This week, we travel to Indonesia to bring you a special edition of the show. We begin with a look at the country's addiction to cigarettes, where a million children have taken up the habit.
Four major US tobacco companies have filed a suit against the government's food and drug watchdog over new requirements that cigarette packs, cartons and advertising must display graphic warnings by September 22, 2012.
In Tuesday's international press round-up: Venezuela reacts to Hugo Chavez's return to the country, the British press reels at revelations the News of the World hacked a murdered teenager's mobile phone, Fox News falls victim to hackers on Twitter, and Iceland could restrict cigarette sales - to prescription only.
One third of Europeans smoke and it is believed 650,000 people die each year across Europe as a result of smoking-related diseases. New York City has just voted to ban smoking in parks, on public beaches and even in Times Square. Should Europe follow suit? Where do you draw the line between public health and personal liberties?
Two editorial writers in the Arab press are critical of Egypt’s government following the New Year’s Day attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria in Egypt in which 21 people were killed. That's the focus of the International Press Review for Monday, 3rd January 2011:
Spanish bar owners are gritting their teeth Sunday as the country’s new smoking ban comes into effect. Formerly a smokers’ haven in Europe, the new regulations will make Spain one of the EU’s strictest anti-tobacco members.
FRENCH PAPERS, Friday 12.11.2010: Today a look at the G20 which France will preside as of this evening; renewed divisions in the Socialist Party; a manga cartoon that aims to spread the anti-smoking message in France and finally the mechanics of how cats lap milk!
Finland has just become the first country in the world to make a law aiming to eradicate smoking entirely. The government has introduced a bill which aims to make Finland smoke-free by 2040. On October 1st, the first measures of the so-called Tobacco Act were introduced, making it harder for people under 18 to smoke, and restricting smoking outdoors. And tougher measures are to come. But can Europe follow the lead?
Europe’s most nicotine addicted citizens will be banned from lighting up indoors as of today, after a law banning smoking in enclosed spaces came into effect.
The over-55s in Cuba will be stripped of a longstanding 25% discount on cigarettes from this September, as part of the government’s belt-tightening shake-up which will see the end of subsidies for the island's inhabitants.
