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Health gap in Europe wider than ever
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
Kazakhstan will sell no cigarettes at night and on weekends
Kazakhstan is going to toughen its rules of wholesale and retail sales of tobacco.
02 May 2012
PHOTO: Kazakhstan tries to frighten off smokers with impotence and cancer
Kazakhstan Ministry of Public Healthcare is reviewing the options of daunting images approved by EurAzEC to appear on cigarette packs by 2012.
23 June 2011
25,000 die from smoking every year in Kazakhstan
Press-conference timed to the World No Tobacco Day was held in Astana to discuss statistics of tobacco consumption in Kazakhstan.
01 June 2011
PHOTO: Don't smoke when I'm near
A flash-mob timed to the World No Tobacco Day was held on May 28 in Almaty.
30 May 2011
Philip Morris to exterminate child labor in its Kazakhstan plantations
Philip Morris International will exterminate child labor in its tobacco plantations in Kazakhstan.
11 May 2011