Cigarette buying age to increase
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The Scottish government is to announce plans to increase the age for purchasing tobacco from 16 to 18.
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Chinese cigarette packs will have skulls, blackened teeth or diseased lungs printed on them in the latest effort to tackle smoking, but one expert said the images may actually attract younger people to take up the habit.
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Philip Morris USA has raised prices on certain cigarette brands by 10 cents per pack, effectively matching an increase last month on its top brands such as Marlboro, tobacco industry analysts said.
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PEOPLE aged under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, according to a study published today. The report&#39;s authors said the findings, based on figures compiled on behalf of the
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Children who start dating before their  teens are at least twice as likely as other youngsters to  become smokers, researchers said on Friday.
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The amount of nicotine in most cigarettes rose an average of almost 10 percent between 1998 and 2004, with brands most popular with young people and minorities registering the biggest increases and highest nicotine content, according to a new study.
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Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA has initiated a long-awaited increase in cigarette prices, providing what some analysts consider the first sign of life in the U.S. cigarette market since 2002.
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Pictorial health warning on cigarette packets are more likely to encourage smokers to quit, a study says.
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Smokers in their 30s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers, a study has found. Finnish researchers analysing a World Health Organisation study of non-fatal heart
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BOSTON -- The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes has risen about 10 percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
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Smokers in Japan will no longer be able to buy cigarettes from vending machines from next year without an ID card that says they are adults under a new system that aims to make it harder for minors to buy tobacco.
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The Department of Health is proposing to raise the &quot;health tax&quot; levied on cigarettes from the current NT$5 to NT$10 per pack.
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Pub operator JD Wetherspoon posts a rise in annual profits but warns the smoking ban could crimp future growth.
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PEOPLE under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, according to a study published today. The reportâs authors said the findings, based on figures compiled on behalf of the World
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He's the poster boy for the state's new anti-smoking campaign. But 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking Â despite an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke. The state Department of Health confirmed Friday that they chose a smoker for the ads, saying it helps underscore the risks associated with nicotine addiction.
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CHICAGO, Dec 4 (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of thousands of U.S. youngsters under the age of 18 start using tobacco each year as a direct result of it being featured in films, videos, advertising and give-away samples, a report said on Monday.
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The government highlights the rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.