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The UN labour organisation indicated Thursday it would not renew controversial funding from tobacco companies for expiring charitable programmes, but refrained from saying it...
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A meeting on a global tobacco control treaty opened in Geneva Monday, with organisers scrambling to keep cigarette companies at bay, even as the...
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A global pact to battle the illegal tobacco trade kicks in this week, with the World Health Organization hailing it as “game-changing” in eliminating...
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US regulators said Wednesday they are considering an immediate ban on flavored e-cigarettes, as the Food and Drug Administration chief warned of an “epidemic”...
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Billionaire former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday gave a trio of anti-tobacco crusaders $20 million to up their game against an industry...
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The tax haven of Andorra has long been a favourite destination for smokers looking to stock up on cheap cigarettes, but the enclave said...
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Tokyo’s city government Wednesday passed strict new anti-smoking rules ahead of the 2020 Olympics, leapfrogging national legislation on lighting up that has been watered...
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Every minute, smokers get through nearly 11 million cigarettes and 10 die from the habit, experts say, in an industry that generates billions of...
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An exploding e-cigarette killed a Florida man and set fire to his apartment, an autopsy has found. In what is believed to be the...
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The International Labour Organization chief said Tuesday he hoped the UN body would resolve the controversial issue of whether to cut ties with the...