A row has erupted over snuff tobacco in Norway after a state researcher said the government should be promoting it as a way of stopping smoking.
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Snus spat erupts in Norway
Posted on 05 April 2012.
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Party to pay for PM’s puffs
Posted on 18 March 2012.
Denmark’s Liberal Party says it will foot the bill for a controversial smoking cabin that was installed in the office of former Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, so as not to divert attention away from “important political work”.
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Mother ‘gave beer and cigarettes to toddler’
Posted on 13 February 2012.
A Swedish mother has been charged with child abuse after films emerged of her apparently forcing beer and cigarettes on her three year-old son.
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50-year smoker loses cigarette company case
Posted on 16 December 2011.
A Danish man who encountered health problems after 50 years of smoking has lost his legal fight against the tobacco company he favoured.
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Iceland to ban tobacco?
Posted on 30 May 2011.
A new parliamentary motion put forth to the Icelandic Althingi calls for the sale of tobacco products to be restricted solely to registered pharmacies.
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Report: most Danes support “sin taxes”
Posted on 14 March 2011.
The majority of Danes think that taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and junk food should be higher, according to a new report.
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Finland rolls out smoke-free flats
Posted on 10 August 2010.
Finnish smokers may soon find themselves out in the cold, as more and more landlords insist on non-smoking rental agreements. The first tobacco-free block of flats was completed in the city of Espoo in April, but plans for another 400 similar apartments are already underway.
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2.8 million Danish sick days attributed to smoking
Posted on 16 April 2010.
Taxpayers are bearing the brunt for smokers according to a new report from the Danish Health Ministry.
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