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Vape addiction rates among young people have risen so much that cigarette smoking rates are starting to lift too, after decades of declines.

Tobacco use imposes a significant health and economic burden on countries. Research estimates that the cost of smoking in South Africa amounted to 0.97% of the country’s GDP in 2016. These costs are likely to have increased as a result of the observed rise in smoking prevalence over the past…

A decade since world-first plain packaging reforms, there is a new threat: the alarming rate of children using e-cigarettes

PATTAYA: A 10-year-old runaway has been sent to a detention centre in Rayong province after he and another boy were photographed smoking marijuana from a hookah at a pier in south Pattaya last week.

Experts run down the common misconceptions about ditching cigarettes

Experts run down the common misconceptions about ditching cigarettes

HPV now a major concern alongside smoking, say doctors

Experts debunk common misconceptions around lung cancer

This week’s announcement of a raft of new tobacco control measures – including banning menthol products and proposing health warnings on individual cigarettes – are important and welcome.