International Updates Archive

11 April 2016 Supporters say they appear to be effective. Critics say there are better and safer ways to quit smoking. Cigarette smoking has become significantly less popular in the U.S. over the past decade,

BY JEFF NESBIT The spring of 1993 was a lousy time to be associated with the Republican Party in Washington, D.C. Bill Clinton had just stormed into the White House. The Democratic Party controlled both

10 April 2016 Appearances count for a lot, when it comes to tobacco control. So it’s not surprising that the government and Indian cigarette manufacturers are fighting over a few square inches on a packet.

17 April 2016 India’s tobacco industry has sought to delay strict new health warning rules by appealing to the Supreme Court, a move anti-smoking activists say could backfire given that the court has ruled against

8 April 2016 As it struggled to maintain sales and fought growing pressure from public health officials over the past 25 years, the tobacco industry embraced an unlikely ally: the anti-AIDS cause, a new Canadian

First study to show changes in epigenetic enhancer regions and their relation to the child’s diseases later in life Date: April 5, 2016 Source: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Summary: If mothers smoke

6 April 2016 There is a common misconception that smoking tobacco from a hookah or waterpipe is somehow less harmful than cigarette smoking. Recent studies have proven hookah smoking carries many of the same health

31 March 2016 The government has unveiled 40 graphic photos that will be put on cigarette packs from the end of this year as part of an anti-smoking campaign.The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled

5 April 2016 NEW DELHI: With the Prime Minister’s Office extending its full support, the health ministry has refused to blink even as tobacco product manufacturers continue to mount pressure on the government, seeking rollback

1 April, 2016 Scotland’s landmark legislation for smoke-free enclosed public spaces, enacted ten year ago today, has saved the Scottish adult population from breathing in over half a tonne of toxic material, according to new

1 April, 2016 Cigarette and tobacco packs will have 85 percent space occupied by health warnings on both sides from April 1. The government has decided to go ahead with its decision on increasing the

31 March, 2016 New York’s highest court on Thursday upheld a ban on smoking in state parks in the city. The Court of Appeals, in a unanimous ruling, rejected a lawsuit brought by a smokers’

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

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