Smokers Banned

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  Milan Says No To Outdoor Smoking In Italy's Toughest Ban

  Smokers in Italy's financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country's toughest ban came into effect on Wednesday.

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  E-Cigarettes Banned; Health Risk To Youth, Children, Says Government

  E-cigarettes will be banned in India with immediate effect, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Wednesday. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic cigarettes and other vaping products have become a major problem and increase the risk of children taking up smoking, she said.

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  Non-Smokers too at Risk From Second-Hand Smoke

  A ban on smoking in public places came into effect across India eight years ago -- but India still remains home to 12 per cent of the worlds smokers and they with their second-hand smoke pose a threat to those who don't smoke.

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  Plea in Delhi High Court Against Cigarette Sale, Smoking on its Premises

  Delhi High Court has admitted a PIL which sought a ban on smoking in court complex and removal of all shops selling tobacco and cigarette there citing ill-effects on health and contending that people cannot be "subjected to become passive smokers".

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  'Sugar Causes Diabetes, is it Banned?' Another BJP Lawmaker Sides With Tobacco

  There is no Indian evidence to link cancer to cigarettes, said the chief of a parliamentary committee earlier this week, commissioning a national controversy. Now, another member of the same panel has backed that opinion, asking, "Why can't doctors explain why chain smokers don't get cancer?"

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  US County Considers Ban on Hiring Smokers

  Pima County in the US state of Arizona is set to vote on proposal against hiring smokers, and imposing 30 percent surcharge on existing employees who smoke.

• Despite Opposition, Russia Bans Smoking in Restaurants and Bars

  Russia risks igniting the ire of its 44 million smokers when it extends bans on cigarettes to restaurants and bars on Sunday as part of a battle to break the habit in one of heaviest-smoking countries in the world.

• New York City council votes to make tobacco-buying age 21

  Smokers younger than 21 in the nation's biggest city will soon be barred from buying cigarettes after the New York City Council voted overwhelming Wednesday to raise the tobacco-purchasing age to higher than all but a few other places in the United States.

• Russia's ambitious smoking ban goes into effect

  Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect on Saturday amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.

• US releases graphic images to deter smokers

  Federal health officials released on Tuesday their final selection of nine graphic warning labels to cover the top half of cigarette packages beginning next year, over the opposition of tobacco manufacturers.In the first major change to warning labels in more than a quarter-century, the graphic images will include photos of horribly damaged teeth a...

• Smokers to be banned from executive jobs in Iran

  Smokers are to be banned from entering high-ranking executive jobs in the Iranian government, the news agency ILNA reported o Monday.According to new regulations approved by the cabinet, relevant applicants should neither smoke nor drink alcohol or take any kind of drugs, to maintain the mental and physical health of future executive officia...

• No smoking in public

  India banned smoking in public places on Thursday in an attempt to fight against tobacco use.