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Letters to the Editor

Source: South China Morning Post
Below are some letters to the editor printed on the South China Morning Post:
Honest businesses are [...]

Should Hong Kong remove all the ashtrays? Clear The Air comments

It is abundantly clear that the deliberately flawed laws are not working here in Hong Kong.
The onus to keep indoor [...]

Get tough on cigarette sales

Last updated: March 13, 2010
Source: South China Morning Post

Although it is illegal [...]

High time for the nation to enforce the law

Last updated: March 11, 2010
Source: China Daily
My friends and I celebrated International Women’s Day on Monday by going to dinner [...]

Tobacco Smuggling: The Report

Each year approximately 400 billion cigarettes, or one-third of all legally exported cigarettes, end up illegally smuggled across international borders. [...]

Tobacco & Corporate Social Responsibility

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UK: Expert calls for total smoking ban

First published: March 10, 2010
Source: Yahoo
Expert calls for total smoking ban
More young people are being treated for smoking-related lung diseases, [...]

Philip Morris Suing Over Cigarette Display Ban // “Blowing Smoke With a Nutty Legal Theory,” Says ASH

First published: March 9, 2010
Source: PR Inside
Philip Morris has announced that it will file a law suit in Oslo, Norway, [...]

New 2010 regulation makes all public buildings non air-conditioned eating places and other public places smoke-free and moves Thailand closer to a 100% smoke free country

On February 27th, Minister of Public Health Jurin Laksanawisit signed a new regulation which makes educational centers, banks, [...]

Incoming passengers to lose duty-free concessions on tobacco products - fuller details

First published: February 27, 2010
Source: 7th Space
Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, in his Budget
speech [...]