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** 07 April 2022
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** UK
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** Wolverhampton: Shop owner and employee prosecuted for selling illicit tobacco (#1)
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** Smoking and building help FTSE avoid European malaise (#2)
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** More than a third of British cancer patients are diagnosed in A&E (#3)
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** International
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** How is Japan's government connected with Russia's biggest cigarette maker? (#4)
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** New Zealand: Urgent call for Government regulation on alcohol, cigarettes and vape products sold through delivery services (#5)
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** Parliamentary Activity
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** Health and Care Bill – House of Lords Vote (#6)
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** UK
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** Wolverhampton: Shop owner and employee prosecuted for selling illicit tobacco
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The owner and former shop manager of KS News in Bilston have been found guilty of several offences related to the sale of illicit tobacco, after appearing before a judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday, April 6.

The shop owner was found guilty of four offences under the Trade Marks Act and 6 offences relating to UK health warnings for tobacco, cigarette packaging, unpaid duty and possession of criminal property.

At a separate hearing, the former shop manager had pleaded guilty to 4 offences under the Trade Marks Act and 6 further offences relating to UK health warnings for tobacco, cigarette packaging, unpaid duty and possession of criminal property.

Between February 15, 2019, and September 24, 2021, Trading Standards officers from Wolverhampton Council seized more than 10,000 counterfeit, non-duty paid and foreign cigarettes from the store.

John Roseblade, Director for Housing and City Environment at Wolverhampton Council, said: “I would like to recognise the hard work of our Trading Standards officers in achieving a successful outcome in this case […] Sale of items such as those found in KS News is a serious crime that not only has significant financial implications, but also poses a real threat to public health.”

Source: Express & Star, 6 April 2022
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** Smoking and building help FTSE avoid European malaise
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** The FTSE 100 escaped the worst of a poor day for global stock markets, as gains for tobacco giants and housebuilders rescued it from the fate of its European counterparts.

The index closed down just 0.3%, or 26.02 points to 7,587.7.

London’s tobacco giants gained after Imperial Brands, owner of Gauloises and Rizla, said that it had offset poor performances in Germany and Spain with sales in the UK, US and Australia.

Its vaping and heated tobacco business is growing, it said, while its tobacco sales are in line with expectations.

Shares in Imperial closed up 3.3%, and its rival, British American Tobacco, was up 2.4%.

The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were: Imperial Brands, up 53p to 1,669p; British American Tobacco, up 76.5p to 3,305p; Berkeley Group, up 82p to 3,947p; Barratt Developments, up 10.8p to 530.4p; and Vodafone, up 2.5p to 336.6p.

Source: Independent, 6 April 2022
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** More than a third of British cancer patients are diagnosed in A&E
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** More than a third of patients in England, Scotland and Wales are diagnosed with cancer once they are admitted to A&E, research published in the Lancet Oncology journal suggests. People who are diagnosed in A&E are less likely to survive the disease, particularly if they have stomach, bowel, liver, pancreatic, lung or ovarian cancer.

The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) examined cancer data from 2012-2017 and linked to hospital admissions across 14 regions in six countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway and the UK.

Experts at University College London looked at eight major cancers and found that more than a third of patients in England (37%), Wales (37%) and Scotland (39%) were diagnosed after being admitted to A&E. England, Wales and Scotland ranked worse than all other regions and countries in the study except New Zealand, where the rate was 43%. The lowest rate recorded was 24% in Victoria, Australia.

“For months, we have been warning that cancer survival could go backwards due to the pandemic,” said Michelle Mitchell, CRUK’s Chief Executive. “The UK is already lagging when it comes to cancer survival – this study helps us understand why, showing that countries with higher levels of emergency presentations have lower survival.”

She added: “If we want to build a world-class cancer service, we need to learn from comparable countries and ensure fewer patients are being diagnosed with cancer after an emergency referral or trip to A&E. We’d like to see governments across the UK take bold action on this within their cancer plans so that by 2032, fewer than 10% of cancer cases are diagnosed through emergency routes.”

Source: The Guardian, 7 April 2022
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** See also: The Lancet - Risk factors and prognostic implications of diagnosis of cancer within 30 days after an emergency hospital admission (emergency presentation): an International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) population-based study ([link removed](22)00127-9/fulltext?rss=yes)
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** International
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** How is Japan's government connected with Russia's biggest cigarette maker?
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** Japan’s government has severed banking and trade ties with Russia over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, however, a tobacco company in which it owns a one-third stake is still operating there, producing Winston and Camel brand cigarettes.

Russia, the world’s fourth-biggest tobacco market, is Japan Tobacco’s (JT) biggest overseas market, generating an estimated 12% of group revenue and 20% of operating profit. JT has the largest market share in Russia at almost 40%, with 4,000 employees in four factories, producing brands including Winston, Camel, and Mevius, formerly known as Mild Seven.

JT said soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it had halted production at its factory in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, stating at the time that its 900 employees were safe.

Last month, the company said its Russian subsidiary would suspend investment, marketing, and the launch of a heated tobacco product. They also said manufacturing would continue, although those activities could be suspended amid “unprecedented” challenges.

Japan has joined with the G7 economies in a steady escalation of sanctions to try to pressure Russia to end hostilities. However, JT is one of Russia’s largest individual taxpayers, accounting for 1.4% of the nation’s total budget revenue in 2020, according to the company’s website.

JT’s shares have sunk more than 5% since Russia’s invasion. The benchmark Nikkei index has gained 5%.

JT is the third-biggest tobacco seller in the world and some analysts argue it will have to exit Russia eventually as other major brands pull out. Rivals British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International Inc and Imperial Brands have announced their intention to exit the country.

Source: InvestoSignals, 6 April 2022
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** New Zealand: Urgent call for Government regulation on alcohol, cigarettes and vape products sold through delivery services
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** Doctors in New Zealand are calling for urgent Government regulation on alcohol, cigarettes and vape products sold through online delivery services such as Uber Eats.

Their plea comes as University of Otago research found a significant rise in demand for these services accelerated by Covid-19 lockdowns.

Whilst Uber Eats says it does not sell cigarettes and vape products and had measures in place to ensure the process for delivering alcohol via the app complied with applicable New Zealand laws and took into account responsible drinking, the researchers said there were alarming inconsistencies between delivery companies' polices.

Published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, the study found there were currently 130 delivery services across the country - some owned by the same company - that offered online, on-demand home deliveries of unhealthy food, alcohol, cigarettes and vape products.

“The surge of growth in online food, alcohol, nicotine and vape deliveries has been significant, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic,” co-author Dr Hannah Miles said.

Co-author Dr Brylie Apeldoorn said their worry was that without appropriate oversight, home deliveries had the potential to increase nutritional, alcohol and nicotine-related harms and counteract Government actions to reduce them, including the country’s SmokeFree 2025 goal.

The study found of the 130 services, 76% supplied food, 37% alcohol, 23% vaping products and 21% cigarettes.

Source: New Zealand Herald, 6 April 2022
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** See also: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Describing and characterising on-demand delivery of unhealthy commodities in New Zealand ([link removed])
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** Parliamentary Activity
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** Health and Care Bill – House of Lords Vote

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** On Tuesday 7th April, the House of Lords debated tobacco control amendments to the Health and Care Bill. The amendments would have required the Government to consult on the recommendations in the Javed Khan’s Independent Review of Smokefree 2030 policies and consult on one or more statutory schemes to fund delivery of the Smokefree 2030 ambition. The Government did not support the amendments which were defeated by 2 votes (130 v 132) and removed from the Bill. The debate was led by Lord Crisp and supported by two former health ministers, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.

Speakers

• Lord Crisp ([link removed]) (Crossbench)
• Lord Young of Cookham ([link removed]) (Conservative)
• Lord Hunt of Kings Heath ([link removed]) (Labour)
• Lord Rennard ([link removed]) (Liberal Democrat)
• Lord Kamall ([link removed]) (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation)

Source: Hansard, 5 April 2022
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