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Tracy Lam wrote in her letter “people uncomfortable about inhaling second-hand smoke can avoid designated smoking areas” (”Enough controls”, July [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Sales ban may be only option
Smoke rings: the mainland’s cigarette counterfeiters
Te-Ping Chen, SCMP
The mainland’s counterfeit cigarette industry is thriving thanks to ravenous demand, local corruption and few effective deterrents. In [...]
Smokers banned by Welsh council from adopting or fostering children
Clare Hutchinson, Western Mail
A COUNCIL has become the first in Wales to impose a blanket ban on smokers adopting or [...]
Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights on Africa
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1911796-1,00.html
By JEFFREY KLUGER Friday, Time Inc.
It’s easy enough to buy a smoke at Isa Yakubu’s grocery store on a busy [...]
Should there be more controls of outdoor smoking?
SCMP
I refer to the report “Pedestrians complain of fumes from outdoor areas where smoking allowed” (July 13).
Smoke Terminators’ Society chairwoman [...]
Youth Smoking in China
http://act.tobaccochina.net/englishnew/content.aspx?id=39834
China has the world’s largest smoking population - 350 million - representing one-third of the world’s total. Nearly 60 percent [...]
Evolution of the tobacco industry positions on addiction to nicotine
WHO
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241597265_eng.pdf
FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes
FDA NEWS RELEASE
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found [...]
FDA: Electronic cigarettes contain toxic chemicals
By MATTHEW PERRONE (AP)
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials said Wednesday they have found cancer-causing ingredients in electronic cigarettes, despite manufacturers’ [...]
More councils introduce smoke-free outdoor areas
http://www.smh.com.au/national/more-councils-introduce-smokefree-outdoor-areas-20090721-ds4f.html
http://www.smh.com.au/
Louise Hall Health Reporter
THE number of councils in NSW that have introduced smoke-free outdoor areas has more than doubled in [...]
