Jin Dapeng, vice chairman of the China Health Law Society, has called for a national tobacco control law that bans smoking in all public places across the...
Archive - March 2011
A Canadian health critic on Tuesday announced her introduction of a bill that would tighten the rules around the sale of flavoured little cigars and smokeless...
A proposed bill by a Montanta lawmaker to raise cigarette taxes by USD 1.50 per pack comes after similar proposals have been put forward in six other states.
The government said Wednesday it plans to ban the display of tobacco products in shops and said it keeps an "open mind" on plain packaging for...
The ministry of health of Bulgaria proposed to ban all forms of direct and indirect tobacco advertisement in 2013, according to a Novinite report.
Lorillard and RJ Reynolds Tobacco today jointly filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) charging there were "conflicts of interest...
Due to a ban on plastic sachets almost all gutka factories in the state Karnataka stopped manufacturing from Tuesday, according to a report by the Times of...
The ministry of health of Canada has today unveiled new warning labels for cigarette packs, along with several other images that will appear on packages of...
An Alachua County jury awarded USD 3.36 million (EUR 2.4 million) against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA for the wrongful death of John...
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday directed the government to file an action taken report (ATR) in four weeks against educational institutions which are...
As part of a 12-year-old lawsuit against the tobacco industry, the Justice Department this week released 14 "corrective statements" that it says...
Smokers do not face more risks of tobacco-related disease from menthol cigarettes than unflavored cigarettes, says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a...
A law that took effect Monday bans smoking in most public places and orders smokers to stand at least six feet (1.83 meters) away from nonsmokers in any open...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday signed into law an extension of the city’s smoking ban to include parks, beaches, swimming pools, docks...