UPDATE: Controversial China Tobacco Research Withdrawn from Prize Competition

Health advocates and scientists in China have won a major victory by forcing the withdrawal of research by the China National Tobacco Company from consideration for a prestigious national science prize. The Ministry of Science and Technology announced…
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Uproar in China over Tobacco Company’s Nomination for Science Prize

China's health and scientific community is rallying to block the China National Tobacco Corporation from receiving a prestigious national science prize for a research project on cigarettes that are supposedly less harmful.

The huge Chinese…
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Big Profits for Bitter Harvest of Disease and Death

The global tobacco industry has long put profits before public health. Now China National Tobacco Corporation has taken this cynical formula to a new level: It appears to be the world’s 30th largest company by sales, with profits that may rival…
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Big Tobacco Sponsors Elementary Schools in China

In an apparent attempt to lure young smokers, China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) is sponsoring at…
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advertising and promotion, children, china, sponsorship, tobacco industry

China to Require Smoke-free Indoor Public Places

Nowhere is the devastating toll of tobacco more evident than in China. Smoking kills more than one million Chinese people each year — one-fifth of all deaths from tobacco worldwide.

China's Ministry of Health has announced its strongest…
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As Olympics Near, Beijing Issues Smoke-Free Directives

Beijing today released the text of the smoke-free directive that will go into effect in the city on May 1, 2008. With this directive, which significantly strengthens the city’s restrictions on smoking in public places and workplaces, Beijing has…
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Beijing Shows Commitment to Tobacco-Free Olympics

Washington, D.C.—The Beijing Municipal Government has taken an important step toward delivering on the promise of a tobacco-free Olympics by issuing draft regulations to strengthen significantly the city’s existing prohibition on smoking…
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