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Birthday party raid at bikie clubhouse...with several offences including supplying liquor to a minor on other premises, unlawfully placing a tobacco vending machine, and carrying tobacco products in a public place for retail sale. He is to appear at Newtown Local Court on January... |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Tobacco giant bid to oust judge
...Mowbray, which settled before trial. It related to British American Tobacco's so-called ''document retention policy'' first raised in a tobacco compensation case brought by a Melbourne smoker, Rolah McCabe. Judge Curtis denied British...
In this article: British American Tobacco, Lung cancer, and James Hardie
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scotsman.com - Politics | 2 days ago
Ban on tobacco product blasted
...site. A TORY ex-minister yesterday branded the government "arrogant and irresponsible" for refusing to legalise the sale of "smokeless" tobacco. Christopher Chope said 30,000 lives could be saved every year by the introduction of Snus,...
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European Journal of Public Health | 2 days ago
Smoking prevalence and tobacco exposure among adolescents in Cyprus
The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(6):655-661; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp064 Smoking prevalence and tobacco exposure among adolescents in Cyprus Maria Karekla1,2, Anastasia Symeou2, Haritini Tsangari3, Margarita Kapsou4 and...
In this article: Cyprus, Nicosia, University of Nicosia, E mail, and University of Cyprus
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Medical News Today | 2 days ago
Exposure To Tobacco And Lead Linked To ADHD In Children
...Health; Pregnancy / Obstetrics; Smoking / Quit Smoking Article Date: 24 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST Researchers in the US found that exposure to tobacco in the womb and to lead during childhood was linked to a particularly high risk for...
In this article: ADHD, Robert Kahn, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Pediatrics, US, Medical advice, Mental disorder, and National Center for Health Statistics
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 4 days ago
Increase the tobacco tax
...Convention on Tobacco Control, effective February 2005, calls on its 164 signatories to raise taxes on tobacco products as a way of reducing tobacco consumption. Cigarettes in Japan are much cheaper than in other parts of the developed...
In this article: Tax, Cancer, Yukio Hatoyama, Revenue, Diet, Lung cancer, Liberal Democratic Party, and Heart disease
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Winston-Salem Journal | 5 days ago
Tobacco Twist: Companies started selling 'pipe tobacco' to avoid big tax
...Scott Bendett, the owner of Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, N.Y., which advertises the new pipe tobacco for hand-rolled cigarettes. Tobacco companies say they're just trying to find a legal way to stay afloat after being saddled...
In this article: Tax, Albany, N.Y, and Washington
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Ky. universities expand smoking, tobacco bans
...touting the health benefits of a smoke-free policy covering all of its sprawling campus in the heart of burley tobacco country. The tobacco ban at the University of Kentucky includes outdoor areas and applies to chew, pipes, cigars and...
In this article: Kentucky, University of Louisville, UK, Nicotine, and Pikeville College
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AP Online | 7 days ago
Tobacco state Ky.'s biggest university bans leaf
...tobacco, an ingredient in cigarettes. The University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture advises tobacco growers and raises tobacco on its own farms for research. The campus is also home to a research center seeking new commercial uses...
In this article: Kentucky, University of Kentucky, and Lexington
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
AP IMPACT: Tobacco execs quickly find tax loophole
...nothing says it has to be. In fact, the Obama administration says the only distinction between pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco is how it's labeled, effectively giving tobacco marketing executives an opportunity to shape their own tax...
In this article: Tax, Barack Obama, and Washington
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Tobacco is an agricultural product, recognized as an addictive drug, processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Tobacco has long been in use as a entheogen. However at the arrival of the Europeans, it quickly became popularized as a trade item and as a recreational drug. This popularization led to the development of the southern economy of the United States until it gave way to cotton. Following the American Civil War, a change in demand and a change in labor force allowed for the development of the cigarette. This new product quickly led to the growth of tobacco companies until the scientific controversy of the mid-1900s.
There are many species of tobacco, which are all encompassed by the plant genus Nicotiana. The word nicotiana (as well as nicotine) was named in honor of Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who in 1559 sent it as a medicine to the court of Catherine de Medici. The effects of tobacco on human health is significant depending on the method of which it used and the amount. Of the various methods of consumption the primary health risks pertain to diseases of the cardiovascular system by the vector of smoking, which overtime allows high quantaties of carcinogens to deposit in the mouth, throat, and lungs.
Tobacco is cultivated similar to other agricultural products. Seeds are sown in cold frames or hotbeds to prevent attacks from insects, and then transplanted into the fields. Tobacco is an annual crop, which is usually harvested in a large single-piece farm equipment.
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