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UAE Health Experts Consider Second-hand Smoke a ‘Major Public Health Threat’

2008-05-02

Emirates News Agency - United Arab Emirates May 1, 2008 WAM Dubai, May 1, 2008 (WAM) -- Health pro... read more

Majority of Chinese said supporting Beijing smoking ban

2008-04-30

BBC Monitoring - Asia Pacific Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New... read more

Geneva votes to ban smoking in public places

2008-02-25

Yahoo News By Laura MacInnis Geneva, home to the United Nations' European headquarters and s... read more

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GSP Launches "Working for a Smokefree Future" Report

On 1 May 2008, the Global Smokefree Partnership launched its Working for a Smokefree Future Report, to mark this year's International Workers' Day. The theme for the report is smokefree workplaces.Working for a Smokefree Future is the first report to detail the benefits of smokefree workplaces ... read more

Smokefree Olympics Campaign

The Global Smokefree Partnership has launched the 2008 Smokefree Olympics - a campaign to strengthen global awareness, support for and adhere ... read more

Global map of smokefree policies

Prepared for The Global Smokefree Partnership Gillian Griffith, April 2008 Overview This section maps out the smokefree policies of the v ... read more

Global voices for a smokefree world Join the Global Smokefree Partnership's campaign SUPPORT A SMOKEFREE UNITED NATIONS -JOIN THE GLOBAL VOICES FOR A SMOKEFREE UNITED NATIONS CAMPAIGN!T .. read more	Smokefree and health: Facts Fact 1 Second-hand smoke causes fatal illnesses. Fact 2 Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including more than 50 that cause cancer. .. read more
Beijing smoking ban goes into effect Associated Press May 1, 2008 BEIJING (AP) - Beijing's battle to ban smoking in most public areas began in earnest Thursday as part of the go .. read more	Finland: "Tobacco Ban Reduces Absenteeism" The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health estimates the level of absenteeism has dramatically fallen in the restaurant sector since the introductio .. read more
Zambia: Editorial: The Move by the Government to Ban Smoking in Public The move by the Government to ban smoking in public places and make it an offence punishable by a fine of K400,000 or imprisonment of up to two years .. read more	Smoking ban has saved 40,000 lives - The Independent Jeremy Laurance The nationwide smoking ban has triggered the biggest fall in smoking ever seen in England, a report says today. More than two billio .. read more
Smoking bans are boon for public health, WHO says Reuters - June 30, 2008Michael Kahn Smoking bans are an effective way of preventing heart disease, getting cigarette users to quit and protecting chi .. read more	English Smoking Ban Cuts Cigarette Sales by 6%, Nielsen Says Bloomberg NewsJune 29, 2008By Thomas Mulier June 30 (Bloomberg) -- England's ban on indoor smoking in public places has contributed to a 6 percent dr .. read more
Kenya - Smoking law finally takes effect today Daily NationJuly 9, 2008 Mike Mwaniki Smokers beware - puffing away in public will be illegal from Tuesday. And as if that is not enough, smokers w .. read more	Smokefree: The Facts "Smokefree: The Facts" is a series of factsheets focused on providing the evidence to advocates and policy makers for the adoption of smokef .. read more
Smoking bans lead to reduction in heart attack admissions Roger Dobson Abergavenny Bans on smoking substantially reduce hospital admissions for heart attacks, research has shown. On the first anniversary of .. read more	Tobacco Ban Remains Elusive at U.N. Headquarters Thalif Deen When a state-wide ban on smoking came into effect in New York in July 2003, perhaps the only institution outside that stringent law was t .. read more
Study Supports Health Benefits of Smoking Ban Hospital Admissions Fall 17% After Scottish Law Enacted; Businesses Balk at Restrictions By Jeremy Singer-Vine July 31, 2008; Page D1 A new study f .. read more