Smoking bans in China have sometimes failed to take hold because of weak enforcement provisions, but the latest proposal includes, from the start, penalties for non-compliance.Read More
Some Romanian MPs are challenging smoking-ban provisions of anti-tobacco legislation that was signed into law during the spring.Read More
The US FDA has issued further guides on premarket tobacco applications, warning plans for cigars, and the listing of ingredients in tobacco products.Read More
Tobacco smokers in Taipei, Taiwan, are gradually being crowded out as the city increases the number of places where people cannot smoke.Read More
A fine of $5,000 could be levied from February 1 on tobacco vendors in Fiji who fail to register their businesses.Read More
Hong Kong wants to increase the size and number of graphic images accompanying health warning on cigarette packs. Read More
The average fall in the prevalence of cigarette smoking among those countries that have imposed graphic health warnings is said to be four percent. Read More
Somebody once said that it was possible to have your own opinion but not your own facts; but the US Food and Drug Administration seems to be calling this into question by employing its own Read More
A report claiming that most countries had not paid their contributions to an international tobacco control treaty did not take into account the payment schedules of the countries.Read More
Is it possible to warn against the lack of effectiveness of warnings without destroying your own argument? Apparently, it depends on the nature of the warnings.Read More
