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Health study proposes a tax on fat

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A new study, which has been published in the prestigious British Medical Journal, proposes a new tax on rich foods for the good of the people who consume them. The study, which was conducted by a professor of public health and epidemiology at the University of Birmingham, predicts a drop in heart disease should fatty foods be taxed.

United Kingdom, Tax Law, Public Finance Activities, Food & Kindred Products, Food Manufacturing, FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, Taxes, Food industry, Tax policy, University of Birmingham

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Antismoking compliance not so costly, study finds

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Antismoking regulations cost smaller restaurants no greater losses than 0.15% in revenues and businesses no greater investments than 0.0002% in revenues. This evidence is contrary to the individuals and tobacco companies that opposed legislation. This information will enable governments to enact even stricter legislation if desired.

Market information - general, Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Antismoking Programs, Statistical Data Included, Economic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Restaurant industry, Smoking cessation, Smoking, Corporations, Antismoking movement, Corporate finance

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Each smoke shortens life 11 minutes: study

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A new study by researchers at United Kingdom's University of Bristol has found that every cigarette used by smokers shortens their lives by eleven minutes. The study, which was published in the British Medical Journal, found that the average male smoker uses about 311,688 cigarettes in his lifetime.

Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Reports, Tobacco industry, British Medical Journal (Periodical), University of Bristol

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