A proposed ban on smoking in all bars, restaurants and work sites across the state is igniting a big-money fight at the Texas Capitol. Anti-smoking forces are lining up against the tobacco industry and some restaurant owners, with lobbyists from both sides seeking to win over lawmakers. “We’ve got a lot of national resources that [...]

Thursday marks an important health and cultural shift for France when a new law comes into force banning smoking in public places. Offices and other public buildings come under the new legislation but cafes, bars, restaurants, hotels and casinos are exempt until 2008. The state is to aid would-be quitters by handing out coupons for [...]

Floyd Black Horse is a smoker who’s decided to quit. This makes the 22-year-old a natural choice to be one of the public faces of an eight-week advertising campaign launched today by the Calgary Health Region to help young adults butt out. “The anti-smoking campaign … has been a huge influence on my decision,” said [...]

Getting rid of indoor smoking in prisons is about as popular as replacing jelly-filled donuts with cold gruel in the chow hall. A review team told Gov. Ted Strickland that the new state law banning indoor smoking is among the five most controversial regulations in the prison system. Though a ban has been in place [...]

A smoker was sacked having a fag break at the factory where he worked. Dad-of-one John Smith was sheltering from the rain in a doorway yards from an official smoking bay when he was caught. Bosses at the Michelin Tyres factory, in Dundee, sacked the 35-year-old on the spot for gross misconduct. But tyre technician [...]