Daily Clove Cigarettes News Update
It’s been a while since the last time I’ve seen models posing with cigarettes for photo shoots in fashion magazines. During the early 90’s, I often questioned myself why it seemed very “in” to smoke and then capture it as images for fashion spreads? Slowly those burn-y and smoky butts which normally act as must-have [...]
PT Bentoel Prima, the fourth largest cigarette producer in the country, has restructured its focus toward efficiency as the global economy worsens in the wake of the U.S. financial crisis, an executive says.
Bentoel corporate secretary Satrija Budi Wibawa said his company would be focusing on the distribution of main products and expanding its market, and [...]
The fifth hearing in an anti-tobacco court case adjourned Thursday at the Central Jakarta District Court when government representatives failed to show.
A group of four NGOs brought suit against the executive branch and the House of Representatives in June this year to force the two branches to consider ratification of the World Health Organization’s Framework [...]
Cruise ships, one of the last bastions of freedom for smokers, are joining the rest of the travel industry in introducing draconian measures to restrict use of the “evil weed”. Ships on the high seas are not subject to the same smoking laws as hotels, restaurants bars and other public places are on land. Nevertheless [...]
Class action suits of millions of smokers, tougher regulations and soaring tobacco taxes pose a real danger for tobacco makers, but the soon-to-be listed on JSE British America Tobacco (BAT) conglomerate gives a promise of bright future.
Speaking here on Tuesday, Chairperson Jan du Plessis says tobacco companies are creating more shareholder value “than two decades [...]
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE / Euronext Paris: PM) will host a live audio webcast at www.pmintl.com on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss 2008 third-quarter results, which will be issued at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET the same day.
During the webcast, Hermann Waldemer, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the company’s 2008 [...]
We think of cancer as one disease. In fact it is more than 100 different diseases, affecting all parts of the body with different causes and outcomes. The incidence varies widely across the world, influenced by diet, smoking and drinking, infection, climate and social factors. So what is this global pattern, and what light does [...]
MALAYSIA aims to become an anti-smoking advocacy role model for the Asean region by 2010.
The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) gave this assurance at the recent Regional Workshop on Tobacco Control and Sustainable Development organised by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (Seatca) here last week.
Its president K. Koris Atan said Malaysia recognised the [...]
The policymakers and health authorities in the UAE should adopt a proactive approach in implementing a comprehensive anti-tobacco policy to curb the use of tobacco products, according to a leading international expert in oral medicine.
Speaking at a symposium on ?‘Tobacco and Oral Cancer’ as part of the one-day International Medical Sciences Academy Conference organised by [...]
Four-fifths of the world’s countries have failed to implement a single significant measure to fight smoking, according to a World Health Organisation report designed to help intensify anti-tobacco efforts.
Just 5 per cent of the global population is protected by national smoke-free laws, or by bans on advertising and promotion, says the study, released on Thursday.
It [...]
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times.
— Mark Twain
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