LOS ANGELES, United States - Would-be cigarette smokers in the US state of Hawaii might have to wait a very long time for their first legal drag, after a lawmaker introduced a bill that would bar sales to anyone under the age of 100.

A REVIEW of the ban on e-cigarettes is being launched in light of difficulties in enforcing the law.

Cigarette giant philip morris is focusing on research to come up with less-harmful products but concerns remain about their effectiveness

Thai people prefer less harmful products to cigarettes due mainly to health concerns, a new survey on the tobacco industry and smoke-free alternatives says.

Allowing smoke-free products seen as more effective in discouraging tobacco smokers than plain packaging.

Thai Customs officials plan to hold a meeting next week on the ruling issued by a World Trade Organisation [WTO] against the country’s regulations on cigarette imports, a spokesperson of Customs Department told The Nation on Saturday.

Cigarettes are to be sold only in plain packages in Thailand to discourage smoking, under new regulations approved by the National Tobacco Products Control Committee.

Two Pattaya City temporary employees were arrested for allegedly extorting money from Chinese tourists caught dropping cigarette buts on the street.

A NEW REGULATION will ban the sale of cigarettes and tobacco at all prisons across the country to reduce the number of inmates falling sick or dying from respiratory diseases, Corrections Department director-general |Pol Colonel Narat Savettanan said.

Re: “Why Thailand risks getting its fingers burned in combating rise in smoking”, Opinion & Analysis, October 16.

Jung Jihoon, better known as Rain, returns to Thailand for a “Just for You” fan meeting in Hall 105 of Bitec Bangna in Bangkok on October 27.

A Lop Buri man with Parkinson’s disease died after he was trapped in a fire that burned a stack of hay he was leaning on while sitting and smoking a cigarette on Monday evening, police said.

In the past 10 years, Thailand has attempted to curb smoking by enlarging the size of picture health warnings on cigarette packs repeatedly. Now, the gruesome photos cover up to 85 per cent of the packet. Yet the number of Thai smokers is increasing, figures show.

Experts say an extra bt2 per cigarette packet won’t resolve budget challenges of universal scheme

The Phuket City municipality is launching a no-smoking campaign for the weekly Lard Yai market on Thalang Road each Sunday night.