Raise Legal Smoking Age Say Majority
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A majority of the British public want the legal smoking age raised in order to discourage British youth from taking up the habit, according to the results of a new poll.
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The province&#39;s crackdown on smoking will be launched tonight with a series of concerts across Ontario. Health Minister George Smitherman&#39;s first step is an ad campaign aimed at young people to get them to stop smoking and to convince them not to start.
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More than 27,000 people respond to the government-sponsored public consultation on smoking in public places.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel recommended on Thursday.
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Freedom for the National Assembly to have its own say on the scale and speed of a smoking ban. In England a ban on smoking in all Government workplaces and NHS buildings will be in place by 2006.
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The U.S. isn't the only country cutting back on public smoking
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The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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MSPs are expected to support moves which would raise the legal age for buying cigarettes to 18.
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The British government said Tuesday it would seek a ban on smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub or bar that serves food.
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The world may know that smoking is dangerous, but the world doesn't care, apparently. A WHO report says smoking is on the rise, mainly because enough work isn't being done to curb the addiction.
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There has been a 20% rise in people using stop smoking services and a top medic urges others to follow suit.
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UNDATED The 28th Great American Smokeout, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, takes place tomorrow. According to the society, an estimated 46 (m) million adults in the United States smoke.
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Health Secretary John Reid said to day that it is needed a range of measures to make people give up smoking, it is not enough just to ban.
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The government proposes raising the state pension age to 68 from 2044 but restoring the link to earnings.
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A quarter of people want the government to ban smokers being treated by the NHS for smoking-related illness, according to a BBC poll.
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The government is launching a campaign to highlight the forthcoming rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.
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The Government is unlikely to emulate Ireland in introducing an outright ban on smoking in public places. In March this year. Ireland became the first European country to ban smoking in workplaces, including pubs and restaurants.