Youth Leaders of the Country Say 'No' to Tobacco

Piyas Roy 4 years ago Region: Bangladesh

More than 700 youth leaders from different parts of the country gathered at Ganashastha Kendra Auditorium, Savar and collectively decided for working towards breaking the marketing campaign of the tobacco companies. The... more

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Daffodil International University declared as smoking free campus

Piyas Roy 4 years ago Region: Bangladesh

More than 350 students, some of them are standing for more than an hour, raise their hand all together to show their commitment against Tobacco, to break the marketing chain of the tobacco companies and to say No to tobacc... more

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More teenagers addicted to tobacco

Jayadesh S 4 years ago Region: China

About 40 million of the country's 130 million children between 13 and 18 have tried smoking, and 15 million of them have become addicted. Nearly 68 percent of them have had their first whole cigarette before they had reac... more

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Tobacco Workers Demand Safer Workplaces, Better Pay

AFL CIO 5 years ago Region: United States

 by James Parks Hundreds of members of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), religious leaders and community and union supporters from across the nation traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., where they rallied ... more

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Sale of cigarettes fell by 17% until November

Addison a year ago Region: Spain

 Cigarette sales fell by 17.1% between January and November 2011 , reaching 2762.9 billion packs, while the sale of snuff pipe nearly quadrupled , rose 287% - up to 1.24 million kilos.   According to recent dat... more

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Senate Debates Bill On Tobacco Control, Sale

Hanson Okoh 4 years ago Region: Nigeria

Senators on Wednesday considered legislation which seeks to control the manufacture, sale, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco or tobacco products in Nigeria. The bill on the subject has passed through Secon... more

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Tobacco ban

Stephen H. Indeck 4 years ago Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

On firday World Health Organization said that recent studies show that "the more young people are exposed to tobacco advertising, the more likely they are to start smoking." Tobacco-ad bans are currently in effect in place... more

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Cigarette smoking, a health risk issue ignored

Mr Oldtowner 5 years ago Region: Philippines

The World Health Organization came up with the latest survey/study about tobacco consumptions in the South East Asian Region detailing the increasing use of cigarettes among the people of the said region. According to the ... more

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