Retailers and Big Tobacco assail Ont. government over tough new ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Retailers, cigarette manufacturers and advocates for the rights of Canada&#39;s smokers were mobilizing Wednesday for a long, arduous battle over the Ontario government&#39;s stringent new crackdown on smoking.
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The British government is set to announce new and far reaching restrictions on smoking in public places to protect the health of its citizens.
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Malawi, one of the biggest producers of tobacco, is coming under pressure to sign a new treaty limiting its production.
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Smoking could be even worse for your health if you buy smuggled cigarettes from street-corner dealers, the government said yesterday.
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On Sept. 21 a landmark trial will begin. At stake is no less than $280 billion in what the feds claim is ill-gotten profits. As an industry, tobacco is no stranger to the courts.
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In the 43 years since the U.S. surgeon general warned of the dangers of cigarette smoking, the percentage of Americans who light up has been cut in half, tobacco companies have paid billions of dollars in legal settlements and smoking has come to be widely reviled as a nasty habit.
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Tough new measures to further restrict cigarette advertising in shops and pubs come into force today. Advertising space for tobacco products at kiosks and other outlets are
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U.S. tobacco companies have been hit with thousands of new lawsuits in Florida from smokers and their families seeking compensation before Friday's court-imposed deadline for filing individual claims in what is shaping up as a major challenge for the industry.
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The government has announced that it will become the latest European country to ban smoking in public spaces from next July, but a hardcore of opposition persists in the teeth of broad public support.
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Asks retailers for input The Government has asked retailers to comment on draft legislation that will force them to "deal fairly" with customers and other businesses.â¦
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THE response to publication of public health proposals yesterday suggests that Government policy may yet turn out to be as much about âsmoke and mirrorsâ as it is about smoking.
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Senators conceded on Tuesday they faced an uphill battle to win the power for the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine and tobacco products, due to strong
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Business & money: Performers and labels attack government's decision not to extend protection beyond 50 years.
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The drive to pass a $136 billion corporate tax bill hit a roadblock in the Senate yesterday when lawmakers upset about tobacco regulation, new overtime rules, and combat pay employed delaying tactics to keep the measure from coming up for a vote.
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Smoking in pubs, restaurants and the office is expected to be banned later thanks to new Government plans to improve the nation&#39;s health.
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A new global treaty on tobacco is sure to be trouble for tobacco companies.
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Cigarette advertising restrictions - described as some of the strictest in the world - come into force.