MANILA – Smokers who want to quit the habit should never consider electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) as an option or a choice. E-cigs are battery-operated devices that people...
MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb has adopted a bylaw that bans all smoking in public places in what is believed to be a first in Canada....
HAGATNA, Guam — Guam has raised its smoking age from 18 to 21. Starting Monday, it is illegal for individuals under 21 to smoke cigarettes or...
TORONTO—Ontario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a biennial survey of Grade...
NEW DELHI — Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the...
MANILA, Aug. 8 — Several health and anti-smoking advocates on Tuesday warned current and future smokers that they can fall into drug addiction with continued tobacco...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Placing much of the blame on smoking, a study chronicling the ongoing health crisis in Appalachia has concluded that the 13-state region suffers from a...
HANOI—Tobacco smokers in Vietnam spend nearly USD 1.4 billion on smoking each year, and cigarette smuggling annually causes losses of some USD 450 million to the...
TORONTO –The number of Canadians who smoke tobacco appears to be dropping, a national survey suggests. The Canadian Community Health Survey, released Wednesday, found 17.7 per...
MANILA–The number of smokers in the country has decreased by 1.1 million from 17 million in 2009 to 15.9 million in 2015, the Department of Health...