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A highland shop that sold cigarettes to an under-age “customer” has been hit by two fixed penalties of £200. Highland Council’s Trading Standards department issued the two notices after a test-purchase exercise undertaken across the Highlands that involved the use of a young volunteer. The £200 penalties, which were new sanctions introduced by Scottish legislation earlier [...]
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Number of Smoking Teens Rises
Posted by admin on September 20th, 2018
According to Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS), in 2017 the number of youth smoking in Alberta went up 5%, bring the total to 17%. Compared to the rest of Canada, which saw a drop in the rate of smoking youth. “There are several factors that are probably involved. One of the things that we [...]
Lighting Up Could Become Costly
Posted by admin on June 9th, 2018
Smokers are likely to face taxing times as Ministry of Finance has put forward a proposal to introduce a tax of 29 per cent on a pack of Marshal and other cigarettes. A packet of 20 cigarettes is currently sold for Dh7. The rate of smoking tobacco in UAE (cigarettes/Madwakh/Shisha) among adults is about 18 [...]
Australia Invests in Tobacco Firms to Pay Lawmakers Pensions
Posted by admin on March 18th, 2018
Australia, which is introducing some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world, invested A$147.7 million ($148.2 million) in shares of tobacco companies including British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) to pay for politicians’ retirement. The government’s Future Fund — established in 2006 to cover pension costs of retiring lawmakers, judges and public servants — held [...]
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