigars and whisky
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:24:00 GMT
Islamabad, Aug 18: Though speculations are rife in Islamabad that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf might leave his home country to lead a retired life abroad, the architect of his new abode '1-A Park Road' situated on the outer-skirts of Islamabad,
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Machine rolled cigar's aren't better than hand rolled
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:15:00 GMT
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