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20 tobaccoasia Product & Industry Spotlight 业界焦点 WHO SAID WHAT? Japan Davidoff Redesigns Flagship The Davidoff flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo has been redesigned to reflect the company's global concept "Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911". The 62-square-meter space is decorated with natural materials and earth tones chosen to resemble the color of cigars. In addition, it has fashionable interior design touches such as Tom Dixon lamps and chairs and tables by Walter Knoll. The cigar lounge includes a 10.3-square-meter walk-in humidor. minutes. Another listed dangerous chemicals and toxins used in the making of cigarettes. The research, which was published in Tobacco Control, concluded that, given the labels, smokers were 16% more likely to give up. South Africa/Zimbabwe Mugabe Smuggling Link Reports emerging from South Africa have linked relatives of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe with cigarette smug- gling networks. Police in South Africa have found concealed consignments of Pacific cigarettes, the major brand of Savanna Tobacco, which is owned by the husband of one of Mugabe's nieces, Sandra Mugabe. The police estimate that contraband worth over SAR500-million is smuggled across the country's borders. The Tobacco Institute of South Africa, whose main funding comes from British American Tobacco, claims that Savanna provided around 10% of the 9.5 billion illegal cigarettes smoked in South Africa last year. With prices running from SAR4 a pack, compared to some legal brands selling at SAR35, it's no surprise that the illicit cigarette trade is among the largest endeavors of organized crime there. Ireland Ban Lobbying Bill Goes Down The Irish Government defeated a private member's bill that would have criminalized lobbying of government by the tobacco industry. The Minister for Health James Reilly refused to support legislation, because "Constitutional issues arise in relation to freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of assembly." Global ASH Top 5 Control Victories The anti-smoking campaign group Ash has published what it considers the top 5 international tobacco control legal victories of 2013. The quintet were, in no particular order: Chile banned smoking in public places, becoming the 14th Latin American country to do so; laws were enacted in Bangladesh to ban sales cigarettes to minors, to add picture warnings to cigarette packaging, and to increase fines for smoking in public places; The redesigned Davidoff store in Tokyo China China Mulls Smoking Ban China's 300 million-plus smokers could be moved from public areas after health officials in the country recently announced that a ban was being considered. In an early step, the govern- ment has already instructed its officials not to smoke in public places. But in regards to a general public ban, an "optimistic" scenario would see any law enforced within a year, according to Yang Jie, deputy director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Tobacco Control. China signed the World Health Organization framework convention on tobacco control in 2003 and has since banned smoking some public places, but with little practical success. "What is most troubling is how to enforce the law effectively," Yang Jie said. Figures released in December last year revealed that tobacco production in China rose from 1.75tn cigarettes to 2.58tn in the decade to 2012. UK Individual Cigarette Warnings? Lead researcher Dr Louise Hassan said she intends to lobby the British government to consider implementing labels on individual cigarettes. She said new research conducted at Bangor University has suggested that warning labels on individual cigarettes could help smokers quit. Volunteer smokers in the trials were given sticks with warning labels such as one saying that each puff shortened their lives by 11 "A lot of people say, 'I only smoke when I drink'. We say, 'Now you can do both'". Sang Yoon, chef-owner of Father's Office in Los Angeles, talking about a new wave of tobacco infused cocktails.