Use of snus by males may lead to a higher risk of death from prostate cancer or prematurely from any cause, say researchers at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan...
Archive - October 2016
Travellers returning from Cuba are no longer bound by a USD 100 (EUR 91) limit on the value of cigars they bring back as part of a US government package that...
Lawmakers summoned the chief executives of the country’s four major tobacco companies to testify before the National Assembly on alleged tax evasion, the...
A draft proposal by the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry would completely ban indoors smoking in stadiums but is “somewhat ambiguous” about restaurants...
President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his hard-line campaign against drug use, wants to ban public smoking, The Associated Press reported.
A surplus of unsold tobacco has prompted authorities to extend the market season beyond its normal September close to November, the Nyasa Times said.
The price of a pack of 20 cigarettes rose 50 euro cents to EUR 11 (USD 12.14), the fifth increase in as many years, as the government pursues its goal to make...
A study done in Tasmania shows half of the state’s smokers would reduce or quit smoking if e-cigarettes containing nicotine were legalized, according to a...
Cash-and-carry wholesaler Booker Group, citing the extension of the tobacco-product display ban to small retailers, said sales of those products fell 5.6 per...
The US Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that allow Pennsylvania and Maryland to keep disputed Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments from...