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Ireland to introduce standardised tobacco packaging

2013-05-30 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway

The Irish Health Ministry has received government approval to begin the process of introducing standardised / plain packaging of tobacco products.

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United Kingdom: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK

2013-05-14 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: In 1927 the French philosopher Julien Benda published a piercing attack on the intellectuals of his day. They should, he argued in La Trahison des Clercs (the treason of the scholars), act as a check on popular passions. Civilisation, he claimed, is possible only if intellectuals stand in opposition to the demands of political "realism" by upholding universal principles. "Thanks to the scholars," he said, "humanity did evil for two thousand years, but honoured good." Europe might have been lying...

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Are Coke And Pepsi The New Big Tobacco?

2013-05-11 23:03:56| Beverages - Topix.net

I said this tongue-in-cheek, of course. I am aware that Intel designs and manufactures microprocessors, not cigarettes.

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New Tennessee billboards promote tobacco hotline

2013-04-12 14:50:38| Biotech - Topix.net

New billboards are going up across the state promoting the toll-free Tennessee Tobacco Quitline that helps people seeking to end their tobacco habits.

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