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New Zealand's Indigenous people are furious over plans to snuff out anti-smoking laws

A year ago, New Zealand enacted what are perhaps the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The new conservative government plans a repeal — and an end the Maori Health Authority. Protests have ensued.

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Importance of regular heart checkups - key to early detection

Indians have a high prevalence of ischaemic heart disease. What is more alarming is that it presents or manifests a decade earlier in Indians compared to our Western counterparts. Main reason for this is high clustering of risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, smoking or other forms of tobacco use, high…

The Times of India

Bengaluru: Police conduct special drive across city, five habitual offenders arrested

In a special drive launched to check various violations, the police conducted surprise inspections at wine shops, bars and restaurants, bakeries, tea stalls, and lodges in the city. The police were looking for violations like gambling, smoking in public places, and other irregularities.

The Hindu

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Why We Need Community Now More than Ever

Isolation might be as unhealthy as smoking. Why aren’t we taking connection more seriously?

The Walrus

Environmental factors and lung cancer risk: What you need to know

Lung cancer is still a major cause of cancer-related death and a worldwide health problem. Although smoking is still the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, environmental variables also play a significant role. Lung cancer accounts for 18.4% of cancer-related fatalities globally, with an estimated 2.2 million new cases diagnosed…

The Times of India

Mapped: Areas in the UK with the most smokers revealed

Two northern cities lead as the areas with highest smoking prevalence with a London borough at the bottom of the list.

The Independent UK

Travel Warning: France To Introduce New Smoking Ban Across All Beaches, Any Breach Will Lead To Fine

The ban is expected to come into place in France by next year.

International Business Times UK

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Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature

A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City's casinos continues to go nowhere

The Independent UK

Shane MacGowan dies aged 65: The Pogues frontman's wildest or most revelatory quotes

The legendary musician spearheaded a new kind of Celtic punk music, producing works that Ireland's president, Michael D. Higgins has described as "perfectly crafted poems"

Evening Standard

New Zealand decides to sell cigarettes to youth after all—but its scrapped smoking ban has inspired other nations

England, Ireland, Wales and Hong Kong have all considered bans similar to New Zealand's, which intended to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying tobacco.

Fortune

Brad Pitt in a chicken suit and rating friends: jobseekers believed ‘condescending’ courses required to get payments

Resilience course provider claims it uses the ‘same model of change as smoking cessation’ but welfare advocates say courses are ‘social eugenics’

The Guardian - AU

Majority back plans to crack down on smoking

Government plans will make it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1 2009.

The Independent UK

France to ban smoking on all beaches in effort to create ‘tobacco-free generation’

Public parks, forests and areas near schools will also become smoke-free as part of nationwide move

The Guardian - UK

France to ban smoking on beaches and close to schools

The French government said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools, while the price of cigarettes will rise to unprecedented levels.

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The Independent UK

New Zealand smoking ban U-turn could be first of many steps to demolish Jacinda Ardern’s legacy

From housing reforms and workers’ rights to the Treaty of Waitangi, the new conservative coalition government is set to chip away at progressive policies enacted by the former prime minister, reports Maroosha Muzaffar

The Independent UK

France to ban smoking on beaches as it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year

France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas

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Miller was "smoking cigarettes" before crash ended Valencia MotoGP win chance

Miller inherited the lead on lap 14 of 27 when KTM team-mate Brad Binder ran wide going through Turn 11 and dropped down to fourth.

The Independent UK

Australia unveils plan to crack down on vaping amid ‘new generation of nicotine dependancy’

Australia to ban import of single-use vapes from 1 January, announces health minister

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A Lifetime Of Renting Will Quite Literally Make You Age Faster, A Landmark New Study Has Found

Renting could be as bad for your health as smoking, a landmark study has shown, as it is revealed that long term renters are aging faster than homeowners.

Salon

New Zealand reverses anti-smoking law

The reversal is meant to raise tax revenue, but critics claim this "win" for Big Tobacco will cost many lives

WEKU

New Zealand's new government plans to roll back cigarette ban as it funds tax cuts

Prime Minister Chris Luxon was sworn in on Monday — and strict anti-smoking laws are set to become a casualty of the compromises needed to form a governing coalition.

Evening Standard

Where is smoking outlawed? How other countries have clamped down

A controversial ban on smoking outside pubs aims to boost nation's health, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed

Autosport

Miller “smoking cigarettes” before crash ended Valencia MotoGP win chance

Miller inherited the lead on lap 14 of 27 when KTM team-mate Brad Binder ran wide going through Turn 11 and dropped to fourth.

The Independent UK

New Zealand to repeal flagship generational smoking ban in move slammed by health experts

Public health officials aghast at sudden reversal

International Business Times

Incoming New Zealand Govt To Abandon Anti-smoking Laws

New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".

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