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Kathleen O’Meara on plain packaging legislation in Ireland

Published May 2, 2015 | By

Irish Cancer Society Head of Advocacy Kathleen O’Meara speaks about plain packaging and the positive impact they will have on reducing the smoking rates in Ireland, as they have done in Australia….

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Government pushing to pass legislation to mandate picture-based health warnings of smoking

Published April 20, 2015 | By

Korea is pretty much paradise for smokers… with its super cheap cigarette prices and lack of serious anti-smoking policies. But this might not be the case if the nation’s health ministry…
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Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Thursday lashed out at Senator Ralph Recto’s version of the sin tax bill, calling it a “surrender” to the powerful tobacco and alcohol lobby.
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Prof. Donald Gifford on Litigation and Legislation

Published March 28, 2015 | By

University of Maryland School of Law Professor Donald Gifford, JD, has written a new book that takes a critical view of lawsuits filed by governments against the makers of hazardous products…

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SL News – Smoking Legislation and Lanarkshire’s new stop smoking campaign for young people

Published March 22, 2015 | By

nmv_743 SL News – Smoking Legislation Retailers have until October 1st 2011 to sign up to the Scottish Tobacco Retailers Register – if they fail to do so and continue selling tobacco products…

Posted in Tobacco Legislation | Tagged campaign, Lanarkshire's, legislation, News, People, smoking, Stop, young