Wednesday, January 5, 2011
A small tobacco manufacturer in Richmond, Va., said Tuesday that it has developed a moist-snuff product that has the lowest levels of carcinogens — in this case nitrosamines — in the marketplace.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Legislation to introduce a 'below cost ban' on alcohol may soon be announced as part of Governmernt plans to 'tackle binge drinking'.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Scotland will not be introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol as opposition parties maintained their position, MSPs voting 76-49 against it at the final stage of the Alcohol Bill . The Scottish National Party (SNP) had called for the Scottish Labour and Conservative parties to 'rise above party politics', previously offering a sunset clause as a compromise
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Scottish Government's long fought plans for minimum pricing appeared at an end as opposition parties refused to include it in the Alcohol Bill at stage 2 – BBC report . A move to limit the amount of caffeine allowed in alcoholic drinks was also blocked but the remaining proposals were agreed.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Review on taxation and pricing – last few days to submit proposals and evidence to the Treasury as part of the current review .
The Alcohol Policy Coalition has today released a document provided to all federal MPs outlining a suite of evidence-based strategies to address Australia’s growing problem with alcohol. All federal Members of Parliament received copies of the document last month but Australians are yet to see any serious action from the major parties…
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) Coalition sent a letter to Governor Edward G. Rendell urging him to protect funding to services for people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse disorders during the budget balancing process…
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Today DrugScope, the national membership organisation for the drug sector, responded to confirmation that the government intends to press ahead with plans set out in the coalition Programme for government, to implement a system of temporary bans for new ‘legal high’ substances…
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Local authorities in Manchester considering a local bye-law approach to introducing a minimum alcohol price have received in principle support from the Prime Minister. Although the Coalition do not plan minimum pricing at a national level, David Cameron said 'where there can be local decisions we are very happy for that to happen'. Although Cameron raised caution over the possible issues over competition law, he promised to 'look at the details'
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Local authorities in Manchester are exploring a minimum price approach for the region through possible use of a by-law. The move is supported by the Our Life health campaign group who are urging support for a 50p per unit minimum price