Smoking

As of Sunday, anyone lighting up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law under new regulations designed to shield children from the perils of passive smoking. The ban,...

 France will ban smoking in all outdoor places that can be accessed by children, including beaches, parks and bus stops, the health and family minister announced Thursday. Famed as a country where smokers linger over cigarettes...

Despite resistance from many within his own Conservative Party, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s planned legislation to ban youth smoking will be the subject of the first debate in the UK parliament on Tuesday. The bill would...

A new scientific review that encompassed 78 studies representing 22,052 participants concluded that vapes are a more successful quit smoking tool than traditional therapies like nicotine patches and gums. Published in November of this year by...

Bangladesh’s goal of becoming tobacco-free by 2040 will be hindered if vapes are banned, said harm reduction advocates yesterday at a webinar titled ‘Save Vaping, Save Bangladesh’. Organized by the Bangladesh-based Voices of Vapers, the webinar...

Despite an overall reduction in cigarette use over the last 20 years, nearly 1 in 5 boys (17.9%) and more than 1 in 10 girls (11.5%) around the world used tobacco at least once in the...

Innovative nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco products and oral products like Sweden’s snus will help millions of smokers to quit smoking. Prof. David T. Sweanor, chair of the advisory board of the Centre...

In the current state of the coronavirus epidemic, one million people worldwide have given up smoking. The data came from a study by a charity called Action on Smoking and Health. Among who quit smoking during...

Current smokers and persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have more risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, based on study published on May 11, 2020 within the open-access journal PLOS ONE...

Walt Disney Co will ban smoking, vaping and large strollers at its U.S. theme parks in California and Florida starting on May 1, the company said on Thursday. The restrictions are designed in part to help...