Tobacco Info No. 1,
June 2010
SUMMARY
Ontario health groups call for measures
addressing contraband tobacco (pp.1-2);
Tobacco Info,
first issue
(p.3);
Economists quash claims of Canadian
Convenience Stores Association on impact of 1994 tax rollback
(pp.4-5);
Federal government subsidizes tobacco
farming?
$300
million buyout full of loopholes
(p.6);
Medicare cost recovery lawsuits: can public
health win? (pp.8-9);
Imperial Tobacco proved that nicotine is
addictive, then ordered the evidence destroyed (pp.10-11);
Research update by the Ontario Tobacco
Research Unit (pp.11-12)
Health groups press for a moratorium on
the introduction of new tobacco products (pp.12-13);
Addressing tobacco addiction while in
treatment helps prevent relapse (p.14);
Briefs (pp.15-16)
- Cigarillos in packs of 20
- Tobacco tax hikes
- The doctor’s not always right
-
World No Tobacco Day
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