Categories:
· Tax
International:
· USA
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Cigarette tax to rise $.60 at midnight tonight |
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Source:Delaware Online,2007-07-31
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Delaware’s cigarette tax is set to go up $.60 at midnight tonight and Robert “Bert” Scoglietti, the state Office of Management and Budget’s director of Policy and External Affairs, said state is set for a smooth transition.
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Categories:
· Health/Science
International:
· Australia
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'One joint as bad as five cigarettes' |
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Source:Cape Argus,2007-07-31
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Smoking a single cannabis joint is as harmful to lungs as having up to five cigarettes in succession, according to re-search published today.
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Categories:
· Health/Science
International:
· Australia
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Joint has same effect as five ciggies - study |
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Source:IOL,2007-07-31
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Smoking a single joint of cannabis has the same impact on breathing capacity as up to five cigarettes, according to a New Zealand study published on Monday in a specialist British journal, Thorax.
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Categories:
· Health/Science
International:
· Africa
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Six firefighters die in Mpumalanga fires |
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Source:SABC News,2007-07-30
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Six firemen have died, while trying to bring raging fires in Mpumulanga under control.
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Categories:
· Tobacco control
International:
· USA
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Disney is the latest to say smoking, cinema don't mix |
Source:Orlando Sentinel,2007-07-30
Author:Dawn C. Chmielewski |
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The ban is virtually a no-lose move for the studio, which doesn't often depict smoking.
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