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In A First, Maldives Bans Smoking For Those Born After 2007
The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said.
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White House Seeks Budget Cuts For US Law Enforcement Offices: Report
The fiscal-year 2026 budget proposal calls for cutting the budgets for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI.
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UK Introduces Law To Create First "Smoke-Free Generation"
A new UK-wide law aimed at creating the first "smoke-free generation" will on Tuesday be introduced in parliament, as part of a world-leading ban.
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UK Parliament To Debate Law Phasing Out Smoking
The law would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 - effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population.
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New Zealand Set To Scrap World's First Law Banning Tobacco Sales
New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result.
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Man Kills Nephew With Axe, Injures Sister-In-Law For Denying Him Tobacco: Madhya Pradesh Cops
A man allegedly hacked his five-year-old nephew to death with an axe and injured his sister-in-law after she did not give him tobacco at their home in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday.
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New Zealand's Upcoming Government To Scrap Law Curbing Tobacco Sales
New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".
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Canada To Print "Poison In Every Puff" On Individual Cigarettes
The policy seeks to reduce tobacco usage to less than five per cent by 2035. New laws also aim to strengthen health-related visual representations on cigarette packets.
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Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix Criticised Over Tobacco Advertising
Netflix has come under criticism for its popular show Formula 1: Drive to Survive, due to concerns and criticism from tombacco industry watchdogs regarding prominent advertising of tobacco brands on F1 cars. The show is being accused of indirectly glorifying tobacco brands, although F1 insists that all advertising is in line with applicable laws.
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BCCI Prohibits Women’s Premier League Teams from Featuring Crypto Ads
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned all the participating WPL teams from engaging with crypto-related sponsors. In its advisory to the five registered teams, the Indian cricket body said that “no franchisee shall undertake a partnership or any kind of association with an entity that is in any way connected/related to an en...
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In A First, Maldives Bans Smoking For Those Born After 2007
The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban Saturday on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only nation with a generational prohibition on tobacco, the Health Ministry said.
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White House Seeks Budget Cuts For US Law Enforcement Offices: Report
The fiscal-year 2026 budget proposal calls for cutting the budgets for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI.
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UK Introduces Law To Create First "Smoke-Free Generation"
A new UK-wide law aimed at creating the first "smoke-free generation" will on Tuesday be introduced in parliament, as part of a world-leading ban.
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UK Parliament To Debate Law Phasing Out Smoking
The law would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 - effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population.
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New Zealand Set To Scrap World's First Law Banning Tobacco Sales
New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result.
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Man Kills Nephew With Axe, Injures Sister-In-Law For Denying Him Tobacco: Madhya Pradesh Cops
A man allegedly hacked his five-year-old nephew to death with an axe and injured his sister-in-law after she did not give him tobacco at their home in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday.
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New Zealand's Upcoming Government To Scrap Law Curbing Tobacco Sales
New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".
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Canada To Print "Poison In Every Puff" On Individual Cigarettes
The policy seeks to reduce tobacco usage to less than five per cent by 2035. New laws also aim to strengthen health-related visual representations on cigarette packets.
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Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix Criticised Over Tobacco Advertising
Netflix has come under criticism for its popular show Formula 1: Drive to Survive, due to concerns and criticism from tombacco industry watchdogs regarding prominent advertising of tobacco brands on F1 cars. The show is being accused of indirectly glorifying tobacco brands, although F1 insists that all advertising is in line with applicable laws.
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BCCI Prohibits Women’s Premier League Teams from Featuring Crypto Ads
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned all the participating WPL teams from engaging with crypto-related sponsors. In its advisory to the five registered teams, the Indian cricket body said that “no franchisee shall undertake a partnership or any kind of association with an entity that is in any way connected/related to an en...
