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Daughters of Smokers Heavier

The daughters of women who smoked during pregnancy grow up to be almost six kilograms heavier than average and are more likely to have menstrual problems that may affect their fertility, Australian scientists have found in the world's first study of the reproductive health of smokers' children.
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A Letter from Italy to France about the Smoke Free Regulation

By Elisabeth Rosenthal for the International Herald Tribune
ROME To: French citizens worried that the impending smoking ban will cause irreparable harm to their café society and can never be enforced.
From: Italy, the country to the southeast, which has been there, done that.
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Philip Morris is building a cigarette plant in Dakar

Philip Morris is building a cigarette plant in Dakar, Senegal Philip Morris International has started building a plant in Senegal, its first wholly-owned tobacco plant in Africa, to produce cigarettes for sale around the region, the company said on Wednesday.
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The Weinstein Film Company Joins the Anti-Smoking Fight

The Weinstein Company (TWC) will be the first motion picture firm to embed anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) in DVD versions of movies that depict smoking.
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Smoking Breaks in the EU

What about the "smoking breaks" taken by smokers in the workplace? They are getting more regulated in the EU.
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Julio Frenk's controversy

Julio Frenk was a finalist for the top job at the World Health Organization three years ago. The post is available again, but the Mexican health minister's latest campaign for the job may go up in smoke.
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Poor people in Scotland smoke the most

PEOPLE living in Scotland's most deprived areas are spending £1.3million on cigarettes EVERY day.
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In the Philippines, Doctors sue Philip Morris

DOCTORS sued Philip Morris in Makati City yesterday allegedly for violating a law ordering tobacco firms to put health warnings on the front panel of their cigarette packs.
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About the new anti-smoking bill in Hong Kong

Experts slam 'half-baked' anti-smoking bill: Allowing brand promotion on non-tobacco items will mean heavy public health cost, says professor Anthony Hedley.
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Antismoking Campaigns in the US Credited for Cancer Decline

The long-term decline in U.S. cancer rates can be attributed to antismoking campaigns and the decline in smoking over the past half-century, according to a study by the American Cancer Society published in Tobacco Control.
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