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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BAN on carrying cigarette lighters beyond security checkpoints in airports and on board civil aircraft will be imposed in the United States from April 14. This includes, for example, butane, absorbed fuel (Zippo-type), electric/battery-powered and novelty lighters.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FEW industries are as touchy about their image as the American gambling business but given the way the industry is portrayed by Hollywood this is understandable. Whether or not people are right to hold the industry in such suspicion these days is debatable.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
PFIZER researchers in Connecticut claim to have developed a new smoking cessation drug that suppresses the desire to smoke rather than weaning a person off the habit by feeding them nicotine. Its scientists discovered a brain receptor that nicotine binds to, designing a drug – Varenicline – that also clings to these neural cells, cancelling and preventing nicotine cravings.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SALES of microbrewery beer in the United States jumped by 7% in 2004 compared to the previous year, making so-called ‘craft’ beer the fastest growing segment of the US beverage alcohol industry according to the Colorado-based Brewers Association.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A US judge has granted a request by an American cattlemen’s group to temporarily halt plans to reopen the border to Canadian cattle, which had been planned for this week. R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America argued that the opening of borders would present risks of BSE from Canada infiltrating US herds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) long-term decision to resume trading beef and live cattle with Canada will not have a significant impact on the cattle supply in the States, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned the food contaminant acrylamide may be of public heath concern, because it does cause cancer in animals. A joint report has rebuffed suggestions that acrylamide is not carcinogenic, calling for continued efforts to reduce its presence in food.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ALLERGIC reactions to cockroaches cause worse asthma attacks in children than dust mite or pet allergens according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Institute of Allergy in the United States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has told the European Union (EU) to open up its geographical indication protection system to include traditionally made drinks (and foodstuffs) from non-EU countries. The system currently protects EU-made products such a Champagne and Bordeaux, insisting that they are made in their home regions by traditional methods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DETAILED manual on disposal, transport and recycling of lead-acid batteries has been issued by the secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. The United Nations convention body has designed the publication as a comprehensive set of policies to reduce the overall impact of these batteries on the global environment.…