Puff mongers

Those who say that advertisements have little role in luring people to smoking need to think again. A recent Indo- us study, conducted on 11,642 sixth and eighth graders in Delhi and Tamil Nadu found that nearly 50 per cent of the kids had seen and remembered a tobacco advertisement. More than 400 students had a favourite tobacco ad while 238 of them could recall a brand name. The study was

Publication Date: 
29/06/2008
Down to Earth
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Child Health, Smoking, Research, Advertising, India, Delhi, Tamil Nadu

 Unreality show

do we deserve what we are shown on television? Or: how are tv programms created? The answer goes at least two ways. There is the intuitive route: what a journalist

Publication Date: 
29/06/2008
Down to Earth
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Information, Media, TV, Advertising
Health

Europe battles with obesity

The past 4 years has seen several legislative developments to tackle Europe's growing obesity problem including food labelling, controls on junk-food advertising to children, and bans on fizzy drinks in school vending machines. But critics say they are not enough.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2008
Rob Hyde
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Processed Foods, Fast Foods, Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Health, Child Health, Obesity, Advertising, Europe, European Union (EU)

 News Snippets

>> The Spanish police have arrested five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the Internet. The hackers, who include two 16-year-olds, are accused of disrupting government

Publication Date: 
14/06/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Drugs, Medicinal Plants, Information, TV, Web, Press, Advertising, Spain, Fiji, Internet
Environment

World Environment Day 2008 (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
05/06/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Energy Efficiency, Advertising, India
Environment

World Environment Day 2008 (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
05/06/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Energy Efficiency, Advertising, India
Environment

World Environment Day 2008 (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
05/06/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Energy Efficiency, Advertising, India
Energy

Fuel Pricing (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
05/06/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Petrol, Advertising, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, India, Fuel Pricing
Air Pollution

CPCB- Air Quality Monitoring Station (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
05/06/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Advertising, Delhi
Agriculture

Agriculture Production (Advertisement)

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Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Advertising, Ministry Of Agriculture, India

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