Japan seems to be trying to introduce balance into the public-places smoking debate by refusing to disregard the needs of smokers and even making a distinction between smoking and vaping.Read More
Under a proposed anti-tobacco-smoking bill, those found smoking in an elevator would face stiffer fines than would those found smoking in a taxi.Read More
Electronic-cigarette retailers in Kenya are enjoying something of a sales boom as people who once smoked the now-banned shisha cast about for alternative products.Read More
Given that smoking just one cigarette a day carries significant health risks; the dangers posed by living every day in a polluted city must be considerable. Read More
It was always going to be the case that some researchers would refuse to apply for grants from the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, however well-intentioned its aims.Read More
Vapers living in the generally-hostile vaping environment that is Italy now have their own association to promote their particular interests.Read More
Some people in Indonesia believe that the imposition of a 57 percent tax on electronic cigarettes could sound the death knell of this sector.Read More
A Chinese family has sued – unsuccessfully – over the death of a smoker. The case was brought not against a manufacturer, but against a man who tried to stop him smoking.Read More
Canada’s National Non-Smoking Week has provided Imperial Tobacco with an opportunity again to urge the government to embrace the principles of harm reduction.Read More
Azerbaijan is proposing that the limit on the number of cigarettes travelers can import into the country is reduced by two-thirds: to a single carton.Read More
