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E-cigarette use 'skyrocketing' among young Americans, says U.S. health agency
The number of young Americans using e-cigarettes grew by 1.5 million in 2018, undermining years of progress in reducing youth smoking, health authorities said Monday. Some 3.6 million junior high and high school students were current users of vaping products, up from 2.1 million the ...
Japan to use larger health warning labels on packs of cigarettes
The Finance Ministry plans to expand the size of health warning labels on cigarette packs, sources with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. It plans to implement the change before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the sources said. The move is designed to increase ...
Philip Morris CEO expects countries to overturn e-cigarette bans
Philip Morris International Inc. expects regulators to gradually become more open to alternatives to cigarettes even after more than 27 governments have prohibited next-generation smokeless devices. "Eventually, countries will reverse gear," Chief Executive Officer Andre Calantzopoulos said in an interview in Tokyo. "I don't think ...
Battle for lungs and minds as tobacco control treaty meeting opens
A meeting on a global tobacco control treaty opened in Geneva Monday, with organizers scrambling to keep cigarette companies at bay, even as the industry demanded a seat at the table. Two dramatically different views on the best way forward in reining in smoking were ...
British American Tobacco to raise prices in line with October tax hike
British American Tobacco Japan has filed for approval from the Finance Ministry to raise its tobacco product prices in line with the planned tobacco tax hike on Oct. 1, informed sources said Monday. If approved, British American, known for its mainstay Kent brand, will raise ...
Japan Tobacco seeks approval for price hikes from Finance Ministry
Japan Tobacco Inc. on Tuesday filed for Finance Ministry approval of its plans to raise the prices of most of its products in line with the tobacco tax hike set for Oct. 1. If approved, its cigarette prices would go up by ¥20 to ¥40 ...
Tokyo is taking a stronger stance than the Diet in clamping down on smoking in public places. Other prefectures and cities should follow suit.
Public remains ignorant of the hazards associated with smoking
“Secondhand smoke” describes the fumes in the air that result from someone smoking tobacco. “Sidestream smoke” (fukuryūen) comes off the tip of the cigarette itself rather than out of the mouth of the person smoking it. Since sidestream smoke is estimated to make up ...
A proposed amendment to the law promoting public health that is supposed to curb secondhand smoking in public places has far too many loopholes.
Japan Tobacco buys Russia's No. 4 cigarette maker Donskoy Tabak for $1.6 billion
Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to buy Russia's Donskoy Tabak for 90 billion rubles ($1.6 billion), strengthening its leading position in Russia as competition from cigarette alternatives erodes its domestic market share. Donskoy Tabak has a 7 percent share in Russia, the world's third-largest tobacco ...
Man arrested for lacing former employee's tobacco with mercury over pay dispute
The 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill his acquaintance with heat-not-burn tobacco laced with mercury. The victim was rushed to hospital with headaches, coughing and slurred speech.
