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How tobacco industry donations cloud debates over cigarette controls
Smoking kills more than 27,200 Malaysians every year. In March 2017, Malaysia’s health ministry hoped to reduce that grim tally by floating a plan to … How tobacco industry donations cloud debates over cigarette controlsRead more
Posted inIndia / News / Tobacco
Tobacco industry is lure children to its products
A survey conducted in 243 schools at 487 point of sales (PoSs) across India has found that about half of them (225) sell tobacco products … Tobacco industry is lure children to its productsRead more
Posted inAfrica / Tobacco / ToMl
Big Tobacco Plans to Expand in Africa
A stunning new investigation by The Guardian that reveals how tobacco companies have gained unprecedented influence in Washington since the Trump administration came to power. … Big Tobacco Plans to Expand in AfricaRead more
Posted inFossil fuel / Media / Politics / Smoking / Tobacco / ToMl
Tobacco and Oil Industries Used Same Researchers to Sway Public
Organizations worried about climate change have long drawn comparisons between the petroleum and tobacco industries, arguing that each has minimized public health damages of its … Tobacco and Oil Industries Used Same Researchers to Sway PublicRead more
Posted inChildren / Health / News / Smoking / Tobacco
Exposure to tobacco smoke in the home increases childhood illnesses
Children who live with smokers end up in the doctor’s office or hospital more often than those not exposed to tobacco smoke, according to new … Exposure to tobacco smoke in the home increases childhood illnessesRead more
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Tobacco giant gave $250,000 to group representing black-owned newspapers
After National Newspaper Publishers Association President Benjamin Chavis Jr. visited Reynolds American’s headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C., he left impressed — and with hopes of big … Tobacco giant gave $250,000 to group representing black-owned newspapersRead more
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World No Tobacco Day: Marching to Big Tobacco’s tune?
Has World No Tobacco Day 2015 – this Sunday – been manipulated by Big Tobacco’s lobbying agenda? Where the tobacco lobby is concerned, it would … World No Tobacco Day: Marching to Big Tobacco’s tune?Read more