Anti-smoking Laws

New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".

Tokyo's city government Wednesday passed strict new anti-smoking rules ahead of the 2020 Olympics, leapfrogging national legislation on lighting up that has been watered down after opposition from pro-smoking MPs.

Tokyo risks being one of the unhealthiest Olympic Games hosts in years, as an anti-smoking law exposes deep rifts over tobacco tax revenue, personal freedom and the dangers of passive smoking, which kills thousands of Japanese each year.

Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations.

Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport from Monday, part of unprecedented new curbs welcomed by anti-tobacco advocates, though how they will be enforced remains to be seen.

The BSE Sensex fell for a second straight session on Wednesday, led by declines in ITC after the government proposed to amend anti-smoking laws, including banning the sale of loose cigarettes.

ITC fell over 3 per cent after the government proposed on Tuesday to amend the anti-smoking law following a panel's recommendation to ban the sale of loose cigarettes.

Tobacco companies such as ITC and Godfrey Philips India fell sharply on Wednesday as the government moved to amend the anti-smoking law, which proposes radical changes such as banning sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18.

Brushing aside opposition, the government today moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18.

An anti-tobacco organisation here Thursday demanded that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan should be punished for violating the country's anti-smoking laws in promoting his latest film Go Goa Gone.

Shares in India's biggest cigarette maker ITC fell as much as 2.7 per cent on concerns that anti-tobacco marketing laws globally might be emulated in India as well, dealers say.

An anti-tobacco watchdog has expressed concern over Shah Rukh Khan's behaviour with which he tramples the law and smokes in public.

The tapas bar -- that smoky, noisy and bustling Spanish success story that combined delicious morsels with good wine within a welcoming atmosphere and spawned imitators across the world -- is now smoke-free. So are restaurants, discotheques, casinos, airports and even some outdoor spaces.Spain on Sunday introduced an anti-smoking law that is likely...

New Zealand's incoming conservative government will jettison world-leading measures to stub out smoking, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirmed Monday, in a move described by health campaigners as a "huge win for the tobacco industry".

Tokyo's city government Wednesday passed strict new anti-smoking rules ahead of the 2020 Olympics, leapfrogging national legislation on lighting up that has been watered down after opposition from pro-smoking MPs.

Tokyo risks being one of the unhealthiest Olympic Games hosts in years, as an anti-smoking law exposes deep rifts over tobacco tax revenue, personal freedom and the dangers of passive smoking, which kills thousands of Japanese each year.

Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations.

Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport from Monday, part of unprecedented new curbs welcomed by anti-tobacco advocates, though how they will be enforced remains to be seen.

The BSE Sensex fell for a second straight session on Wednesday, led by declines in ITC after the government proposed to amend anti-smoking laws, including banning the sale of loose cigarettes.

ITC fell over 3 per cent after the government proposed on Tuesday to amend the anti-smoking law following a panel's recommendation to ban the sale of loose cigarettes.

Tobacco companies such as ITC and Godfrey Philips India fell sharply on Wednesday as the government moved to amend the anti-smoking law, which proposes radical changes such as banning sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18.

Brushing aside opposition, the government today moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18.

An anti-tobacco organisation here Thursday demanded that Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan should be punished for violating the country's anti-smoking laws in promoting his latest film Go Goa Gone.

Shares in India's biggest cigarette maker ITC fell as much as 2.7 per cent on concerns that anti-tobacco marketing laws globally might be emulated in India as well, dealers say.

An anti-tobacco watchdog has expressed concern over Shah Rukh Khan's behaviour with which he tramples the law and smokes in public.

The tapas bar -- that smoky, noisy and bustling Spanish success story that combined delicious morsels with good wine within a welcoming atmosphere and spawned imitators across the world -- is now smoke-free. So are restaurants, discotheques, casinos, airports and even some outdoor spaces.Spain on Sunday introduced an anti-smoking law that is likely...