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• Kangaroo Pictures Are Used on British American Tobacco Cigarette Packages

  Published on January 25, 2012 9:44 AM

  Australia’s government has criticized British American Tobacco (BAT) for using the picture of a kangaroo on cigarette packages sold in Europe, increasing hostile actions ahead of a legal struggle over plain-packa …

• Brazil – First Smoke-Free Country

  Published on December 28, 2011 9:15 AM

  The Brazilian governmen t has decided to protect the health of its 190 million citizens by adopting a comprehensive tobacco control law. Signed by President Dilma Rousseff, the law will make Brazil the leading country in …

• Japan Tobacco International Spent £23,000 on 20 MPs to Vote against Smoking Bill

  Published on December 13, 2011 3:10 AM

  Members of Parliament who received thousands of pounds from one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies were against a ban prohibiting smoking in cars. The parliamentary list of members’ interest demons …

• BAT Cigarette Sales Increased by 9%

  Published on November 25, 2011 3:43 AM

  Lucky Strike producer British American Tobacco (BAT) announced that limited net disposable incomes are reducing significantly the number of smokers and urging others to purchase lower-priced illicit smoking products. …

• Maryland Health Activists Call for Cigarette Tax Increase

  Published on October 28, 2011 9:24 AM

  Smokers in Maryland will have to spend more money for their habit as a new campaign could raise taxes on all tobacco products. The Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative has started a campaign to increase taxes on all …

• Hong Kong Smoking Rate Dropped by 11%

  Published on September 28, 2011 10:01 AM

  Smoking rate in Hong Kong constituted a historic low of 11.1% in 2010, according to a recent data presented by the Department of Health. Smokers accounted for approximately 11.1 % of the population in 2010, despite a m …

• Increased Tobacco Taxes Don't Discourage All Smokers

  Published on August 26, 2011 9:29 AM

  Increasing taxes on tobacco products which is a public health measure implemented by government officials to discourage people from smoking, does not impel all smokers to quit their unhealthy habit. A research on lon …

• China Government Should Hold up Tobacco Industry Growth

  Published on July 7, 2011 8:04 AM

  Chinese government officials should consider holding up the growth of the country’s tobacco industry , which manufactures one third of the world’s tobacco products, an economist and policy adviser stated. …

• China Tries to Ban Smoking Without Penalties

  Published on June 22, 2011 7:38 AM

  China has implemented a ban on smoking in indoor public places , hoping to reduce the great number of its 300 million smokers and not the least but the last protect the health of other people. But in a country where …

• Smoking Increases the Risk of RA among African-Americans

  Published on December 9, 2010 9:35 AM

  A new research discovered that African Americans smokers are at a higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA risk is most evident among people positive for the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope, a genetic risk factor …