Traditionally marketed to women, banning menthol tobacco flavouring would make a moderate impact on smoking harms. Australia is behind many other countries.
votes are being counted in switzerland at the end of a national referendum lasting just two hours on whether to tighten tobacco laws. many people voted in advance by post. the proposals if passed would include a ban on advertisements where young people might see them. opponents of the initiative, which include the swiss government and parliament, say it goes too far. 0ur correspondent, imogen foulkes is in bern. a lot of the population smoke, don t they? a lot of the population smoke, don t the ? , ., , ., , a lot of the population smoke, don t the? , ., they? yes, an estimated 27% and the studies show they? yes, an estimated 2796 and the studies show that they? yes, an estimated 2796 and the studies show that most they? yes, an estimated 2796 and the studies show that most of they? yes, an estimated 2796 and the studies show that most of them - studies show that most of them started when they were teenagers. cigarettes are comparatively cheap here compared with other europ
at the end of the month, then we did find and discover a few faults. we could never reckon up everything to be exact. more often than not, it was wrong, yeah. and those reports were always passed up through our managers to fujitsu services and i would imagine to the post office, saying there is still a fault on the live system. the post office have again said they are sorry and that their first priority is providing full, fair and final compensation, but that s not what harjinder wants. i want somebody on the other side to be charged and jailed like i was. they are the ones who signed the final paperwork off. they are the ones who knew if there were any faults on the system or not. you were fighting this for 1h years. does it still feel like you are fighting this? yeah, it does to me. harjinder butoy ending that report there by colletta smith. early results in switzerland suggest people have voted to tighten tobacco laws in a
and also images of new manufacturing centres across the country. he will also be hoping to leave behind those rows about downing street parties and of course that questionnaire he s been asked to fill in by the metropolitan police about those events. voting is under way in switzerland to decide whether to tighten tobacco laws including a ban on advertisements anywhere that young people might see them. campaigners say the country has been slow to adopt measures due to lobbying by tobacco companies. 0ur correspondent, imogen foulkes, reports from bern. switzerland, a byword for good health and clean air but two million people here, almost one quarter of the population, smoke. most started when they were teenagers. every year 9,500 people die from the tobacco related illness foot of a cost billions on health and economic costs. that s why it is so important people to limit advertising,
after a mezzanine floor collapsed at a pub in east london. firefighters rescued seven people who became trapped after the incident at the two more years bar in hackney wick yesterday. paramedics said three people were seriously hurt and ten more had minor injuries. hal, a mental health worker from stratford, was on the mezzanine floor went it collapsed. it wasn t what we saw but what we heard. suddenly there was this earthquake like rumble and before we knew it, suddenly the floor gave away and we all started to sink and quite fast. everyone began to scream, and we tried to process it because you never, ever are prepared for anything like this and thankfully the ambulance arrived within ten minutes or so. voting is under way in switzerland to decide whether to tighten tobacco laws including a ban on advertisements anywhere that young people might see them. campaigners say the country has been