Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard has acknowledged there will be “undercover” inspectors in the province’s bars and restaurants to make sure a new anti-smoking law is enforced when it comes into effect May 31. The new legislation will ban smoking in all public indoor places, including bars and restaurants. Some critics say the province has [...]

Malaysia spends a staggering average of RM20 billion each year, almost tenfold the tax revenue collected from the tobacco industry, to treat tobacco-related diseases, a local anti-tobacco advocacy group said. Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) president Prof Dr Syed Mohamed Al Junid said about RM4 billion alone is spent to treat lung cancer,heart disease [...]

DRIVERS who light up behind the wheel are to be fined £60 in the latest clampdown on smoking. Transport chiefs believe drivers taking their eyes off the road while finding and lighting cigarettes is responsible for killing and injuring hundreds of people a year, but pro-smoking groups say it is part of a campaign against [...]

The number of teenagers who smoke is continuing to decline, according to an Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) survey. The survey, which has been conducted annually since 1997, asked year 10 students about their smoking habits. Results in 2005 showed 16.8 per cent of year 10 students said they smoked, down from 17.6 per [...]

The Government has banned tobacco smoking in public places. Health minister Charity Ngilu yesterday said she had signed a Legal Notice outlawing smoking in public places and it was expected to come into effect in two weeks time. “Kenya is a signatory to the framework convention on Tobacco Control Treaty. By banning smoking in public, [...]