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90 percent of Africans are not protected by smoke-free laws

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (11 November 2009)?As African nations are poised to undergo the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, nearly 90 percent of people on the co

Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks: NEJM article

More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks -- prompting calls upon them to divest -- the insurance industry has yet to kick the habit, they say.

Tobacco sponsorship of Formula One must stop, say health experts

As the British Grand Prix gets underway this weekend, a team of international public health experts is calling for a comprehensive ban on sports sponsorship by transnational tobacco companies (TTCs), and the closing of the loopholes which enable the continuing use of Formula One as a means of peddling the tobacco pandemic.



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