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Cigarettes Business Region: China |
CIGARETTE TAX MAY HELP FUND NHI: VP
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Author: China Post
Raising the health tax on cigarettes could be a way to find extra income for the financially troubled National Health Insurance (NHI) program, said Vice Premier Sean Chen yesterday.
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Smoking Politics Region: USA State: Nevada |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE TOBACCO, COURT RULING SAYS
Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Author: Mary Forgione
Electronic cigarettes could be showing up on more convenience-store shelves soon. That's because an appeals court ruled Wednesday that electronic cigarettes should be treated like tobacco products when it comes to Food and Drug Administration oversight.
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Tobacco and the Law Region: Spain |
SPAIN SEEKS TO IMPRESS WITH AUSTERITY
Source: Financial Times
Date: Friday, December 03, 2010
Author: Victor Mallet
Spain has raised tobacco tax, reduced windpower subsidies and brought forward pension reform in the latest measures to reduce the budget deficit and convince financial markets it has embarked on fundamental economic improvements.
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Smoke in the right way (Health) Region: India |
WHY GUTKA IS MORE HARMFUL THAN CIGARETTES
Source: San Francisco Examiner
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Author: Adi Narayan
Doctors point to three reasons why gutka, a blend of tobacco and spices, brings on cancer much faster than cigarettes or paan, a 400-year-old tobacco product hand-rolled in betel leaves. Both tobacco and areca nut play a role, say Babu Mathew, a dental surgeon who headed the Trivandrum Oral Cancer Screening project, and Pankaj Chaturvedi, who works at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, Asia's largest cancer treatment center.
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Tobacco and the Law Region: USA |
MENTHOL BAN: FDA CONSIDERS BANNING MENTHOL CIGARETTES
Source: Gather.com
Date: Friday, November 26, 2010
Author: Angela Smith
A menthol ban may not go over well for those who are addicted to menthol cigarettes, but it just may happen if the FDA gets their way. Menthol is the most popular cigarette flavor, smoked by millions of American's everyday.
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