German plans for a uniform smoking ban in public places appear to be in chaos as Germany’s 16 states fail to agree on common restrictions following the collapse of a nationwide bid, a newspaper has said. “Smoking ban chaos,” the Bild am Sonntag newspaper declared in a headline on Sunday and said there was discord [...]

Nevada’s passage of a ballot measure that will chase smokers out of slot machine sections at supermarkets, gas stations and convenience stores, and from bars that serve food is part of an evolution from a frontier state in which anything goes into an urbanized society, analysts say. Eric Herzik, a political science professor at the [...]

For women, the attraction of smoking may be the perception of equality. Over the past 50 years smoking has been marketed toward women. About 19 percent of U.S. women smoke compared to 23 percent of men. But women who choose to smoke must also face the health risks. Many smoking women have died and, unfortunately, [...]

IMAGES of celebrities smoking on television and in films are encouraging young people to take up the habit, a report says. A NSW Health survey of more than 5000 school students aged 12 to 17 revealed 75 per cent of them believed seeing celebrities with cigarettes encouraged young people to start smoking. The findings of [...]

The trade has panned West-minster Council for suggesting that smoking be outlawed on the streets outside pubs when the ban comes into force next year. As the Morning Advertiser exclusively revealed last week, the council has asked Government for the power to designate certain streets no-smoking because of the high density of bars. Anyone lighting [...]