• Tobacco Monitoring First Step To Increased Sin Industry Scrutiny

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    The World Health Organization is pulling out all the stops in its effort to turn public opinion against the tobacco industry. Its campaign will launch “monitoring centres” in cities across the world, tasked with unmasking the tactics of the tobacco industry and its attempts to “interfere” with public health policy. Using the image of a…

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  • Tobacco Monitoring First Step To Increased Sin Industry Scrutiny

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    By Yaël Ossowski | Huffington Post Canada Using the image of a puppet pulled by strings from above by a mysterious figure, the World Health Organization is pulling out all the stops in its effort to turn public opinion against the tobacco industry. The oft-used trope is a popular one in modern conspiracy theories, that…

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  • Austria is leagues beyond its past: So stop invoking it

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    A modern visitor to the vibrant Alpine Republic of Austria can be forgiven for succumbing to its charm, beauty, and permanent sense of order.  From the stunning Alps in the west to the cobblestoned streets of the Imperial City of Vienna in the east, it’s a majestic country which boasts great pride from its 8.5…

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  • Yaël Ossowski à FM93 Bouchard en Parle

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    Un rêve devenu réalité ! Mon entrevue avec Bouchard en parle – FM93 à Québec vendredi passé. L’émission matinale numéro 1 à Québec ! Sujets : la souveraineté et la liberté, Génération Trompée, Students For Liberty, l’activité politique des jeunes, être libertarien et comment la technologie nous rend plus libre. – A dream come true!…

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  • A Glimpse of Ottawa

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    It’s an oddity that I would only explore the capital city of my birth nation well into my 20s.  Then again, it’s a curse which befalls most natives of colossal and reaching lands. One can live an entire life alienated from the decreed city of administrative bureaucracy, far from paper pushers and stamps. At least…

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  • Hoi An, Vietnam: The Monopoly of Tailors

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    Right through puffs of smoke and soot we did motorbike. Sucking it in for the pure joy of it. Even though 90 percent of locals always have specially decorated face masks on, we figure we’ll suffer for holiday’s sake. Besides, we can leave anytime, they cannot. Even within the country. In order to change residences,…

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