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Big Tobacco nears $24 billion settlement to end lawsuits

Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco will pay C$32.5 billion ($23.6 billion) to settle a long-running tobacco lawsuit in Canada, as part...

Graphic warning labels for cigarettes are constitutional, court rules

A federal appeals court on Thursday said a U.S. government requirement that cigarette packs and advertisements contain graphic warnings about the dangers of...

Doctors warn of tragedy as NZ lifts smoking ban

Doctors blasted New Zealand’s conservative government on Tuesday for revoking world-leading anti-smoking laws, warning that people will die over the act of "public health...

‘Tobacco Harm Reduction’ strategies can save 1.2 million lives in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Health experts said that more than 1.2 million lives could be saved in Pakistan after adopting globally accepted Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) strategies. Traditional...

Portugal to ban smoking in most places

Portugal's government on Thursday presented legislation to extend a ban on smoking to outdoor areas including covered terraces and to restrict tobacco sales, as...

BIZARRE: Turkish Man locks his own head in a cage to quit smoking

In a desperate bid to quit smoking, a man from Turkey once locked his head in a cage-like helmet. Back in 2013, a Turkish guy...

Ranbir Kapoor made mother Neetu feel “devastated”

Ranbir Kapoor said it was a very dark time in his life.

KGF fan falls ill after smoking like ‘Rocky Bhai’

A pulmonologist said Rocky Bhai like characters have a huge influence on teenagers.

FIA official speaks up on Alizeh Shah’s viral video

FIA cybercrime department's head asked people to be careful

Smoking may impair mRNA vaccine response

Current smokers may be at risk for lower immune responses to some COVID-19 vaccines, Japanese researchers say, though more research is needed before firm...

Car goes up in flames as driver uses hand sanitiser while smoking

The incident was reported in Maryland state of the US.

Smoking by a man at the carriage leaves fellow passengers fuming

Video footage showed the man reclining on his seat on the Piccadilly Line with what appeared to be a cigarette in his hand.

Cigarette smoke increases cell vulnerability to COVID-19

The Zika virus causes similar cell changes, he said, so it might be possible to develop drugs for COVID-19 that also work against other viruses

Bizarre video shows crab smoking cigarette on beach

'Cancer taking a cancerous puff'

Smoking tied to COVID-19 risk

In adult lungs, just three cigarettes can increase the activity of genes with the information for building ACE2, according to an international research team

Students using drugs to be barred from getting admissions in Punjab

It emerged that those students who are addictive of drugs and smoking will not be given admissions in first-year studies in colleges in a bid to discourage usage of narcotics among the young generation.

Passenger caught smoking on-board PIA flight

Passenger fined Rs10,000 for smoking during flight.

Vaping impacts blood vessels, even without nicotine

Healthy young people show signs of impaired blood vessel function after just a few puffs of an electronic cigarette, even without nicotine, new research shows.

US FDA proposes graphic warnings on cigarette packs, advertisements

'Research has shown that the current warnings on cigarette packages are “virtually invisible to both smokers and non-smokers'

Smokers have more complications after skin cancer surgery

Complications after skin cancer surgery may be more common in smokers and former smokers,
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