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	<title>The Temas Blog &#187; Tobacco Control</title>
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		<title>Trinidad and Tobago Takes the Caribbean Lead in Tobacco Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trinidad and Tobago&#8217;s Health Minister presented a pretty tough tobacco control bill in Parliament the other day, and seems confident it will emerge as a law in just a few months with little watering down.  It appears that Trinidad and Tobago will take the lead in CARICOM&#8217;s recent pledge to ban smoking in public places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia&#8217;s Surprising New Tobacco Control Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising/Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afiches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alquitrán]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cable TV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colombia has just passed a law on tobacco that is, well, surpising, given the language of the original bill and how strongly the industry lobby fought against against any amendments to toughen it.
Among other things, the new law:

bans sales to minors of any tobacco product, and requires vendors to check for proof of age;
bans placement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World No Tobacco Day 09: Mexico Issues Regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/world-no-tobacco-day-09-mexico-issues-regulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertencias sanitarias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cáncer pulmonar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardiopatías isquémicas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controle do tabaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Día Mundial sin Tabaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[INER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ischemic heart disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[José Ángel Córdova Villalobos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tabaquismo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did Mexico&#8217;s Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos commemorate World No-Tobacco Day in 2009?  He issued the implementing regulation for the 2008 General Law on Tobacco Control (LGCT).  Among other things, the regulation covers the architectural design of nonsmoking areas, the ban on sales of tobacco products to minors, and the presence of health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World No Tobacco Day 09: CARICOM Agrees to Ban Smoking in Public Spaces</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/world-no-tobacco-day-09-caricom-agrees-to-ban-smoking-in-public-spaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 15:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholic beverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbados]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CARICOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CARPHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental tobacco smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grenada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guyana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-communicable diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secondhand smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Kitts and Nevis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Lucia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suriname]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat:
CARICOM HEALTH MINISTERS AGREE TO CURB SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACES
The Caucus of Ministers of Health have endorsed a recommendation for the banning of smoking on public spaces as a public good and regional goal, as the Region intensifies its efforts to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), under the Port of Spain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World No Tobacco Day 09: PAHO Calls for All LAC Nations to Adopt Pictorial Warnings</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/world-no-tobacco-day-09-paho-calls-for-all-lac-nations-to-adopt-pictorial-warnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertencias con imágenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control de tabaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Día Mundial sin Tabaco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Framework Convention on Tobacco Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO):
PAHO Calls for Pictorial Warnings on Tobacco Packaging

Countries urged to follow the lead of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela

Graphic images depicting the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use should be mandatory on packaging for all tobacco products, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Día Mundial sin Tabaco 09: Los logros y retos en Venezuela</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/dia-mundial-sin-tabaco-09-los-logros-y-retos-en-venezuela/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 20:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cesación tabáquica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chimó]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Distrito Capital]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[INHRR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lara]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nueva Esparta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desde el Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud y Protección Social (MSPS):
MIN-SALUD EXHIBIÓ AVANCES Y DESAFÍOS EN CONTROL DEL TABACO
La celebración del Día Mundial de No Fumar impone la revisión de logros y retos en el control del tabaco, en virtud de lo cual el Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud y Protección [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World No Tobacco Day 09: Brazilian Research Shows Pictorial Warnings Work</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/world-no-tobacco-day-09-brazilian-research-shows-pictorial-warnings-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertencias sanitarias]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dia Mundial sem Tabaco]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/?p=3854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization (WHO) chose the theme for the 2009 celebration of World No-Tobacco Day on 31 May as &#8220;Show the Truth. Picture Warnings Save Lives.&#8221;  How is Brazil celebrating the day?  The National Cancer Institute (INCA) released the preliminary results of a study they say shows that picture warnings on cigarette packs are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SP Anti-Smoking Law Survives Its First Court Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/sp-anti-smoking-law-survives-its-first-court-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABRASEL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a week for tobacco control in São Paulo state! Last week Governor Serra signed a tough anti-smoking law he requested from the state assembly just nine months ago.  Within days the Brazilian Association of Bars and Restaurants (Abrasel) filed in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) a direct challenge to the law&#8217;s constitutionality, together with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Argentina Has Not Yet Ratified the Tobacco Treaty</title>
		<link>http://www.temasactuales.com/temasblog/health-issues/tobacco-control/why-argentina-has-not-yet-ratified-the-tobacco-treaty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catamarca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an interesting article today in IPS exploring why Argentina has yet to ratify the World Health Organization&#8217;s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) even though it signed the agreement and the federal executive has repeatedly asked the Senate for the ratification.  In a nutshell, Senators from seven tobacco-growing provinces (Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela Toughens Cigarette Pack Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith R</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venezuela has just adopted newer, tougher images to be displayed on cigarette packs on a rotating basis.  Manufacturers have until 03 July to deplete their inventories of packs with the old images and switch to only using the new ones.
The messages accompanying the images say:

&#8220;This product is harmful to health and produces addiction&#8221;; &#8220;Smoking causes [...]]]></description>
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