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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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Q. What are the economic impacts of tobacco use?

A. The epidemic poses a long-term economic threat to countries and may slow their development. Tobacco negatively affects the welfare of users and costs the world hundreds of billions of dollars each year in lost productivity. If the epidemic worsens, the economic losses in highly populated developing countries will be severe. Many of these countries are manufacturing centres for the global economy and the growing number of tobacco-related deaths - half of which occur during prime productive years - will impose a heavy burden on these economies.