British American Tobacco: Sin still sells, in SA and abroad
Lower volumes do little to hurt British American Tobacco’s profits and the demand for its shares.
Smoking
Zaps to the brain curb need to smoke
A study shows that 44% of heavy smokers kicked the habit after receiving magnetic stimulation.
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E-cigarettes: ‘cancer risk close to zero’
Even though traces of cancer-causing chemicals have been found, the real killer – tobacco – is absent.
Health minister to ‘tighten the noose on smokers’
The government will issue regulations this week to tighten the noose on smokers, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said.
Russia: Putin cracks down on cigarette smoking
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia.
Lower profit claims go up in smoke
A study has shown that a ban on smoking in restaurants does not affect business negatively.
Put down the cigarette and come out with your hands up
For the second time in five years, health authorities try to amend legislation to make it even harder for smokers to indulge in their habit.
South Korea turns up the heat on smokers
After decades of indifference government is turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the highest male smoking rates.
Prescribe me a smoke, Doc
Smokers in Iceland might be able to get their fix only from pharmacies — and only with a script.
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NEVR 2 L8: How an angel will help you quit smoking
People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to succeed when they receive SMSs to encourage them.
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Australia seeks plain packaging for tobacco products
Australia will force tobacco companies to adopt plain packaging, removing all colour and branding logos within two years.
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The lingering dangers of smoking
You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else’s smoke is bad for you. Now a study says third-hand smoke is also bad for you.
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Chinese e-cigarettes gain ground amid safety concerns
With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke.
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Winston man sues cigarette company over lung cancer
With his broad shoulders and rugged good looks, Alan Landers was the perfect choice to be the face of America’s best-selling cigarette brand.
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Chinese man detained for three days for smoking on train
A man was given three days in detention for breaking a non-smoking rule on a new high-speed rail line, Chinese state media said.
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Where there’s smoke …
These are the latest ”It” parties where smokers network and try out new brands while being treated to a glam — and often free — night out.
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Millions to die in China from lung disease
Millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors.
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Smoking after the gun
A number of athletes have managed to combine sporting excellence with a cigarette habit. Peta Bee reports.
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Mob kills man for smoking in bar
A man was lynched by an irate mob in a bar in eastern Uganda after refusing to stop smoking despite repeated requests from fellow patrons.
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Marlboro maker to buy chewing-tobacco firm
The Marlboro cigarettes empire Altria is in talks to buy the United States’s biggest maker of chewing tobacco.
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Beijing smog? I’m off for a smoke
While many Olympians meditate or listen to music to calm their nerves, several weightlifters in Beijing on Tuesday tried to lighten up by lighting up.
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Briton fuming over fine for smoking in own van
A painter and decorator has been fined for breaching Britain’s smoking ban — by puffing on a cigarette in his own van, he said on Friday.
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Skunk smokers more at risk
People who smoke the more powerful kind of cannabis known as skunk are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis than those who smoke milder forms.
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Smoking could win you friends
Cigarettes might be disgusting, but these days they are a great way to bond with other people.
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Kenyan cigarette maker attacks smoking ban
A Kenyan cigarette maker on Friday filed a suit against a new ban on smoking in public places.
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Puff no more, live longer
People who give up smoking improve their health almost immediately, according to a study of more than 100 000 women carried out over 24 years.
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No tobacco in your joints, Dutch cafes told
Dutch coffee shops face a new challenge from Tuesday when a ban on smoking tobacco in restaurants and cafes comes into effect.
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‘Here they look for the cigarette in the marijuana’
Amsterdam’s famed marijuana bars have weathered many challenges over the years, but now they face an unwelcome blast of fresh air.
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Puffin’ in the rain, at Cape Town’s Kelvin Grove
Cape Town’s Kelvin Grove club, which several years ago clashed with health authorities over anti-smoking legislation and won, has now banned smoking.
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Another reason to quit smoking
Smoking might increase the risk of contracting HIV, according to a study published in the journal <i>Sexually Transmitted Infections</i>.
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On the verge of corporate nirvana
#David McKay Brian Gilbertson, chair of Billiton, collects clocks. Isn’t that odd as well as intriguing? Odd because Gilbertson is renowned in mining circles for the more outward shows of his material success: the ostentatious commuting to and from his Johannesburg office by helicopter, the Porsche apparently permanently on display in an underground bay at […]
