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E-cigarettes should be prescribed to smokers to help them quit the habit, British public health experts recommended in a study.

• 19 августа 2015, 14:33

A Syrian national was fined for throwing a cigarette butt in Astana.

• 08 июля 2015, 16:06

China will more than double the tax on tobacco to 11 percent, as authorities try to deter smoking in the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco.

• 08 мая 2015, 17:34

Some two million US high school students tried e-cigarettes last year, a rate that tripled in just one year, US health authorities said.

• 17 апреля 2015, 12:20

Two Kazakhstani diplomats charged with cigarette smuggling have been extradited to Kazakhstan.

• 05 марта 2015, 18:10

E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said.

• 27 ноября 2014, 14:14

France will introduce plain cigarette packaging in 2016, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said.

• 08 октября 2014, 18:35

CVS announced that it had stopped selling tobacco products and was changing its name to reflect a greater focus on health.

• 04 сентября 2014, 11:53

E-cigarettes should be subject to the same regulations as cigarettes and should not be sold to minors.

• 25 августа 2014, 13:43

• 12 августа 2014, 10:10

The e-cigarette was pushed centre stage ahead of World No Tobacco Day, with doctors and policy experts urging the UN's health agency to embrace the gadget as a life saver.

• 30 мая 2014, 03:29

Singaporeans are defying a ban on electronic cigarettes despite stiff fines for distributors and smugglers, health authorities said.

• 26 апреля 2014, 10:51

South Korea's state health insurer said Monday it had filed a lawsuit against three domestic and foreign tobacco makers, seeking damages of 53.7 billion won ($51.6 million) for payouts over smoking-related illnesses.

• 15 апреля 2014, 10:25

Increase of the Kazakhstan excise tax on cigarettes has triggered an increase in illegal traffic from Kyrgyzstan in 2013.

• 13 марта 2014, 15:27

Los Angeles lawmakers voted to ban e-cigarette use in public places where tobacco smoking is prohibited, including work places, restaurants and bars.

• 05 марта 2014, 18:07

It was banned in restaurants and al fresco eating became all the rage. It was banned in offices, and business started getting done in huddles on the sidewalk.

• 05 марта 2014, 17:21

A thick cloud of smoke hung in the air at Havana's annual cigar festival, where some 200 smokers took part in a novel contest to produce the longest unbroken ash.

• 01 марта 2014, 11:15

US regulators on Friday banned four types of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, marking the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever oversight action against a tobacco product.

• 23 февраля 2014, 18:44

Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than lung cancer, including blindness, diabetes, erectile dysfunction and liver cancer.

• 20 января 2014, 09:53

Fifty years ago, almost half of Americans smoked cigarettes -- at work, in restaurants, schools and even in hospitals. Then came a landmark warning that changed everything.

• 13 января 2014, 10:21