California Primary Election-Tobacco Products-Tobacco Industry-Cancer Research-Lance Armstrong

California voters weigh $1 per pack cigarette tax

FILE - In this Friday, May 11, 2012 file photo, Cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong attends a rally at a news conference at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in favor of Proposition 29, a measure on the June 2012 California primary election ballot that would add a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes. The money raised would go to cancer research projects, smoking-reduction programs a

Early election returns showed Californians divided Tuesday on whether to slap an additional $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to fund cancer research. read more..

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Australian Health Secretary-World Trade Organization-Tobacco Companies-Tobacco Industry

Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, Australian Health Secretary Jane Halton said on Tuesday. "We know that the tobacco companies, because they have admitted it, are providing legal advice to WTO members in order to encourage them to take action against Australia," she said. ... read more..

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