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Geneva votes to ban smoking in public places
25th February 2008
Yahoo News
February 25, 2008
By Laura MacInnis
Geneva, home to the United Nations' European headquarters and scores of banks catering to the very rich, will ban smoking in public places following a referendum on Sunday, the Swiss news agency A read more...
Thailand to ban smoking in bars, restaurants: health ministry
11th January 2008
Agence France Presse – France
January 11, 2008
DATELINE: BANGKOK -- Thailand will ban smokers from lighting up in bars, restaurants and open-air markets across the kingdom in a bid to curb smoking, the public health ministry said Friday.
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Turkish parliament passes smoking ban bill
3rd January 2008
Agence France Presse – France
January 3, 2008
DATELINE: ANKARA -- Turkey's parliament passed Thursday a bill banning smoking in bars and restaurants as part of a series of stringent restrictions on nicotine addicts in a country where 60 perce read more...
Mexico edges toward ban on smoking in public
21st November 2007
Reuters - November 21, 2007
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican congressional committee approved on Wednesday a ban on smoking in public places, a first step toward prohibiting the lighting up of cigarettes and cigars in a country of heavy smokers.
El Uni read more...
EU Parliament calls for ban on workplace smoking
25th October 2007
Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Germany
October 24, 2007
DPA x EU Health Smoking: EU Parliament calls for ban on workplace smoking
Brussels (dpa) - Public smoking in Europe looked to be on its last
gasp on Wednesday as the European Parliament read more...
Hospital Admissions for Heart Attack Decline Due to State Clean Indoor Air Act
28th September 2007
Release from NYS Dept. of Health
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR HEART ATTACK DECLINE
DUE TO STATE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT
Most Extensive Study to Date Links the Act to Improved Health Outcomes
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 27, 2007) – New Yorkers are having f read more...
Award recognises NZ as leader in tobacco control
14th September 2007
Press Release: New Zealand Government
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00257.htm
Hon Damien O’Connor
Associate Minister of Health
14 September 2007 Media Statement
Global award recognises New Zealand as a leader in tobacco control
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Heart attacks drop after Scottish smoking ban
11th September 2007
Agence France Presse - France
September 10, 2007
The number of people admitted to hospital with heart attacks dropped 17 percent after smoking was banned in public places in Scotland in March 2006, authorities said Monday.
The figures compare read more...
Minister Welcomes Global Smokefree Partnership 2007 Award, Ireland
11th September 2007
The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD is pleased to announce that Ireland had received another award for its leading role in tobacco control. Ireland, Finland and New Zealand have been awarded the Global Smokefree Partnership's Extraor read more...