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Archive for November, 2009

Smokers’ paradise: French turn to Belgium for cheap cigarettes: French tobacconists are fuming about Belgians stealing their customers. But they are fighting back, reports John Lichfield

Afew years ago, Adinkerke was a forgotten, dilapidated village of red-brick houses, just inside the Belgian border with France. In the past four years, however, it has been transformed into a glittering mini-Las Vegas: a village full of garish signs reading “Smokey River”, “Eurobaccy”, “Tobacco Alley”, “Smugglers’ Corner”, and “Coronation Street Tobacco Shop”.
The village stands [...]

Britain’s shame over the cancer toll on women… nearly the worst in Europe

British women are more likely to die from cancer than those in almost every other European country, an alarming report has revealed.
Death rates here are worse than those in Croatia, Russia, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
Overall England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all in the bottom ten of a cancer mortality ‘league table’ covering 36 European [...]

Drop in smoking cuts cancer deaths in Europe

A decline in smoking in Europe and better screening mean fewer people are dying of cancer, but lung cancer deaths in women are rising in places like Scotland and Hungary where more women smoke, doctors said on Monday.
Early diagnosis and better treatments have pushed down deaths from cervical cancer and breast cancer, and declining smoking [...]

Cigarette makers plan to stage rally

The Indonesian Cigarette Industry Community Forum (Formasi) has pledged to stage a demonstration to protest a government plan to increase excise from cigarette products in 2010, arguing that the move is unjust.
“We plan to propose a judicial review with the Constitutional Court on the planned implementation of the 2009 Finance Ministry regulation on tobacco product [...]

WHO to unveil new tobacco epidemic report in Turkey: Turkish health minister as well as WHO officials will take part at the meeting in Istanbul on December 9.

The World Health Organization, or WHO, will make public this year’s report on Global Tobacco Epidemic at a meeting to be held in Turkey in December for its efforts to create a smoke-free environment and its successful implementation of smoking ban in enclosed areas.
WHO report presents every year information from 179 member countries regarding tobacco [...]

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Presents at Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference : Philip Morris International Inc. UK Regulatory Announcement

Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Louis Camilleri, addresses investors today at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference in New York.
The presentation and Q&A session are being webcast live, in a listen-only mode, beginning at approximately 12 Noon Eastern Time at www.pmintl.com. An archived copy of the [...]

Research and Markets: The 2009 Import and Export Market for Beverages and Tobacco in the United Kingdom

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on beverages and tobacco in the United Kingdom face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying beverages and tobacco to the United Kingdom? How important is the United Kingdom compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the [...]

Smokers Double Their Risk for Heart Disease: Study finds that quitting improves heart prospects, but cancer risk remains

A new study offers yet more proof that smoking is a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer.
Researchers followed 12,152 American and European male and female smokers, formers smokers and nonsmokers for three years. During that time, current smokers were 4.16 times more likely to die of cancer, 2.26 times more likely [...]

Cancer Risk High as Smoking Surges in Africa

Medical experts say tobacco-related illnesses are becoming a serious health issue in Africa as a new report warns tobacco use may double in some parts of the continent during the next 12 years. The report, from the Global Smokefree Partnership, warns that 90 percent of people in Africa have no protection against second-hand smoke.
Almost 15 [...]

UPDATED STATUS OF THE WHO FCTC: RATIFICATION AND ACCESSION BY COUNTRY (PDF)

Parties (Ratifications/Accessions)
1.
Albania
2.
Algeria
3.
Angola
4.
Antigua and
Barbuda
5.
Armenia* . . .
Countries that have signed but not yet ratified
1. Afghanistan
2. Argentina
3. Cote d’Ivoire
4. Cuba
5. Czech Republic
6. El Salvador
7. Ethiopia
8. Haiti
9. Morocco
10. Mozambique
11. St. Kitts and Nevis
12. Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
13. Switzerland
14. Tunisia
15. United States of America . . .
Summary
• 168 Parties, representing 86.44% of the [...]

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