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VOICED : Chile anti-smoking bill has tobacco industry on edge
VOICED : Chile anti-smoking bill has tobacco industry on edge
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Doctor hunts for Ebola vaccine in genetically modified tobacco plants
Drug makers and academic laboratories are pushing scientific boundaries in a race to develop a treatment for the Ebola virus that's killed more than 1,100 people in West Africa.
Researchers working on the experimental drug ZMapp have...
Press Association
Simon Harris to ban vending machine cigarettes
Minister for Health Simon Harris announces plans to ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines across Ireland. Mr Harris says it is dangerous for young people to have easy access to tobacco. The announcement was made after a...
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New York Gov. Cuomo To Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
New York's ban comes after the Trump administration announced its efforts to block the sale of all non-tobacco-flavored vaping products.
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U-Haul To Stop Hiring Nicotine Users In 21 States
The moving and storage company said it will soon implement a nicotine-free hiring policy in an effort to "[foster] a culture of wellness at U-Haul."
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CUBA: BUMPER CROP OF HIGH QUALITY TOBACCO (V)
Voice and effects
There's good news for cigar lovers: the Cuban harvest, which is almost complete, has produced a bumper crop of high quality tobacco.
Cuban cigars have become one of the communist island's most important hard currency...
Sky News
The number of tobacco-related deaths in India could reach up to one-and-a-half million a year by 2020...
The number of tobacco-related deaths in India could reach up to one-and-a-half million a year by 2020...
Bloomberg
The Lawyer Who Beat Big Tobacco Takes on Opioid Epidemic
Oct.05 -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Esmé Deprez gives us a profile of the lawyer who beat big tobacco and is now taking on the opioid epidemic in court. She speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
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The Public Health Vs. Personal Freedom Debate Isn't New
The battle to implement public health measures takes time and doesn't happen everywhere at once.
Press Association
Smoking quit rate in 2020 ‘highest in more than a decade’
Interview with Scott Crosby, tobacco control programme manager at Public Health England. The proportion of people who have successfully quit smoking this year is at its highest in more than a decade, new figures show. Data from the UCL...
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U.S. Death Toll Of Vaping-Related Illnesses Rises To 12
The total number of reported vaping-related illnesses has also jumped.
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Juul Labs Inc. Stops Selling Fruit, Dessert E-Cigarette Flavors
The popular e-cigarette company is taking away mango, creme, fruit, and cucumber flavors from online retail.
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California Lawmakers Propose Ban On All Flavored Tobacco Products
The bill goes further than the FDA's proposals in that it would also ban menthol-flavored cartridges and refillable, tank-based vaping devices.
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FDA Bans Juul E-Cigarettes Tied To Teen Vaping Surge
The FDA said Juul must stop selling its vaping device and its tobacco and menthol flavored cartridges.
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The dying trade of the tobacco auctioneer
The once busy tobacco auctions held across parts of the US state of Kentucky are fast becoming a thing of the past.
Falling demand for cigarettes and large company contracts are putting an end to traditional meetings between farmers and...
Sky News
Tobacco Firms 'Should Pay To Help Smokers Stop'
VOICED: Health campaigners say tobacco companies should pay for the harm caused by smoking. A campaign is calling for a levy on the tobacco industry to help fund anti-smoking measures. Shows people smoking. Includes vox pops with smokers...
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Massachusetts Bans Sale Of Flavored Tobacco And Vaping Products
The ban includes menthol cigarettes and will go into effect on June 1, 2020.
Bloomberg
La tecnología que está reemplazando nuestra dosis de nicotina
Oct.25—El hábito de fumar busca volver a ser respetable. Mientras que la práctica tradicional disminuye a nivel mundial, una nueva versión está tomando auge: los cigarrillos electrónicos. Los fumadores obtienen su dosis de nicotina...
Bloomberg
Farmers Race Against Time in the Carolinas Ahead of Florence
Sep.13 -- Hurricane Florence looms large on the Carolina coast. The storm has weakened to a Category 2, but is still threatening 105 mile per hour winds, a 13-foot storm surge and floods. Alix Steel analyzes the potential damage and how...
Bloomberg
How Pot Can Save Big Tobacco's Future
April 28 -- The U.S. tobacco giants are part of a $90 billion-plus ultra-profitable industry that isn't going away, but the reality is cigarettes are losing popularity. At some point growth will become an issue and pot may just be the...
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Government researchers incorporate chat room to answer students' questions on drugs.
HEADLINE: Teens 'chat' with scientists about drugs
CAPTION: Students these days often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the ramifications. So, some of the nation's...
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USA - Tobacco companies settle lawsuit
Florida and major tobacco companies on Monday (25/08) agreed a 11.3 billion-dollar settlement in a lawsuit the state brought to recoup public funds used to treat sick smokers. The agreement is the largest ever reached in a tobacco...
Bloomberg
Indonesia, U.S. Agree to End Dispute Over Cigarettes
Oct. 10 ""A long-running trade dispute between the U.S. and Indonesia appears to be settled with the two countries reaching a final agreement over the U.S. ban on flavored cigarettes. Bloomberg's Alia Karenina reports on On The Move....