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4 November 2003

HEADLINES

NI councils 'should ban smoking'
Gallaher foothold in world's largest cigarette market
Silliest Job Title Awards 2003

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NI councils 'should ban smoking'

Councils in Northern Ireland should adopt a smoking ban in public places
similar to restrictions being introduced in the Irish Republic, a cancer
charity has claimed.

Macmillan Cancer Relief has sent letters to mayors in the province,
outlining the effects of smoking on lung cancer rates.

The disease is Northern Ireland's biggest cancer killer, with 850 people
diagnosed each year.

Smoking is to be banned in all workplaces in the Irish Republic,
including pubs, restaurants and hotels, from 26 January next year.

Heather Monteverde, General Manager of Macmillan in Northern Ireland,
said smoking bans in public places have been shown to encourage smokers
to give up.

"Smoking and passive smoking cause nine out of 10 lung cancers," she
said. "The simplest and most effective way for councils to lower lung
cancer rates and help save lives is to enact a ban on smoking in public
places."

Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3238991.stm
Source: BBC Online, 4 November 2003



Gallaher foothold in world's largest cigarette market

Gallaher, the maker of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, hopes to spark off
opportunities in the world's biggest cigarette market after signing a
joint venture deal with China's Shanghai Tobacco Corporation, reports
The Guardian.

The British firm will make, distribute and sell its Memphis brand in the
far eastern country in return for marketing Shanghai's Golden Deer brand
in Russia.

All the leading western tobacco firms have been looking at ways to break
into China. The country has started to dismantle its commercial
boundaries since it joined the World Trade Organisation.

Gallaher said the arrangement with Shanghai would not generate a large
number of sales in the short term. "Its real value is the long-term
relationship it will develop leaving us well-positioned in two to three
years," explained a company spokesman.

Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1076961,00.html
Source: The Guardian, 4 November 2003



Silliest Job Title Awards 2003

The Adam Smith Institute has launched a competition to find the silliest
public-sector job title. The right-wing free-market think-tank will
announce the winning position tomorrow, and its bashful holder will
receive a bust of Smith, the famous Scottish philosopher.

The proliferation of alleged "non-jobs" in areas such as "diversity" and
the NHS bureaucracy has become a favourite theme this year for
left-bashing newspaper editors, disgruntled taxpayers, and those who
rail against the perceived tyranny of political correctness.

Rachel Spencer, 28, of East Kent Coastal Primary Care Trust, is in with
a chance winning the dubious trophy. Rachel's job title comes in as:
"Smoking Cessation Specialist: Inequalities" But as the Independent
stresses, many of these maligned figures are providing valuable
services. And, if one of them wins the Adam Smith trophy, perhaps they
should comfort themselves with this thought: what does an institute
named after a man called Smith know about snappy titles anyway?

Full article
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=460193
Source: The Independent, 4 November 2003



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