Tag: Smoking
Chain-smoking toddler kicks habit
A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said.[MORE]
Russians told to light up and knock 'em back
Smoke and drink more, Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.[MORE]
Greeks told to stub out to save the economy
Greeks are being asked to quit smoking to help save their country's debt-stricken economy. [MORE]
Literacy woes at Tas Together halfway mark
A 10-year report card on the Tasmania Together objectives shows only about half of adult Tasmanians are considered to be functionally literate. [MORE]
Government smoking crackdown
Tasmania could soon have the tightest anti-smoking laws in the country. [MORE]
Australians least sympathetic on lung cancer
A study to be released today shows Australians are the world's least sympathetic to those with lung cancer.[MORE]
Prepare now for new smoking bans: AMA
The Australian Medical Association in WA is urging retailers and members of the public to start changing their behaviour in anticipation of new smoking bans to be introduced next month.[MORE]
Cuba to axe subsidised cigarettes
The government of Cuba will stop funding heavily-subsidised cigarettes for its senior citizens, as president Raul Castro works to jump-start the island's sputtering economy.[MORE]
Quit smoking message targets parents
A new anti-smoking campaign is targeting Tasmanian parents who smoke.[MORE]
Northerners not ready to butt out
A motion to ban smoking in parts of Launceston's CBD has been defeated. [MORE]
Retail group quits cigarette label campaign
The Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has pulled out of an alliance formed to fight the Commonwealth's plan to force tobacco manufacturers to use plain labelling on cigarette packets.[MORE]
No butts: Anti-smokers challenge Abbott
The anti-smoking lobby in Tasmania has challenged the Federal Opposition leader to commit now to plain cigarette packaging. [MORE]
Anti-smoking drug linked to suicides
Drug company Pfizer is defending a quit-smoking drug against reports it can have severe psychiatric side effects.[MORE]
Big tobacco bankrolls anti-Labor ad campaign
Big tobacco companies are funding small retailers in a massive anti-Government advertising campaign timed to coincide with the final weeks of the election campaign.[MORE]
Push to extend Tasmania's smoking ban
The Cancer Council and the Heart Foundation want Tasmania to implement a blanket ban on smoking in all outside public places across the state.[MORE]
Cancer Council puts heat on Coles over cheap cigs
The Cancer Council says it will reassess its relationship with Coles because it is selling cheap imported cigarettes.[MORE]
Greens move to stop cheap cigarette imports
The Australian Greens will move to introduce laws preventing major supermarket chain Coles from flooding the market with cheap imported cigarettes.[MORE]
Coles feels heat over cheap cigarettes
Wesfarmers is coming under increasing pressure over Coles' decision to sell cheap German cigarettes at prices up to $4 cheaper than standard brands.[MORE]
Roxon disappointed in Coles' cheap cigarettes
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is disappointed that Coles supermarkets are selling cheap cigarettes imported from Europe.[MORE]
Germans vote for smoke-free Oktoberfest
The Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich is to become smoke-free after voters in a referendum in the southern German state of Bavaria opted for a total smoking ban.[MORE]
Outdoor smoking ban sparks review call
The Hobart City Council is under pressure to review its plan to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas. [MORE]
Council urges locals to bin their buts
The Greater Taree City Council has installed a range of new cigarette bins on footpaths within the CBD.[MORE]
Cigarette tax hike laws passed
Legislation to formalise the 25 per cent increase in tobacco taxes has passed federal Parliament.[MORE]
Council cracks down on public smoking
Outdoor areas in the Manning Valley will soon be smoke-free.[MORE]
