The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas

The reversal is meant to raise tax revenue, but critics claim this "win" for Big Tobacco will cost many lives

Though vaping and e-cigarettes have taken over the public health spotlight, experts say the government must continue pushing tobacco legislation.

Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

Downing Street said the plan to make it an offence for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, to be sold tobacco products was ‘critical’.

The recent spell of rain under the influence of the active northeast monsoon has come as a boon for the tobacco farmers in the drought-prone south coastal Andhra Pradesh. The tobacco farmers, who could not cultivate crops to the full extent during the kharif due to deficient precipitation, say that…

Victoria is considering introducing a tobacco licensing scheme while a top health official has called vape makers "vendors of death".

Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, contributing to about 85% of cases. The combustion of tobacco releases carcinogens, such as benzene and formaldehyde, which damage lung cells and DNA, leading to mutations that can initiate cancer. The risk is dose-dependent, meaning the more cigarettes smoked and the longer…

Michelle Rowland says a ban on gambling ads would not be as easy as the phasing out of tobacco ads decades prior.