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Thursday, 16 August, 2012
Tobacco industry fumes over stripped-down cigarette packs
Making cigarette packs look attractive was already a tough one, considering the graphic warnings imposed by law in most developed countries. But Australia’s Supreme Court has just taken it a step further. As of December this year, all packs will have to be stripped of logos and trademarks. They’ll be just plain green paper with the usual dire warnings. While most big tobacco companies, headquartered here in Switzerland, are crying foul, the World Health Organization, based in Geneva, is cheering. WRS’s Lucas Chambers reports:
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When will there be a campaign for banning smoking in or near apartment buildings??? In Canada one has to be 6 to 10 meters away from any air intake opening (doors, windows, ventilation systems). Living next to a smoker gives me and my family now choice other than to be subjected to secondhand smoke. The same goes for when traveling by train. A few years ago, thankfully, the SBB banned smoking in trains, but the train stations reek of the stench of stale and fresh cigarette smoke. What about the non-smokers right to clean air? Why should we allow the smokers to impede with their chosen habit on our right to clean air?
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