A new cigar shop in downtown Elizabethton is preparing to welcome customers into its soon-to-open smoking lounge. The City of ...

The island nation of the Maldives is taking bold steps toward a tobacco-free future by implementing a smoking ban for an entire generation. The Maldivian government announced at the start of this ...

Shisha, also known as hookah or waterpipe, is a traditional way of smoking flavoured tobacco through a heated pipe. Shisha is ...

Youth smoking in the EU has shown a decrease from 2012 to 2023, but many still smoke; a rise in cigarette prices is linked to a decline in youth smoking in males, and age-of-sale laws show no effect.

A complex web of economic forces heavily influenced by divergent state tax policies across the United States sustains the traditional cigarette industry’s dominance despite the rise of reduced-risk ...

More than 1,200 public health leaders have called for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to progress quickly through the final parliamentary stages to “protect future generations”. In a cross-party letter, ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Maldives has become the first country in the world to ban tobacco use for an ...

By Darryl Davidson I’m writing to express my opposition to the Wisconsin Assembly/Senate Bill 211, otherwise known as the ...

Studies have found that the density of tobacco retailers in a neighborhood is associated with smoking, the leading cause of preventable disease and death. But what if smokers and policymakers were ...

As the 11th conference of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control approaches, experts debate how to respond to an expanding industry. Faith McLellan reports.

Southeast Asia once had the highest rates of tobacco use, affecting three-quarters of men. But the region has cut smoking rates by more than a quarter. Europe is now the smokiest place on Earth. In a ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - In a quest to stamp out tobacco use, Southeast Asia is leading the world — it has massively reduced its tobacco consumption since 2010. It previously had the highest tobacco use ...