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Antonio Trujillo holds a cigarette while resting on a bench, in Pamplona, northern Spain

Big tobacco is forced to pay for cigarette butt pollution in Spain, but smokers may soon be on the hook

Environment

They’re tiny, they’re toxic, they’re everywhere. Cigarette butts are a huge source of pollution in Spain and lawmakers have said, enough. They’re ordering cigarette makers to pay for the cleanup, but smokers worry they’ll end up footing the bill.

VIDEO: CDC launches graphic anti-smoking ad campaign

Global Politics

Chinese county encourages smoking

Health & Medicine

Tobacco’s Shifting Burden: From the Rich to the Poor

Health & Medicine

What Indonesian Health Officials Aren’t Doing to Combat Smoking

Global Politics
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The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is tough on tobacco. There is a ban on smoking in public places and it is illegal to import or grow tobacco. As The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports, many Bhutanese are wondering if the government is going too far.

China torn on smoking issue

Conflict & Justice

China’s government this week announced an expanded ban on indoor smoking in public spaces. Tobacco is China’s number one source of tax revenue, but prematurely kills more than a million Chinese a year. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing to ban smoking in all restaurants and bars. The mayor says it’s a public health issue and that all restaurant workers should be protected from secondhand smoke. California successfully imposed a similar ban in 1998 and, as WNYC’s Amy Eddings reports, it may hold some lessons for […]

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