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YOU know we are living in confusing times when a product that kills six million people every year is offered as an alternative to its illicit counterpart.

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USA: Juul to pull popular fruity e-cigarette flavors in bid to curb teen use
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018: Company will remove mango, cucumber and other fruit flavors from retail shelves as makers face heightened scrutiny from FDA. The e-cigarette US market leader Juul announced on Tuesday it will pull popular flavors such as mango, cucumber and various other fruits from retail store shelves in an effort to reduce surging teenage use of its products.
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Again, Pressure Mounts On ILO To Sever Ties With Tobacco Industry
November 02, 2018: As the 334th session of the International Labour Organisation’s governing body gets underway in Geneva, more than 100 tobacco control groups across the world have begun mounting fresh pressure on the UN agency to finally sever ties with tobacco. The ILO severing ties with the tobacco industry would put an end to its current partnership with Japan Tobacco International which ends this December.
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  2. Tobacco Companies Lead The Anti-Cigarette Charge, But What’s Behind The Smoke And Mirrors?
  3. Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Accused Of Hypocrisy Over Anti-Smoking Campaign
  4. Malaysia: New Legislation To Regulate Vape, Shisha In The Works

SECOND-HAND SMOKE KILLS

Tobacco companies continue to misrepresent the evidence on the health effects of SHS exposure and even claim that WHO has concluded that SHS is not dangerous. In fact, WHO has consistently concluded the opposite: SHS kills.

Protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Policy recommendations, WHO

Countries stand shoulder to shoulder fighting "Big Tobacco"

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