- “Cigarettes belong in museums,” says Philip Morris International CEO in speech in London, calling on governments globally to accelerate end of cigarettes https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230523005595/en/%E2%80%9CCigarettes-belong-in-museums%E2%80%9D-says-Philip-Morris-International-CEO-in-speech-in-London 708 comments worldnews
- New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking — a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government announced Thursday and plans to pass next year, the minimum age to buy cigarettes would keep rising year after year. https://ktar.com/story/4800705/new-zealands-plan-to-end-smoking-a-lifetime-ban-for-youth/ 63 comments worldnews
- An end to cigarettes? New Zealand aims to create smoke-free generation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/16/new-zealand-aims-to-create-smoke-free-generation-cigarettes 292 comments worldnews
- No smoking: CEO of Philip Morris, the company that makes Marlboro, says cigarette sales may end within 10-15 years https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/no-smoking-ceo-of-philip-morris-the-company-that-makes-marlboro-says-cigarette-sales-may-end-within-10-15-years-5882601.html 3800 comments worldnews
- Smoker’s trek to Spain for cigarettes ends in mountain rescue https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/frenchman-gets-lost-in-pyrenees-on-cross-border-trek-for-cigarettes 6 comments worldnews
- UK health professionals continue to advocate the use of legal vaping devices as quit-smoking aids, despite Walmart moving to end e-cigarette sales in the US amid a deepening health scare which is being linked to vaping. https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/uk-maintains-advice-on-vaping-as-walmart-ceases-us-e-cig-sales/597785.article 5 comments worldnews
- Picture captures bird feeding chick cigarette end https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48842178 3 comments worldnews
- A theme park in France is using six "intelligent" crows to pick up litter like cigarette ends and other small bits of rubbish. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45155818 22 comments europe
- Russia Fears Its Troops Will Riot if Cigarette Rations End http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/russian-cigarettes/ 27 comments worldnews
- If you find yourself tied up and doused in petrol don't worry if all your assailant has is a lighted cigarette: scientists have proved you won't end up as a human fireball. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2022042,00.html 54 comments reddit.com
- Tobacco stocks tumble as cigarette sales decline: share prices of Altria and British American Tobacco fell as reports indicated that the number of packs of cigarettes sold fell 11.2% in the four-week period ended May 18. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/altria-british-american-tobacco-stocks-slide-on-nielsen-cigarette-data.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain 23 comments worldnews
- Six crows trained to pick up cigarette ends and rubbish will be put to work next week at a French historical theme park, according to its president - Birds will be rewarded with food every time they bring a cigarette butt or other rubbish, says manager https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/rook-at-this-mess-french-park-trains-crows-to-pick-up-litter 2422 comments worldnews
- Makers of cigarettes, takeaway coffee cups and other sources of litter will pay for future garbage sweeps: Environment Minister and Germany's 1,500 local body utilities insisted future bills should be paid by suppliers whose throwaways end up quickly littering landscape or in communal trash bins. https://www.dw.com/en/you-pay-germany-tells-suppliers-of-throwaway-utensils/a-54641935 221 comments worldnews
- Study of tobacco users finds no boost in quit rates for those who vape. At the first check-in, the dual users were more likely to have quit, but that difference disappeared by the 1-year and 18-month interviews. By the end of the study, most dual users were back to smoking cigarettes exclusively. https://news.osu.edu/vaping-no-boost-to-quit-rates-in-smokers-study-suggests/ 41 comments science
- Tobacco stocks tumble as cigarette sales decline. Cigarettes volumes fell 11.2% in the four-week period ended May 18. Tobacco companies’ core cigarette businesses are shrinking faster than expected. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/altria-british-american-tobacco-stocks-slide-on-nielsen-cigarette-data.html 3 comments worldnews
- Wojciech Szczesny on the smoking incident at Arsenal: “Because of the emotion of the game, I had a cigarette after the game when the team was still in. I went in the corner of the showers, so it was at the other end of the dressing room and nobody could see me, and I lit one up.” https://www.arsenal.com/news/szczesny-truth-about-smoking-incident 169 comments soccer
- Tobacco stocks tumble as cigarette sales decline. Cigarettes volumes fell 11.2% in the four-week period ended May 18. Tobacco companies’ core cigarette businesses are shrinking faster than expected. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/28/altria-british-american-tobacco-stocks-slide-on-nielsen-cigarette-data.html 140 comments worldnews
- The FDA commissioner is proposing a new regulation which would require cigarettes to contain lower levels of nicotine. A new analysis, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the proposal could lead to 8 million fewer tobacco-caused deaths by the end of century. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsr1714617 573 comments science
- UK- A private company has made thousands of pounds by targeting smokers who drop their cigarette ends in the town centre. The company are paid their commission by the council every time they give out a fine, regardless of whether the culprits cough up or not. http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/litter-patrols-cost-council-dear/story-20269759-detail/story.html 67 comments worldnews