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The war against smoking has gone to such extreme lengths in Britain that in some places it is now a criminal offence to smoke outside.
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A ban on tobacco displays has come into effect in England on April 6. The ban initially applies to large stores only. The UK government's aim is to reduce the numbers of young people taking up smoking.
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Wednesday, March 14 is No Smoking Day 2012. Be sure to light up a symbolic cigarette or cigar to show the nanny state what you think of it.
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The latest stunt by the anti-smoking lobby is a campaign to restrict the packaging of cigarettes. Now the opposition is fighting back.
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Atlanta -
Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control predict that the entire nation could have laws in place by 2020 that would ban smoking in all indoor areas including restaurants, bars and private sector businesses.
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A video of two young children smoking on a train has gone viral on Chinese social media networks and sparked heated debate in China about its massive smoking habit.
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The UK has announced an accelerated tobacco, control program today as part of their “Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Tobacco Control Plan for England. “
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Tobacco smoking is found by researchers to alter brain activity in young adulthood. Scientists conducting the study say greater nicotine addiction was associated with lower levels of activity in the so-called executive center of developing teen brains.
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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has recently announced their position on the use of electronic cigarettes on airplanes and say that the ban on smoking in the skies includes the popular alternative to tobacco use.
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Australian cigarette packaging is set to undergo world first changes, according to the Rudd government, with bright colours, slogans and logos being replaced with plain packaging.
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Tobacco Headlines
Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco industry?
 The Quebec class action suit against Canada's three largest tobacco companies is one of several legal battles with the tobacco industry in this country. The big ones date back to the 1990s.
 A former tobacco executive has admitted he helped to destroy research documents in the 1990s.
The world's biggest tobacco firms are challenging the Australian government in court over a law on mandatory plain packaging for cigarettes.
 More work needs to be done to keep young people from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. surgeon general's office says in a new report.
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