Many large tobacco companies, including British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris, have their international headquarters in Switzerland. The tobacco lobby has been blamed for holding back legislation on protecting people from the dangers of smoking.
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Why Switzerland has one of the world’s strongest tobacco lobbies
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With Sunday’s vote, Switzerland is bringing its tobacco control regime in line with Europe. Why did it take so long?
Switzerland dropped one place in the list of countries that actively fight tobacco addiction and is ranked second bottom out of 37 states. Only Bosnia-Herzegovina has a worse record than Switzerland.
The new ranking was presented by the European Association of Cancer Leagues at the 6th ICO-WHO Symposium on Tobacco Control.
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Switzerland slams Israeli Doha attack as 'a clear and unacceptable violation of Qatari sovereignty and territorial integrity'.
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The Swiss Senate does not want Switzerland to recognise the state of Palestine at present. On Tuesday it rejected an initiative by canton Geneva calling for this.
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Entrenched in Switzerland, the tobacco industry enjoys significant political support, but even that may not be enough to save it.
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