tobacco

Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.

27 March 2013

Kazakhstan smokes 9 cigarettes a day per capita

Kazakhstan anti-smoking coalition supports draft law banning tobacco sales within 500m from educational, healthcare and sport facilities.

22 March 2013

Australian government pension fund dumps tobacco

The Australian government's pension fund for public servants Thursday announced it would sell off its Aus$222 (US$228) million holdings in tobacco companies following the nation's move towards plain packaging.

28 February 2013

Boris Becker to headline Cuba cigar festival

Retired German tennis great Boris Becker will headline the XV Habanos Festival, an event in Cuba designed to promote cigars and tobacco use.

20 February 2013

Tobacco excise to double in Kazakhstan by 2014

Starting from 2014 the excise on tobacco will make 3,000 tenge ($20) per 1,000 cigarettes or 60 tenge ($0.4) per a pack.

06 February 2013

After tobacco, Turkey bans hookah in public places

After banning smoking in public places, the Turkish government has gone one step further by clamping down on an ancient tradition -- the hookah, or water pipe.

28 January 2013

Australia readies for first plain pack cigarettes

All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry.

02 December 2012

MP accused Kazakhstan Economic Ministry of lobbying for tobacco companies

The deputy was outraged at the new draft law on taxation presented in the lower chamber of Kazakhstan Parliament.

23 October 2012

Australia slams 'sick joke' cigarette packs

Australia slammed as a "sick joke" Wednesday new cigarette packs on sale as part of the national phase-in to plain packaging which play on drab branding and claim it's "what's on the inside that counts."

12 September 2012

Craft beers enjoy boom despite Italy's crisis

With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.

29 August 2012

US court rejects graphic cigarette warnings

A US court on Friday shot down orders to slap graphic anti-tobacco messages on cigarette packs, saying the government overstepped its authority by trying to "browbeat" smokers into quitting.

26 August 2012

Tobacco use entrenched in developing countries: study

Tobacco use is massively entrenched in developing countries, where one of the biggest worries is the rise of smoking among women.

18 August 2012

India clamps down on killer chewing tobacco

Anil Kanade seems almost too stunned to speak about the deadly cancer recently found in his mouth, caused by his addiction to a popular Indian chewing tobacco that doctors say is fuelling an epidemic.

16 July 2012