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...Previous legislation banning smoking in certain public areas had largely been flaunted; successive hikes in per-pack taxes were viewed as more efficient in getting the French to kick the habit - and are believed to have helped drive the smoking proportion of France's population down from more than one in three to 26.7%, which ranks it in the middle of Europe's averages. But with nearly half of French people aged 20-25 having developed the habit, the smokers' percentage of the population is set to rise again, and with it the number of deaths. That...
...World Bank Institute, the bank's in-house think tank, estimates that more than $1 trillion is paid in bribes each year, lining the pockets of officials at the expense of economies, distorting competition and giving business a bad name the world over. The U.S. tried to outlaw the habit with its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which makes it unlawful for any American firm to make a corrupt payment to a foreign official. But that was long the exception; many other rich countries simply turned a blind eye. In Germany and Luxembourg , bribes used to be tax deductible...
...signaled a distaste in the capital of Manila for the habit of eating dogs, in line with international standards. But some Filipinos are contemptuous of such concerns: "What's the big deal about eating dogs?" asked Becky Judalena, who comes from a tribe in the northern province of Ilocos that's known for eating dog. "This is a way of life. Why impose Western culture on us natives? To each his own. And to hell with the [French actress turned animal rights campaigner] Brigitte Bardots of this world...
...itself, where the number of cars increased from 1.3 million in 1990 to 2 million in 2002. The nation as a whole will need to slash emissions about 14% to achieve its targets. Which raises the obvious question: If ultra-efficient Japan can't wean itself from the carbon habit, what hope does the rest of the world have...
...them all. If they don't, they'll lose another generation of American drivers to the Japanese, whose hybrid technology alone has a five-year headstart on Detroit's. For the petroleum industry, it's one more unwelcome sign that America just may get serious about kicking its oil habit...