People who vape suffer similar changes to their DNA as smokers who develop cancer, researchers have revealed. Watch to know more.

Vaping 'linked to cancer and damages body like smoking': News Study

In a recent study published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers delved into the intricate relationship between smoking habits and the likelihood of experiencing a stroke.

Passive smoking exposure nearly doubles stroke risk, new study says

New Zealand is set to repeal its law prohibiting tobacco sales to future generations. This decision comes despite concerns raised by experts regarding risks to public health.

New Zealand's vaping crisis among children

Doctors have revealed that smokers trying to quit have over double the chance of success when using a pill that reduces nicotine cravings. This medication, cytisine, derived from laburnum seeds, could be a pivotal tool in helping people to overcome smoking addiction.

Cytisine pill proves effective against smoking addiction, gains approval in UK

Smoking is injurious to health, especially when you already are a patient. And if you smoke inside a hospital, it can pose a threat to everyone around. Multiple media reports have said that a man in Indian state of Gujarat, who was admitted in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a hospital unintentionally started a fire due to his urge to smoke.

Patient’s urge to smoke makes ICU room go up in flames: Reports

In recent times, a concerning surge in reproductive health issues is evident among young women who smoke. A spectrum of concerns is affecting both teenagers and young professionals, typically between the ages of 20 and 40.

There's an alarming link between smoking and reproductive health among young women

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to create “the first tobacco-free generation” by 2032. For this, France will ban smoking on all beaches, public parks, forests and near schools.

How is France planning to create the “first tobacco-free generation” by 2032?

New zealand has made a u-turn on one of its praise-worthy policies, the government will scrap its smoking ban to fund tax cuts.

New zealand makes U-turn on smoking, to fund tax cuts

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New Zealand has made a U-turn on one of its praiseworthy policies - the government will scrap its smoking ban and this will be to fund tax cuts. New Zealand was levied as a nation for introducing legislation.

New Zealand's smoking ban scrapped to fund tax cuts, says govt; Big win for NZ's tobacco industry

The newly minted conservative coalition government in New Zealand will scrap the law that banned smoking for future generations, nearly a year after former liberal prime minister Jacinda Ardern had the legislation passed in parliament.

'Win for tobacco lobby': New Zealand all set to scrap 'smoking generation ban'

Sweden inches close to becoming first "smoke free" country in europe as daily cigarette use dwindles. However, if that sounds too good to be true, this is due to the growing popularity of an alternative to cigarettes, known as snus. And even though sweden's groundbreaking strategy', claims to tackle smoking, and help smokers switch to 'less harmful alternatives, W.H.O. Highlights concers.

Gravitas: Why are the Swedes stubbing out their cigarettes?

Gravitas: Why are Swedes stubbing out their cigarettes?

In a bold move, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed Banning the younger generation from buying cigarettes.

UK's PM Sunak wants to ban younger generations from smoking

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing a stringent proposal that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, a report in The Guardian has claimed.

Like New Zealand, Rishi Sunak considering banning cigarettes in UK for next generation

BTS' Jungkook landed himself in hot water. The K-pop sensation, who is in Los Angeles, USA, today, stirred a major buzz among the fans after a few photos and videos of him smoking went viral.

Viral : BTS' Jungkook smoking pictures on LA streets divide internet, fans ask, 'Is it a crime?'

France will ban disposable electronic cigarettes or vapes as a part of the country’s plan to combat smoking and fight tobacco use, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on broadcaster RTL, on Sunday (September 3).

France plans to ban disposable e-cigarettes in bid to curb smoking habit

A study suggests that adolescents who engage in under-age smoking may possess distinct brain structures compared to their non-smoking peers. The research highlights a potential connection between levels of grey matter in specific brain regions and the inclination to start smoking during teenage years, as well as the reinforcement of nicotine addiction.

Study suggests brains of teenage smokers may be different from non-smokers

Each cigarette sold in Canada will have to come with an individual health warning that "cigarettes cause impotence" and cancer, and that there is "poison in every puff" under new rules that came into effect Tuesday.

Canada puts warning label on each cigarette, saying ‘cigarettes cause impotence’, ‘poison in every puff’

As per the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.3 billion people smoke tobacco around the world. The habit is widely frowned upon and in many places around the globe smoking in public is banned.

'If looks could kill': Hong Kong asks citizens to 'stare' at people smoking in public

Canada has come out with a regulation that would soon require health warnings to be printed on individual cigarettes, making it the first country to implement such kind of initiative as it aims to reduce tobacco usage to less than 5 per cent by 2035.

Canada becomes first country to put health warnings on individual cigarettes

Sweden is said to become the first European country to declare itself smoke-free as there are less than five percent daily smokers in the Swedish population. Experts have credited the success to the decades of anti-smoking campaigns and legislation in Sweden while some think the credit goes to a smokeless tobacco product called Snus. This product is banned everywhere in the European Union but in Sweden it is available as an alternative to cigarettes.

Sweden set to become Europe's first 'smoke-free' nation

A 56-year-old man was arrested upon arrival at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Tuesday (May 16) afternoon. He was arrested because he was smoking a beedi, a locally made cigarette in which tobacco is rolled into dried plant leaves, aboard an Akasa Air aircraft from Ahmedabad to Bengaluru.

India: First-time flyer smokes 'beedi' on Akasa plane, arrested at Bengaluru airport

Some vaping devices sold across England and Wales that claim to be nicotine-free actually contain the same level of addictive substances as full-strength e-cigarettes, it has emerged.

Some so-called ‘nicotine-free’ vapes have same level of addictive substances as e-cigarettes, finds test

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