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In France, approximately 20 to 25,000 tonnes of cigarette butts end up in the environment every year, while 3,000 cigarette butts were collected on the ski area of Les Gets alone

Nearly two-thirds of nicotine users feel anxious about airport rules around smoking and vaping - with over a quarter avoiding flying altogether as a result

New Zealand is set to bring about a smoke-free generation. One expert thinks this will kick off the next wave of tobacco control policies.

The failure to consider the timing of diagnoses makes it impossible to draw causal inferences.

"This approach has been used for other addictions, including food addiction, smoking and alcoholism"

In theory, someone trying to buy tobacco products 50 years from now in New Zealand would have to show ID to prove they are at least 62 years old - though Wellington has a stated aim of making the country smoke-free by 2025

It is part of a nationwide goal of having fewer than 5 per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025

New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes. The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009. It means the minimum age for buying…

‘Thousands of people will live longer, healthier lives and the health system will be $5bn better off’