Posts Tagged ‘ smoking ’

HCMC to monitor shisha bars closely 

January 23, 2012
HCMC to monitor shisha bars closely 

A young man smokes shisha in a Hanoi bar. Ho Chi Minh City authorities have asked local police and inspectors of relevant agencies to keep a close watch on bars and clubs where the hookah (usually known in Vietnam as shisha), a type of fruit-flavored, sweet-scented tobacco, is sold.   The HCMC People’s Committee, the [...]

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CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

December 19, 2011
CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust 

Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]

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Smoking guns 

October 16, 2011
Smoking guns 

  Tobacco industry poised to deploy ‘dirty tricks’ to increase business in third-world nations despite evidence aplenty of the substance’s harmful effects Natalka Proszak uses a cigarette box to block the wind as she lights a cigarette in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Now that smoking has declined in high-income nations, experts warn that the tobacco industry [...]

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Healthy ways to kick a habit 

October 8, 2011
Healthy ways to kick a habit 

Drinking one glass of a juice mixture of orange, lemon, honey and carrots every day can help smokers reduce and quit the habit of smoking, herbalist Bang Cam says. It’s not easy for smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes. Herbalists say, however, that certain fruits and foods can help decrease the craving for tobacco. When [...]

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Vietnam Airlines passenger fined for smoking 

September 1, 2011
Vietnam Airlines passenger fined for smoking 

  The Southern Airports Authority fined a Vietnamese passenger VND750,000 (US$36) for smoking on a Vietnam Airlines flight Friday, newswire VnExpress reported. Nguyen Nhat Minh, 31, was onboard flight VN1263 from Vinh to Ho Chi Minh City on Friday morning. Crew members found Minh smoking in the toilet after the fire alarm began to ring. [...]

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Smokers, experts divided over smoking ban plan 

May 4, 2011
Smokers, experts divided over smoking ban plan 

  A smoker in September 23 Park in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The government is assessing public opinion on a draft law that would significantly limit smoking in public places. Public health officials say a ban on smoking in public places would be a ‘historic’ step; smokers doubt it will be enforced. Tuan Anh, [...]

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China bans smoking in public venues — in theory 

May 1, 2011
China bans smoking in public venues — in theory 

China launches a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces Sunday but the effort is widely viewed as vague and half-hearted and few expect it to have much of an impact in the tobacco-addicted country. China launches a ban on smoking in indoor public spaces Sunday but the effort is widely viewed as vague and [...]

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All smoke, no fire 

December 13, 2010
All smoke, no fire 

  Vietnam’s ban on smoking and its curbs on tobacco promotion are being observed comfortably in the breach A man smokes tobacco in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A public smoking ban that took effect almost one year ago has been ineffective, and tobacco companies are having a field day in Vietnam. Nguyen Thanh Binh, [...]

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FDA cannot block e-cigarette imports: court 

December 8, 2010
FDA cannot block e-cigarette imports: court 

Actress Katherine Heigl shows off her e-cigarette on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman.’ The Food and Drug Administration can only regulate “e-cigarettes” as tobacco products and not as drugs, and thus cannot block their import, a US appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The ruling by three judges of the US Court of Appeals for [...]

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Smoking prohibition breached en masse

January 10, 2010
Smoking prohibition breached en masse

A man smokes a cigarette at Tu Du Maternity Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City Experts say it will take time and persistence before the ban becomes self-enforcing. Truong Hoang Duy returned to Ho Chi Minh City after a trip to Singapore saying he had smoked just four cigarettes during his four-day holiday.Duy, an English [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...