A designated smoking area is seen in a part of the city where street smoking is banned, in the city of Osaka on Jan. 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Takuya Suzuki) OSAKA -- As this city prepares to host Expo ...

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 ...

and because menthol makes youth smoking initiation easier and smoking harder to quit, we will continue to push for a ban on menthol in tobacco products.” ...

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 ...

It’s officially over. 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 ...

The ban, however, excludes vapes and electronic cigarettes. Milan, the fashion and financial heart of Italy, has enforced the country's most stringent smoking regulations, beginning January 1 ...

"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 ...

Smoking has now been banned in outdoors and public areas in Italy’s second largest city of Milan. The citywide ban goes into effect starting 1 January in the strictest ban to date on smoking in ...

The ban makes Carlsbad the first San Diego County city to prohibit smoking and vaping. A total of 80 cities and counties statewide have enacted smoke-free housing laws for apartments, condos and ...

Smokers in Milan, Italy’s financial and fashion capital, risk fines for lighting up on city streets or in crowded public areas following the enforcement of the country’s toughest smoking ban ...