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In Turkey, party goes on despite new alcohol curbs
AFP, Published on 06/07/2014
» ISTANBUL (TURKEY) - The sun is setting but the party is only just beginning for 29-year-old Merve Kortan, one of the many young Turks who hang out in Istanbul's vibrant Beyoglu district.
85% cigarette graphic warning law now in force
Online Reporters, Published on 27/06/2014
» The law requiring a mandatory health warning graphic that takes up 85% of a cigarette packet, the largest anywhere, with the use of 10 different warning graphics stipulated, has now come into force in Thailand.
Indonesia pushes for graphic health warnings on cigarette packs
AFP, Published on 25/06/2014
» An Indonesian law requiring manufacturers to display pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs came into force Tuesday, but anti-smoking campaigners said the rule was widely ignored.
Challenge to Australia tobacco law could have vast impact
AFP, Published on 04/05/2014
» A landmark challenge to Australia's plain-packaging law for cigarettes and cigars at the WTO could have vast implications for how governments square the rules of trade with radical public health measures.
British socialist stalwart Tony Benn dies at 88
AFP, Published on 14/03/2014
» Tony Benn, the totem of the British left who spearheaded the movement against the Iraq war, died Friday at the age of 88, his family said.
Russians enjoy taste of Olympic snow
AFP, Published on 03/02/2014
» Stray dogs settle in the morning sun, the smells of nearby boiled corn on the cob and wood-grilled lamb skewers waft upwards, and the gondola serving the Gornaya Karusel kicks into action.
EU set to regulate e-cigarettes
AFP, Published on 18/12/2013
» BRUSSELS - European Union states and lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to regulate the booming e-cigarette market and discourage smoking by increasing the size of health warnings on packets.
$30bn Spanish casino plan scrapped
AFP, Published on 13/12/2013
» US casino operator Las Vegas Sands said Friday it has dropped plans to invest over $30 billion in a mega-resort scheme that promised 260,000 direct and indirect jobs for crisis-hit Spain.
The calm before the smoke storm
Asia focus, Published on 09/12/2013
» Myanmar’s tobacco market is set for a shakeup following the return this year of the world’s second largest cigarette manufacturer, British American Tobacco, which entered into a joint partnership to locally manufacture its once ubiquitous London brand of cigarettes.
New York City bans sale of cigarettes to under 21s
AFP, Published on 31/10/2013
» New York City voted Wednesday to ban the sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes and tobacco to anyone under the age of 21, raising the previous threshold of 18.