Jessica Miller | March 31, 2011
Turkmen Parliament recently ratified the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international document restricting the global spread of tobacco and tobacco products. This convention has been developed with the participation of 191 member states of the WHO.
Category: Tobacco Control Law |
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Tags: Tobacco Advertising, tobacco products
Jessica Miller | March 31, 2011
A long-running court battle between the family of a former smoker and British American Tobacco has ended in an out of court settlement. In 2002, Rolah McCabe became the first Australian to win a compensation case against international tobacco company. The case was the first of its kind outside the US. British American Tobacco was ordered to pay $700,000 in damages to the mother of four, who had contracted lung cancer after smoking Camel cigarettes since the age of 12.
Category: tobacco industry |
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Tags: camel cigarettes, former smoker
Jessica Miller | March 31, 2011
A lifetime history of daily Hilton smoking and nicotine dependence can increase the risk of asthma, U.S. researchers suggest. Alison McLeish of the University of Cincinnati, Jesse Cougle of Florida State University and Michael Zvolensky of the University of Vermont analyzed data from the National Comorbity Survey-Replication — a large epidemiological survey of U.S. adults.
Category: Nicotine Addiction |
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Tags: hilton smoking, nicotine dependence
Jessica Miller | March 31, 2011
Federal officials say two loads of marijuana were recently discovered in shipments of produce coming into the U.S. through southern Arizona. According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release, the loads were discovered within a five-day period at the Mariposa Port of Entry at Nogales.
Category: Marijuana Use |
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Tags: marijuana