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Senate committee passes PACT Act to extinguish Indian mail order tobacco trade November 30, 2009

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WASHINGTON – A Senate committee has approved a proposed bill that the Seneca Nation says would significantly impact its tobacco-based economy, its citizens, employees, and the financial well-being of western New York state.

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act – PACT – Nov. 19. No date has been set for a full Senate vote, but if passed the PACT Act would prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from delivering cigarettes and certain other tobacco products, effectively putting Indian-owned mail order tobacco businesses out of operation.
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Force smokers to quit before surgery November 30, 2009

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The requirement should be just as natural as requiring weight loss or nil by mouth, Lars-Erik Holm argued to the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper in regard to new guidelines which the Welfare Board plans to issue next year.
The director-general added that the recommendation was to be made on the proviso that anti-smoking help was made available to the patient.

Holm cited the orthopaedic clinic at Norrland University Hospital in Umeå in northern Sweden as a positive example.
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Big tobacco’s friend in Ukraine November 28, 2009

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Oblast’s Pryluky. The visit follows a controversial veto by Yushchenko of legislation that would have hiked the excise tax on tobacco products. Ukraine’s cigarettes are among the lowest taxed and cheapest in the world, contributing to a high rate of smoking and more than 100,000 smoking-related deaths each year.  Read on

Province clears the way to sue tobacco companies November 28, 2009

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Attorney General Gerard Greenan has tabled legislation that will clear the way for Prince Edward Island to seek legal action for health care costs caused by tobacco.  Read on

WHO to unveil new tobacco epidemic report in Turkey November 28, 2009

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 Turkish health minister as well as WHO officials will take part at the meeting in Istanbul on December 9.
 
Thursday, 26 November 2009 12:13The 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.  READ ON