International Updates Archive

22 March, 2016 When California lawmakers voted this month to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21, they joined Hawaii and more than 100 localities in seeking a new way to prevent

22 March, 2016 From Hollywood’s court docket: The battle lines are taking shape in what is certain to be a sharp fight — and possibly a long one — over the film ratings system and

10 March, 2016 Dumping cigarettes has bolstered its image as a healthcare-focused company. CVS Health CVS 0.68% is taking it to the tobacco industry again. The company said on Thursday it will fund a new

6 March 2016 A smoke-free advocacy group is calling for tobacco companies to be held legally responsible for parts of cigarettes that are unsafe for the environment. It was possible that up to 4 trillion

CIGARETTE plain packaging has achieved its aim of forcing people to stub out their smoking habit says a government review of the controversial measure. The drab dirty green packets plastered with health warnings were responsible

World Health Organization documents “are crystal clear that the tobacco industry is part of the problem”. (Photo: Moody Kell) By VERA LUIZA DA COSTA E SILVA Imagine you are a farmer and that your chickens are

In the faltering war against cigarettes, the latest battle cries are eye openers: prohibit smoking for anyone born after the year 2000; require a licence to buy cigarettes; nationalize the tobacco industry. Or just make

This week, the United States and eleven other countries signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional trade deal that is thecenterpiece of U.S. international economic policy and President Obama’s pivot toward Asia. Now the deal

By PETER TEFFER A lot has happened since 9 July 2004, when the European Commission signed what it called a landmark agreement with tobacco multinational Philip Morris International (PMI) to become partners in the fight

A recent U.S. study has found that children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to show increased levels of body fat, and decreased levels of cognitive ability. As previous studies in this area which

Major research suggests that the introduction of a smoking ban has resulted in a significant fall in the number of people suffering from heart attacks as the result of passive smoking Heart attack rates in

Health Minister Jane Philpott has announced the federal government “will introduce new plain-packaging requirements for tobacco products.” Prepare to say goodbye to royal blue Belmonts, ruby red Du Mauriers, and burgundy Dunhills. In hopes of

Cigarette companies are turning to film industry to recruit next generation of smokers, warns World Health Organisation Films showing smoking should be given an adult rating to protect children from exposure to the “last frontier”

1 FEBRUARY 2016 | GENEVA – WHO is calling on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms

Public Health Association of Australia CEO is ‘flabbergasted’ at Crosby’s honour for role in running Conservative party’s election campaign The chief executive of the Public Health Association of Australia, Michael Moore, says he is “shocked

Canadian smoking rates lower than ever, but the pace for those quitting has slowed Although Canadian smoking rates have declined dramatically over the past 50 years, anti-smoking advocates say more federal government support is needed to

months after California’s Legislature failed to act, a coalition of health experts and the state’s schools chief on Wednesday launched a petition drive to qualify an initiative for the November ballot that would raise the

For this year’s Quebec Tobacco-Free Week, advocates are focusing on a lesser-known consequence of smoking: throat and mouth cancer. The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health says throat and mouth account for about 10 per cent

E-cigarettes could now be prescribed by doctors as a way of giving up smoking, after regulators granted one such product a drug licence for the first time. This marks a significant point in the growing

(CNN)Hundreds of video games come out every year. Avid gamers have at least 326 news ones to look forward to in 2016. If previous years are any indication, many of these games will contain images

Smoking is on the wane in Canada. Still, it remains the leading preventable cause of premature death in this country. The federal government’s plan to impose plain packaging on cigarettes is a welcome addition to

The federal government plans to force tobacco companies to sell their cigarettes in packages that lack distinctive brand designs aimed at enticing smokers to buy their product. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled in the mandate letter

The Norwegian Medical Association wants a smoke-free society by the year 2035. To help reach that goal, the group has proposed a ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000, according

An adviser to Europe’s highest court said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco, though the court still has to deliver a final ruling.

Cigarettes will be sold in logo-free packaging from May 2016, despite objections from the conservative opposition and tobacconists Cigarettes in France will be sold in plain packaging under a law that was finally passed in

Top official tells Commission to steer clear of the industry as it works on new smuggling controls. The United Nations public health agency in charge of tobacco control has warned EU policymakers to keep their distance from industry as

British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco will line up against the Government The world’s biggest tobacco companies will this week start their High Court battle with the Government over plans to sell cigarettes in plain

Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) is caught up in yet another bribery scam in Uganda, days after the firm was reported to have bribed Kenya’s former Trade minister Moses Wetang’ula. But the London-based tobacco

BBC Panorama alleges BAT paid officials from three African countries in effort to undermine UN anti-smoking treaty British American Tobacco paid bribes to government officials in a bid to undermine the UN’s global anti-smoking treaty,

Tobacco is the only consumer product that kills when used exactly as the manufacturer intends. It does so at an alarming rate – one in two long-term users will eventually be killed by their habit.

In its letter to the Guardian (Philip Morris: we are defending our business, not attacking human rights, 19 November), Philip Morris International (PMI) claims that “the Uruguayan senate approved the investment treaty with Switzerland after

The French parliament has narrowly passed a law to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes . It’s in a bid to cut the number of its smokers, particularly among teenagers, The new packaging will be introduced

Tobacco lobbyists have joined forces in a bid to stop the European Commission from signing up a Swiss company to provide advanced “track and trace” technology to combat cigarette smuggling. The fight is intensifying at the EU level

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month that the adult smoking rate in the United States has fallen to a new low, a testament to the decades of education about the dangers

It’s hardly surprising that a tobacco company would donate more money to Republican politicians than to Democrats, who are generally more amenable than GOPers to taxes and regulation. North Carolina’s Lorillard Tobacco, for instance, gave