Menthol is a chemical naturally found in peppermint and other mint plants, but it can also be made in a lab. First added to tobacco in the 1920s and 1930s, menthol reduces the harshness of cigarette ...

Teen tobacco use has long been linked to lifelong dependency, with 9 out of 10 cigarette users claiming they picked up their first cigarette before the age of 18. The introduction of e-cigarettes has ...

A study by researchers in South Korea suggests that switching to heated tobacco products (HTPs) can significantly increase the likelihood of smokers quitting smoking entirely. HTPs are smoke-free ...

The overall smoking rate was the lowest since the survey in its current format began in 2003. The figure marked a decrease of 5.9 percentage points over the past decade -- with a drop of 9.3 ...

Health officials at the Ministry of Health have renewed the call for behavioural change and collaborative efforts to curb the growing abuse of tobacco related products in The Gambia. The call was made ...

With the reintroduction of the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill in Parliament set for this week (4 September), the chorus of warnings by those against the Bill ...

One shows Mickey Mouse drinking a beer. Another shows SpongeBob in Nazi garb. A third: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris kissing. These visuals are among the many bizarre and sometimes disturbingly ...

Holy smokes – the cost of a packet of durries has gone up again. The tobacco excise is just about the only legal form of extortion. It’s cloaked, of course, in the virtue of public health ...

The government is "not attacking the hospitality industry" with proposed plans to ban smoking in pub gardens, a cabinet minister has insisted. Lucy Powell told Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor ...

"I think the government should be doing whatever they can to limit youth from getting addicted to nicotine, whether it's nicotine pouches, vaping products or tobacco products in general," said 29 ...

THE Swedish experience in reducing the country’s daily tobacco smoking rate may initially seem similar to the experiences of many other countries’ fight against smoking tobacco. But unlike ...

It comes after it was revealed that fruit and dessert-flavoured vapes are being dished out by council and NHS stop-smoking services. Alongside the proposed smoking plans, the Independent ...