Category :News This Week

Anti-tobacco lobbyists are unhappy that Bangladesh’s proposed Bill for Amending Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act, 2005, would provide designated smoking areas in restaurants and workplaces. They don’t want any provision to be Read More

It is now illegal to smoke water pipes in enclosed public places in Turkey, according to an Agence France Presse story. The ban, which came into force yesterday, covers cafés, bars and restaurants. Other Read More

Imperial Tobacco’s factory at Radom, Poland, has won international recognition for demonstrating best practice in energy management by gaining ISO 50001 certification. ‘Our Radom and Logroño manufacturing sites have been taking part in EnSave, Read More

Electronic cigarette vapers have called for the EU to drop plans to regulate these products in the way recommended by the European Commission, according to a story in The Sunday Times. One of the Tobacco Read More

// Laos has joined the ranks of Asean nations that have set up a fund to control tobacco usage, according to a story in the Bangkok Post. Dr. Prakit Vathesatogkit, the secretary general of the International Read More

Smokers who quit before they reach the age of 35 erase the entire decade of lost life expectancy that is risked by smokers who continue with their habit, according to a story in The Washington Post Read More

Imperial Tobacco says that it is due to hold its Annual General Meeting and issue an Interim Management Statement on January 30.Read More

A new PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) billboard going up in Richmond, Virginia, US, equates eating meat with smoking in an effort to get more people to become vegans, according to a Read More

Indonesia’s Health Minister, Nafsiah Mboi, has urged the media to take a greater role in the fight against tobacco by reducing cigarette advertisements, according to a story in The Jakarta Post. Speaking during an Read More

Japan Tobacco Inc is aiming to make Mevius the number one global premium cigarette brand. At the moment, it is probably fair to say that the name Mevius is not well known around the world, Read More