About 2.4 per cent of Chinese women – some 13 million – smoke, according to the All-China Women’s Federation, quoting ‘China‘s Report on the Harm of Smoking’. The federation warned that the risk of contracting HPV (human Read More
In most parts of the world, May 31 was marketed as world no tobacco day, but in Medan, North Sumatra, a number of activists supporting the Indonesian Kretek Community (KKI) staged a rally expressing their support Read More
A ban on retail cigarette price discounts is to be one of a number of new tobacco regulations to be introduced in Malaysia, according to a story in The Star. Smoking bans are to be Read More
Japan’s Health Ministry wants the incidence of smoking in Japan reduced to 12 per cent by 2022, according to a Japan Daily Press story. Currently 19.5 per cent of Japanese people smoke, down from 27.7 per cent in 2000, Read More
South Korea’s Health and Welfare Minister, Chin Young, has promised to try to convince the country’s lawmakers to pass a bill that would enforce the printing of graphic warnings on cigarette packs, according Read More
Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) is looking into increasing the corporate tax rate on tobacco companies, according to a story in The Daily Star. At present, the corporate tax rate for publicly traded Read More
With the UK’s spring having been officially declared the coldest on record, the organizers of a cigar auction in London have moved quickly to assure people of the event’s all-weather credentials. “Cigar smoking Read More
Solvay Acetow has launched Rhodia FilterSorb, a silica filter solution for optimized filtration. A unique silica-based granule in a cellulose acetate matrix, Rhodia FilterSorb adds a second filtration step to a standard filter to provide Read More
A survey of GPs in the UK and Sweden has revealed that many incorrectly identify nicotine as one of the most harmful components of cigarette smoke. So, in the UK, successful implementation of the National Read More
Several doctors have spoken out against a decision by the French Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, banning the use of electronic cigarettes in certain public places, according to a story by Charlotte Boitiaux for France 24. Touraine Read More