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Waitrose To Withdraw Single-Use Vaping Products From Sale

The John Lewis Partnership, which operates the John Lewis and Waitrose banners, has announced that Waitrose will no longer sell single-use vaping products.

Age To Buy Cigarettes In England Should Rise Every Year, Review Says

The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raised by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco products, a government...

Walmart Stops Cigarette Sales In Certain US Stores

Walmart Inc is stopping cigarette sales in some US stores after years of debate within the retail giant's management team about selling tobacco products, t...

New Zealand To Ban Cigarette Sales For Future Generations

New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry.

Lawmakers Want British Vaping Rules Relaxed To Help Smokers Quit

Vaping rules should be relaxed to allow the promotion of e-cigarettes as tools to help tobacco smokers quit, British lawmakers said on Friday. This coul...

In China, Industry Push-Back Stubs Out Anti-Smoking Gains

Earlier this year, the city of Hangzhou, home to the internet giant Alibaba, was poised to join Beijing, Shanghai and a handful of other urban areas in ban...

Japan Tobacco Targets Smoker-Heavy Zones As Rivals Go High-Tech

While most tobacco companies have embraced smokeless products to survive ever-tightening controls, the Japanese maker of Winston and Camel cigarettes is pr...

Coop Danmark Calls For Tougher Tobacco Legislation

Coop Danmark is urging politicians to change the legislation regarding tobacco sales, in order to prevent youth smoking. The retailer is currently runni...

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