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Whitehall sources say he is abandoning the scheme to raise the legal age for buying tobacco one year every year until no-one was able to buy cigarettes at all

Beep, beep. $51.95. That’s not an unusual amount for a shop at the supermarket. What did the guy in front of me get for his $51.95? One packet of 25

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 13.3% of people aged 18 and over in the UK smoked cigarettes in 2021.

Vape addiction rates among young people have risen so much that cigarette smoking rates are starting to lift too, after decades of declines.

Tobacco use imposes a significant health and economic burden on countries. Research estimates that the cost of smoking in South Africa amounted to 0.97% of the country’s GDP in 2016. These costs are likely to have increased as a result of the observed rise in smoking prevalence over the past…

Experts run down the common misconceptions about ditching cigarettes

A photo depicting two minors smoking pot along Pattaya Beach that went viral has prompted Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to call on the police to enforce the law.

The tourist destination is seeking to clean up its image with a ban on smoking cannabis in public in the Red Light District and limiting sale of alcohol

Mid Scotland and Fife Conservative MSP has written to health board chief on the matter.