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You go into work the next day, return the keycard you swipe every morning when you get on the elevator, pack the things from your desk, toss out whatever food you have in the pantry refrigerator and say goodbye to your co-workers before two security guards escort you out of the
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Why Are So Many Black Students Absent? - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
By Aziah Siid, Word in Black  Are America’s children showing up for school? According to an analysis by Return 2 Learn, a project from the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, many are not. The project’s researchers analyzed national data on mask-wearing, remote learning, student
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Powered by nightlife, Old Harbour longs for full reopening
The all-island night curfew, part of the Government's measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, has left a gaping hole in the pockets of many other Old Harbour residents who, like Lisa, make their living after
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Chrisean Rock Spent $40,000 On Diamond Pacifier For Her Son
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Chrisean Rock says she's so excited to be a mother that she is ready to bling her son out including a baby pacifier. The two-month-old might not even know
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East Orange Student Entrepreneurs Receive Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity – The Positive Community
Host Pop-Up Shop at the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour In a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a group of budding
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Illegal cigarette sales booming in South Africa
A ban on the sale of cigarettes in South Africa since the country’s COVID-19-induced lockdown began in March has cost the economy millions of rands daily in the form of tax revenue lost to illicit sales of smokes, a variety of industry officials
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Africa: Tobacco Bans During Lockdown Should Encourage Renewed Anti-Smoking Drives
The 2020 World No Tobacco Day is unique and historic as it comes at the time when countries across the world are on lockdown due to the COVID-19
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In a First, India’s Green Court Seeks Guidelines on Rubbish Cigarette Butts - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Setting a three-month deadline, the National Green Tribunal of India has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to come up with guidelines for the disposal of all cigarette butts. The order pertains to commercial cigarettes and to hand-rolled cigarettes, known as beedi. Discarded cigarette
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Hawks pounce on Limpopo warehouse, seize illicit cigarettes worth R700k | News24
The Hawks in Limpopo have smoked out a clandestine cigarette warehouse in Mokopane and seized illicit cigarettes worth more than R700 000.
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Kenya: e-Cigarettes Lead to Relapse Among Ex-Smokers - Study
Sixteen years later, the rate of success among smokers who have quit smoking in Kenya remains suppressed at below 10 per
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New tobacco law will punish retailers – Carreras
More than 10,000 small businesses earning about 29 per cent of their revenues from cigarettes could see a significant fall-off in revenue if provisions in the draft tobacco law get the nod from Parliament, a major industry player has said. Carreras...
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South Africa: Level 3 Lockdown - Dlamini-Zuma Concedes Government Shortfalls, Details New Regulations
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma conceded the government has fallen short in implementing its planned social and economic
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Zimbabwe: Zimbos Cut Down On Smoke As Top Cigar Maker, Bat Reports 17 Percent Sales Decline
Company chair, Lovemore Manatsa last Wednesday attributed the decline to the impact of economic policies which were seriously felt in the company's financial year ended December 31
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WATCH: Custom Department Explains Health & Citizen Security Levy Collection
The Saint Lucia Customs and Excise Department has been explaining how it collects the Health and Citizen Security Levy, which the government said is an investment in the country and its people. The Philip J. Pierre administration intends to use the levy's revenue to support Universal Healthcare.
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Gabrielle Union On ‘America’s Got Talent’ Departure And The Need To Hold ‘Bad Apples Accountable’
Appearing on The Daily Social Distancing Show hosted by Trevor Noah on Tuesday (May 16), the actress and entrepreneur said that people in showbiz need to address problematic practices and people, especially now as Black Lives Matter protests have sprung up all across
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Africa: New Brief Outlines Devastating Harms From Tobacco Use and Exposure to Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke During Pregnancy and Throughout Childhood - Report Calls for Protective Policies
[WHO] A new WHO report, Tobacco Control To Improve Child Health And Development, calls for raising awareness among practitioners and policymakers about the importance of strong tobacco control measures for protecting the health and development of children, including banning tobacco
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MANYARA: Cooking gas VAT risks making Kenya’s disease burden
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Zimbabwe: Zim Woman Nabbed in SA Cigarette Smuggling Syndicate
Police in South Africa have arrested five people, including a Zimbabwean woman, for allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Zimbabwe to South
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1 in 5 Milwaukee Retailers Are Selling Tobacco to Youth
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The cigarette connection: A look back at the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd
Although notice on cigarette packs warn that smoking the sticks can cause mouth and throat cancer, in addition to being a leading cause of death, African Americans Eric Garner and George Floyd would perish via police brutalities albeit with a cigarette
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DRC : Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract
The concession contract for the Ango-Ango pipelines, a key infrastructure for the supply of petroleum products to west DRC, ends in 2025 and is already sparking interest from several actors.
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Illegal cigarette sales booming in South Africa | Afro
A ban on the sale of cigarettes in South Africa since the country’s COVID-19-induced lockdown began in March has cost the economy millions of rands daily in the form of tax revenue lost to illicit sales of smokes, a variety of industry officials
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UMD Sociologist Awarded $1 Million Berggruen Philosophy Prize
A University of Maryland scholar known for her pioneering research on the intersections of race, gender, social class and sexuality has received the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, a $1 million award for advancing powerful ideas that help shape our w
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Estranged wife kills hubby, skips to SA
He had two children with Khathutshelo Moyo, who went underground since the discovery of his body, on the outskirts of Beitbridge, a short distance from where police recovered a Honda Fit suspected to have been used to ferry the mutilated
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Uganda: Tiperu Woos Turkish Investors to Health Sector
[Nile Post] Uganda's ambassador to Turkiye, Nusura Tiperu has led a delegation of six members of Acibadem Healthcare Group led by Racim Topuz, the Deputy CEO to meet Dr. Charles Ayume, Parliamentary Committee on Health to discuss Uganda Investment opportunities in Health sector.
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Mkhize: Covid-19 affects every race, doesn't matter if you're black or white
The coronavirus affects everybody and any attempt to racialise it is misleading, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in response to a question by an EFF MP, who wanted a demographic breakdown of Covid-19
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Quitting Smoking Is An Constant Battle.
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Cigarette ban: Smokers plan protest, as Cele issues criminal record threat
The Smokers Protest will take place on Saturday, and there will certainly be fuel for the fire following Bheki Cele's remarks on the cigarette ban.
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Cigarette maker BAT announces US vaccine trial launch
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - British cigarette maker BAT said Wednesday that its US biotech division Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP) will launch trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine, developed using tobacco plant technology.The group said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
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Casinos to allow smoking despite national sales ban
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