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Tobacco Info No. 10, August 2012 See this issue in PDF: mag10.pdf (16 pages, 1.6 Mo) SUMMARY Harper government guts Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (p1-3) Big Tobacco wins big with $15 million cut from tobacco control budget Quebec’s $27B lawsuit opens floodgates of tobacco industry documents (p4-5) The Blais and Létourneau lawsuits against Big Tobacco were launched in 1998 Waterpipe Forum addresses dangers of hookah use (p6-7) Tobacco Info On Hold (p7) WHO Director-General Margaret Chan attacks Big Tobacco The 15th World Conference celebrates Australia’s plain packaging and explores endgame ideas (p8-12) Review of new studies by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (p13) Risk of blindness from smoking highlighted by graphic image of eyes pried open (p.14) Briefs (p15) World Cancer Congress Brazil bans tobacco additives New host for GLOBALink 20,100 deaths by lung cancer Quebec’s $60 billion lawsuit Larger graphic health warnings hitting the shelves (p16) MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE AT www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links10.htm Homepage

Tobacco Info No. 10, August 2012

See this issue in PDF: mag10.pdf (16 pages, 1.6 Mo)

SUMMARY

Harper government guts Federal Tobacco Control Strategy (p1-3)

Big Tobacco wins big with $15 million cut from tobacco control budget

Quebec’s $27B lawsuit opens floodgates of tobacco industry documents (p4-5)

The Blais and Létourneau lawsuits against Big Tobacco were launched in 1998

Waterpipe Forum addresses dangers of hookah use (p6-7)

Tobacco Info On Hold (p7)

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan attacks Big Tobacco

The 15th World Conference celebrates Australia’s plain packaging and explores endgame ideas (p8-12)

Review of new studies by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (p13)

Risk of blindness from smoking highlighted by graphic image of eyes pried open (p.14)

Briefs (p15)

World Cancer Congress

Brazil bans tobacco additives

New host for GLOBALink

20,100 deaths by lung cancer

Quebec’s $60 billion lawsuit

Larger graphic health warnings hitting the shelves (p16)

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE AT
www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links10.htm

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