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U.S., Malaysia Skirmish over Free-Trade Tobacco

By Carey L. Biron
Between concluding rounds of negotiations towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major U.S.-proposed free trade agreement, a divisive fight has heated up over the extent to which countries should be allowed to regulate the sale of foreign – potentially far cheaper – tobacco products.

Cigarette Companies Mock Tobacco Control Laws in Latin America

By Marcela Valente
Despite the great strides made in Latin America with tobacco control legislation, the industry deploys a range of strategies to circumvent the restrictions imposed on cigarette advertising, social organisations and experts complain.

Smoking Kills Mostly the Poor in India

By Mauro Teodori
Mujeeb Rahuman (39), a mason in the Venjaramoodu village in Thiruvananthapuram, the southernmost district in India’s coastal Kerala state, has been a chain smoker for the past twenty years.
Philippine cigarettes are among the cheapest in the world, costing less than one U.S. dollar for a pack of 20. They are available right outside schools, in parks, in streets and other public places, and sold by vendors in single sticks for about two pesos. Credit: Kara Santos/IPS

Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths

By Carey L. Biron
Tobacco use led to almost six million deaths in 2011, according to new research released here on Monday, of which nearly 80 percent were in low- and middle-income countries.
Graphic picture-based health warnings on cigarette packs can help prevent youngsters from starting to smoke. Credit:Kara Santos/IPS

Billions of Brazilian Health Dollars Going Up in Smoke

By Fabíola Ortiz
Brazil spends some 10 billion dollars a year on health care for smokers – more than three times the tax revenue from the tobacco industry in this country, which is the world's top exporter and second producer of tobacco.


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