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PostHeaderIcon MYA seeks ban on drug stores selling tobacco

imagesCAY46E2DCALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES: FEBRUARY 16, 2012:- Pharmacies would be prohibited from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products if the selectmen approve a health regulation proposed by the Middleboro Youth Advocates.
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PostHeaderIcon Smoking ban to be ensured in Lahore

2-16-2012_35648_lLAHORE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012:- The District Committee for Tobacco Control (DCTC) has finalized a comprehensive strategy to ensure smoking free health centres, government offices and public places across the provincial capital through implementation of anti smoking laws.
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PostHeaderIcon WES fifth grader works with U.S. surgeon general to end tobacco use

imagesCAN4OQOCRALEIGH, UNITED STATES:  FEBRUARY 15, 2012:- Wendell resident Ilana Adlee, a fifth-grader at Wendell Elementary School and an American Heart Association youth advocate, recently took part in a town hall meeting with U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin.
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PostHeaderIcon Tobacco control groups push for Rep. Emilio Abaya excise tax biill on cigarettes

phillippinesPHILLIPPINES: FEBRUARY 15, 2012:- Representative Emilio Abaya’s excise tax bill on tobacco products—a measure President Benigno Aquino III certified as urgent---received on Wednesday a push from tobacco control advocates, who want cigarette prices to rise so the young and poor will be deterred from lighting up the smoking sticks.
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PostHeaderIcon Health Ministry to launch ‘graphic' anti-smoking campaign

tfIndiaMUMBAI: FEBRUARY 15, 2012:- Under its National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in association with the World Lung Foundation (WLF), is slated to launch a mass media campaign titled ‘Tobacco is eating your baby alive' this week.

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PostHeaderIcon Students to help peers make smart smoking decisions

11721CARMAN, CANADA: JANUARY 23, 2012:- Is there anybody better to educate children about the dangers of smoking, than the kids themselves?
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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)

The FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease.

The FCTC was unanimously adopted by 192 nations at the World Health Assembly (WHA) on 21st May 2003. Among its many tobacco control measures, the FCTC requires countries to impose restrictions on tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion, establish new packaging and labeling of tobacco products with strong health warnings, establish clean indoor air controls by imposing restrictions on smoking in public places and strengthening legislation to clamp down on illicit trade in tobacco products.