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journalnow.com – 11 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

Groups critical of cuts to tobacco prevention programs in N.C.

A coalition of public-health advocacy groups has taken North Carolina’s elected leaders to task yet again for cutting funding for tobacco-prevention programs.

The coalition issued Thursday its 16th annual national report that follows up on an initial study titled “Broken promises to our children.”

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thespec.com – 12 de diciembre de 2014 – Canadá

Multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Big Tobacco now in judge's hands

MONTREAL — A class-action lawsuit that targets three Canadian tobacco manufacturers for nearly $20 billion has ended after nearly three years of testimony.

Closing arguments were held in Montreal today and Quebec Superior Court Justice Brian Riordan took the case under deliberation.

While the trial began in March 2012, the legal proceedings actually date back to 1998.

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thebarrieexaminer.com – 11 de diciembre de 2014 – Canadá

LETTER: Tobacco controls working

This story addresses the topics of illegal tobacco and new regulations under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, starting January 2015, without recognizing that tobacco use still remains the greatest cause of preventable death and disease in Simcoe Muskoka and Ontario.

The Ontario Convenience Store Association's (OCSA) position on tobacco ignores the terrible price paid by its many customers who are addicted to cigarettes and other forms of tobacco.

The OCSA also disregards the significant progress Ontario has made in lowering the provincial smoking rate since the Smoke-Free Ontario strategy was adopted in 2005.

The province's comprehensive approach to tobacco control, focusing on smoking cessation, prevention of smoking initiation and protection from second-hand smoke, has resulted in the second-lowest smoking rate in Canada, after British Columbia.

The latest regulations and proposed amendments under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act continue the public health leadership and foresight that have made this province's approach to tobacco a model throughout North America.

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prnewswire.com – 11 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

National Report: Washington ranks 44th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Washington ranks 44th in the country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today by a coalition of public health organizations. The state's once-vaunted tobacco prevention program remains a shell of its former self.

The report challenges states to do more by shining the spotlight on Florida, which has cut its high school smoking rate to a record low 7.5 percent. The report details the lives and health care dollars each state could save if it brought its teen smoking rate down to Florida's.

If Washington reduced its high school smoking rate from the current 9.5 percent to 7.5 percent, it would prevent 44,210 kids from becoming adult smokers, saving 15,570 lives and $773.7 million in future health care costs. Today in Washington, tobacco annually claims 8,300 lives and costs the state $2.8 billion in health care bills.

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washingtonpost.com – 12 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

Are states spending enough on tobacco control and prevention?

Despite collecting billions in tobacco-related revenues, states plan to spend relatively little on control and prevention programs in the 2015 fiscal year.

States this fiscal year are expected to collect $25.6 billion in revenues from payouts from the blockbuster 1998 tobacco settlement as well as tobacco taxes, according to a new report, by a coalition of groups opposed to smoking. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recommends states spend $3.3 billion overall on control and prevention. Yet states only have plans to spend $490 million—the equivalent of about 15 percent of the CDC-recommended amount and 2 percent of the tobacco-related revenues.

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connecttristates.com – 9 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

New proposed bill to affect e-cig packaging

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yibada.com – 9 de diciembre de 2014 – China

China Mulls Raising Tobacco Taxes, Prices

Yao Hongwen, spokesperson for the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said during a press conference that the move is timed with the tax reform China is undergoing and aimed at discouraging smoking among the country's citizens. Chinese smokers make up the biggest number of tobacco consumers in the world by country at more than 300 million.

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sfexaminer.com – 9 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

SF approves 50 percent reduction in tobacco-selling stores

It could take up to 15 years to cut The City’s nearly 1,000 tobacco permits in half after the Board of Supervisors approved legislation Tuesday restricting the number issued. - MIKE KOOZMIN/2012 S.F.

It could take up to 15 years to cut The City’s nearly 1,000 tobacco permits in half after the Board of Supervisors approved legislation Tuesday restricting the number issued.

Hundreds of businesses currently hold city permits to sell tobacco in San Francisco's poorest neighborhoods, but only a handful are in more affluent areas.

Faced with this disparity, a group of San Francisco youths with the nonprofit Youth Leadership Institute has worked since 2008 to impose density controls on tobacco permits. On Tuesday, that dream came true with the Board of Supervisors' unanimous approval of the Tobacco Sales Reduction Act.

The law imposes a cap of 45 tobacco-selling permits issued for each of the 11 supervisor districts in The City. For some, that would be a dramatic decrease.

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wickedlocal.com – 11 de diciembre de 2014 – EEUU

Communities cracking down on tobacco use

Starting Jan. 1, if someone in Ashland wants to buy an e-cigarette or a flavored tobacco product, that person will have to drive to neighboring Framingham, provided he or she is over age 21.

These regulations are part of a statewide effort to curb tobacco and nicotine use among young people. More than 1 million residents across the state must be over 21 to buy tobacco in their hometowns, according to the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

“Our main concern is to not have kids pick up the habit,” said Medway Health Agent Stephanie Bacon. Medway raised the minimum age in September to 21 for the purchase of tobacco or other nicotine delivery products.

Ashland and Hudson also raised the minimum age to 21 this year. Framingham and Wayland will raise their minimum age in 2015. Sudbury raised the age to 19 this year.

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