The tobacco industry predicts a global expansion of the tobacco epidemic in the next few years.The increases in consumption lie principally in the developing nations, while consumption in the industrialised countries will be static or in decline.In all the countries surveyed, the biggest growth between 1998 and 2008 is expected to be in Zimbabwe, followed [...]

Smoking has been portrayed by its sellers as a manly, masculine habit, linked to health, happiness,fitness, wealth, power and sexual success. In reality, it leads to sickness, premature death and sexual problems. Almost one billion men in the world smoke – about 35 percent of men in developed countries and 50 percent of men in [...]

On july 1st 2007, virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in england became smokefree. this means that it is against the law to smoke in the indoor parts of places such as pubs, bars, nightclubs, cafes and restaurants, lunch rooms, membership clubs and shopping centres. at work, smoking inside has become a thing of [...]