To be approved, new SVRs have to be at least 300 metres away from a school or marae. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 came into effect on 1 January ...

Nearly 93 per cent respondents in a survey have favoured making public spaces completely smoke-free while 97 per cent have ...

Manipur government has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, display and sale of gutka for a year starting.

Lise Blais, widow of plaintiff Jean-Yves Blais, wipes her eye as her son, Martin, looks on during a news conference, in Montreal, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Tobacco companies have offered to pay nearly ...

Third was cigarettes at 1.4 percent, followed by cigars, at 1.2 percent, smokeless tobacco at 1.2 percent. Hookahs were at 0.7 percent, according to the government’s data. The use of tobacco ...

Philip Morris says allocation of settlement amount between companies unresolved BAT says unit supportive of settlement framework, structure Japan Tobacco says some issues need to be resolved for ...

Three tobacco companies proposed on Thursday to pay $32.5 billion to settle legal claims in Canada, stemming from decades of disputes. The proposal remains subject to further negotiation and court ...

Cigarette makers Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco will pay C$32.5 billion ($23.6 billion) to settle a long-running tobacco lawsuit in Canada, as part of a court-appointed ...

Proposal calls for compensation for smokers as well as governments Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of ...

The CDC released data Thursday that shows teen use of at least one tobacco product — such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches and hookahs — fell to the lowest level since the survey ...

Three tobacco giants face the prospect of paying close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of ...

(Scott Olson/Getty Images) The thesis is called the “Ferguson effect.” Former President Barack Obama’s FBI Director James Comey bought this theory, but the Obama White House did not.