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DTI reminds tobacco, ad firms on strict compliance with ban
The Daily Tribune
| By Ayen Infante | 07/04/2008 | The Department of Trade and Industry will routinely inspect the compliance of every locality on the prohibition of tobacco advertisements nationwide, Secretary Peter Favila warned tobacco and advertising firms yesterday. | Section 22 of Republic Act (RA) 9211, or the...
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Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk
National Post
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Tobacco giants' cash incentives under fire
NZ Herald
| MPs are debating whether cigarette displays should be banned. | The Ministry of Health is investigating the rebates tobacco companies pay retailers to stock their products. | The ministry told the Herald yesterday it would investigate "the issue of...
Cherry tree, no; tobacco, yes
Scripps Howard
| There would seem not much left about George Washington to be discovered. His home at Mt. Vernon, his kitchen, his distillery, even his outhouse have been preserved or reconstructed. | But while historians knew the site of his boyhood home, Ferry Fa...
Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk
National Post
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Smokeless Tobacco Less Dangerous Than Cigarettes But Linked To Many Cancers
National Post
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Anti-tobacco lawyer's son sentenced in bribe plan
The Examiner
OXFORD, Miss. (Map, News) - The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. | Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by ...
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Dutch restaurants and bars enforce tobacco ban
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch restaurants and bars sent tobacco smokers out the door Tuesday, enforcing a public...
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Dutch coffee shops weed out tobacco
BBC News
It is a lazy weekday afternoon inside the Rusland coffee shop, one of the oldest in Amsterdam. | For years locals and tourists have been coming here to relax in easy chairs, roll u...
Anti-tobacco lawyer's son sentenced in bribe plan
Newsday
| OXFORD, Miss. - The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. | Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by the same f...
Anti-tobacco lawyer's son sentenced in bribe plan
Canoe
| OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. | Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by the s...
Anti-tobacco lawyer's son sentenced in bribe plan
The News Tribune
OXFORD, Miss. -- The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. | Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by the same fe...
Tobacco & Laws
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The straight dope in Amsterdam: Dump that tobacco
San Fransisco Chronicle
| (06-29) 04:00 PDT Amsterdam -- | This city's famed marijuana bars have weathered many challenges over the years and are still smoking. | But now they face an unwelcome blast of fresh air: On Tuesday, the Netherlands will be one of the last European countries to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in compliance with EU law. | The Health Ministry s...
Health Warnings
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Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80%: WHO
The Times Of India
|                 LONDON: Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 per cent, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency said on Tuesday. | The review of 11 studies worldwide showed people who chewed tobacco and us...
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