(Mainichi/Takuya Suzuki) OSAKA -- As this city prepares to host Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, smoking regulations are becoming increasingly strict. A citywide ban on street smoking will take effect on ...

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has granted lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla leave to challenge a ban on smoking in private offices which came into force on Jan 1 this year. In a statement, Haniff said ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship are linked to a 20% reduction in smoking prevalence and a 37% decrease in the risk of smoking uptake ...

DCHHS said the city's ordinance required entities to update their existing “No Smoking” signage to include a ban on electronic smoking devices. A one-year grace period has been provided for ...

A Hong Kong anti-smoking group has called for a total ban on flavoured cigarettes after a survey found nearly 90 per cent of young female smokers opted for the particularly addictive products.

Bans on tobacco advertising and promotion led to 20 per cent lower odds of people smoking and a 37 per cent reduced risk of people starting to smoke, according to a new meta-analysis that the ...

A smoking space is seen in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Only four of Tokyo's 23 wards ban street smoking of both traditional cigarettes and heated tobacco products and impose fines ...

Smoking in bars and restaurants in Minneapolis, Bloomington, Minn., and Hennepin County is banned beginning today. Despite the failed efforts of a group of local bar and club owners to keep the cities ...

The country, which has one of Europe’s highest smoking rates, is also resisting a wider push for outdoor bans. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens Greeks smoke more than most other ...

"The smoking ban in the city will be extended to all public or publicly used outdoor areas, including streets and roads, with the exception of isolated areas where it is possible to respect the ...

Beijing enacted a citywide indoor smoking ban. Similar measures followed in Shanghai and Shenzhen in 2017. Despite a flurry of activity and a brief dip in cigarette sales at the time, a push for ...