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 ...

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 ...

Smokeless tobacco, sometimes called chewing tobacco or dip tobacco, poses significant health risks including addiction. It is not a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes. While smoking tobacco is ...

pipe tobacco, spit tobacco) in the last 30 days were excluded. Eligible patients smoked one or more cigarettes daily for 7 days, were at least somewhat ready to quit in the next 2 weeks (≥4 on a ...

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 ...

A plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the works, but some hurdles remain before any money starts flowing.

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 ...

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 ...

The companies -- JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. -- sought creditor protection in Ontario in 2019 after Quebec's highest court upheld a ruling ...