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Bargain of the week: Stockholm plus Faced with intense competition from low-cost airlines, Scandinavian airline SAS (0845 607 2772; flysas.co.uk) is seeking to add value to its flights between ...

Athens - Wielding high fines, Greece's health ministry on Wednesday launched a nationwide smoking ban - the third this decade - in a bid to eliminate the habit in Europe's most nicotine-addicted nation.

A tobacco giant rejects suggestions it has dropped the price of cigarettes to encourage smoking.British American Tobacco New Zealand is under fire from the Government for making smoking more affordabl...

Salaried workers feeling cornered by the ever-expanding ban on smoking in Tokyo can rest easy at a recently opened cafe in the Shinbashi district that caters exclusively to smokers.

Dutch bar owners won a new victory in their fight against a smoking ban on their premises when an appeal court cleared two of them of breaking the law and quashed a 1,200 euro fine. "The law contains ...

The Food and Drug Administration will require two smoking-cessation drugs, Chantix and Zyban, to carry the agency's strongest safety warning over side effects including depression and suicidal thoughts.

Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking.

"The Food and Drug Administration announced (Wednesday) that it is requiring the smoking-cessation drugs Chantix and Zyban to carry the strongest type of safety warning possible to alert patients that the medications can cause serious mental health problem...

??Two drugs to help smokers kick the habit will continue to be sold in Hong Kong despite claims they may trigger depression or induce suicidal thoughts.?? . . .????A spokeswoman for the Hospital Authority said Champix is a self- financed medicine, but adde...

Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking.