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ASH Daily news for 01 October 2010

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  • Tobacco firm loses legal battle

    Imperial Tobacco has lost a legal fight to stop Scottish Parliament legislation banning the display of tobacco products in shops.

    The legislation, which comes into force next autumn, also includes a ban on cigarette vending machines in Scotland.

    Further coverage:

    - Imperial Tobacco loses bid to stop Scottish cigarette ad ban - The Guardian 

    - Tobacco giant loses court case - The Herald 

    - Tobacco giant fails to foil Holyrood in court - The Scotsman 

    - Tobacco giants lose court battle to overturn Scots shop display ban - Daily Record 

    - Ciggies firm loses bid to halt shop ban - The Sun 

    Source: BBC News - 30 September 2010
    Link: http://bbc.in/dbofGq

  • Video: Breckland councillors back smoke break proposal

    Proposals to make workers clock off when they go for a cigarette break have been backed by a Norfolk council.

    Staff at Breckland Council will not be paid in future for the time they take to have a cigarette after the proposals were given the go-ahead.

    A video report on this story is available by clicking on the link below.

    Source: BBC News - 29 September 2010
    Link: http://bbc.in/b2kiV2

  • Smokefree laws come into force today in Barbados and Gambia

    Gambia: The Gambia anti-public smoking act was enacted by the National Assembly on the 25th of July 1998 and assented to by the Gambian leader on the 23rd of September 1998. However the security forces of the country have only just announced that they would enforce the ban as of today.

    Daily Observer - 30 September 2010
    http://bit.ly/cCi4pj

     

    Barbados: The legislation prohibits smoking in public places and comes into operation from today. Based on 2007 figure, the overall prevalence for adults in the country is 8.4 per cent (15.4 per cent of the male population, 2.2 per cent of the female population (smoked in the last 30 days)).

    Source: The Barbados Advocate - 01 October 2010
    Link: http://bit.ly/bbvJjX

  • Small pubs welcome lifting of Dutch smoking ban

    Owners of small pubs in the Netherlands have welcomed the lifting of a smoking ban imposed on the hospitality industry in 2008. The partial scrapping of the measure was announced on Tuesday.

    The ban will remain in force, however, for pubs, restaurants and other premises staffed by more than one person.

    Source: Expatica - 01 October 2010
    Link: http://bit.ly/9FCmYv

  • Caines' smoking warning from Curtis

    The first time he met Sir Michael Caine , Tony Curtis, who died this week, snatched the other actor's cigarettes, threw them away and ordered him to quit smoking.

    Source: Daily Star - 30 September 2010
    Link: http://bit.ly/a6Nrnx

  • India: Taking a puff at the strictly no smoking Village

    Although the entire Commonwealth Games Village is a strictly 'no smoking zone', a few guests can be seen smoking tobacco, with the site lacking a designated smoking area.

    Source: New Kerala - 30 September 2010
    Link: http://bit.ly/chku8p