E-cigarettes have been prohibited in Brazil since 2009, when ANVISA, the federal health sanitary agency, issued a ruling against them. But that could soon change.
Graphic anti-smoking ads will take to the airwaves, billboards and newspapers and magazines near you in the weeks ahead. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a shocking, $54 million anti-smoking ad campaign.
Smoking still has a positive image in Russia.
In Indonesia cigarettes are an important part of social life.
The dangers of tobacco and cigarettes are very well known, but people all over the world continue to smoke. Will World No Tobacco Day make a difference?
The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is tough on tobacco. There is a ban on smoking in public places and it is illegal to import or grow tobacco. As The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports, many Bhutanese are wondering if the government is going too far.
Congress included a new rule in a tobacco bill last year banning the use of misleading terms like 'light,' 'mild,' or 'low' in cigarette marketing. However, tobacco companies are finding all sorts of creative ways around the rule.
Even among people making less than $1.00 each day, many Indonesians make room in their budgets for cigarettes.
The British government is considering a controversial measure to reduce the number of smokers by half in ten years. It wants to sell cigarettes in packs featuring only the text of the cigarette brand set on a uniform gray background.
New research says just how addictive smoking is for you depends on the color of your skin, and reveals the link between nicotine and melanin.