Numerous cafes and restaurants serving shisha (hubble-bubble) have become a disturbing feature of most residential areas across the emirates and pose a menace due to noise and air pollution.
The increasing trend is also blamed for multiplying the parking woes of the already suffering residents.
What is really serious about the phenomenon is that most shisha [...]

Although Asian-American immigrants smoke at a rate that’s over 10 percent higher than the national average, very few programs to help them quit are targeted to that population.
And a new study shows that cultural stigmas surrounding not smoking may prevent many of these immigrants from worrying about smoking’s effects on their health, according to study [...]

In the run-up to the “International No Tobacco Day” on Sunday, health experts and anti-smoking groups around the world launched campaigns to raise awareness about the dangers of cigarette smoking.
In the Middle East, where awareness levels remain low and smoking remains dangerously prevalent, especially among the male population, the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasised the [...]

Despite a law banning smoking in enclosed spaces in 2003, not a single violator has been booked or fined, according to a report by the Network for Consumer Protection (NCP), a non government organization.

The report released on No Tobacco Day on Wednesday said the law was “violated and mocked at in places where it should [...]

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 and [...]