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In A Blow To Philip Morris, India Rules Out Lifting E-Cigarette Ban: Report
India has ruled out relaxation of a ban on e-cigarettes that would have allowed heat-not-burn tobacco products, dealing a blow to a lengthy private lobbying campaign by Philip Morris International for New Delhi to permit such devices.
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Note Marked 'Secret' Faulted Bloomberg Charity For Anti-Tobacco Lobbying
India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to come under scrutiny.
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With Strict Anti-Smoking Legislation, Japan Tries To Kick The Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations.
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Shiv Sena's Dig at PM Narendra Modi: Use Broom to Clean Filth Spoken by Your Lawmakers
Slamming the BJP's silence over its MP Dilip Gandhi's controversial comment supporting tobacco, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has taken a broom to clean dirt from roads, but who will clean the "garbage spilling out from people's mouths".
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Anti-Tobacco Conference Struggles to Stub Out Lobbyists
A major conference aimed at cutting global smoking rates in Moscow this week found itself grappling with another issue: how to stop the powerful tobacco lobby from butting in on the debate.
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Life without sugar: one family's 30-day challenge
Sugar is now at centre of the battleground between food and health. How easy would it be to cut it out of your diet?As a mother of four I am not sure how I am supposed to feel about sugar. If I believe the anti-sugar lobby, it's "the new tobacco". Sugar...
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In A Blow To Philip Morris, India Rules Out Lifting E-Cigarette Ban: Report
India has ruled out relaxation of a ban on e-cigarettes that would have allowed heat-not-burn tobacco products, dealing a blow to a lengthy private lobbying campaign by Philip Morris International for New Delhi to permit such devices.
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Note Marked 'Secret' Faulted Bloomberg Charity For Anti-Tobacco Lobbying
India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to come under scrutiny.
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With Strict Anti-Smoking Legislation, Japan Tries To Kick The Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations.
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Shiv Sena's Dig at PM Narendra Modi: Use Broom to Clean Filth Spoken by Your Lawmakers
Slamming the BJP's silence over its MP Dilip Gandhi's controversial comment supporting tobacco, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has taken a broom to clean dirt from roads, but who will clean the "garbage spilling out from people's mouths".
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Anti-Tobacco Conference Struggles to Stub Out Lobbyists
A major conference aimed at cutting global smoking rates in Moscow this week found itself grappling with another issue: how to stop the powerful tobacco lobby from butting in on the debate.
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Life without sugar: one family's 30-day challenge
Sugar is now at centre of the battleground between food and health. How easy would it be to cut it out of your diet?As a mother of four I am not sure how I am supposed to feel about sugar. If I believe the anti-sugar lobby, it's "the new tobacco". Sugar...
