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Author: Κώστας Κητής

I was born in Birmingham in 1972 and graduated from Brunel University London with a BA in Computing in 2020. From December 2016 to November 2022 I have been an online article writer and single-topic journalist for the Greek Union of Small Retailers. From March 2023 I am a freelance Greek interpreter now contracted to 5 interpreting agencies. I maintain 4 WordPress sites and have been an online article writer on a Greek local and national news website from the 17th of April 2016 to November 2025. Γεννήθηκα στο Μπέρμιγχαμ της Αγγλίας και σπούδασα Πληροφορική και Μαθηματικά στο Πανεπιστήμιο Brunel του Λονδίνου. Παρακολούθησα μαθήματα πληροφορικής και Τ.Π.Ε. στα κολέγια του Λονδίνου Brookfield College, East Berkshire College, Acton and Hammersmith College και West London Community College. Εργάστηκα επί εξαετίας ως δημοσιογράφος για το Συνδικάτο Περιπτερούχων-Καπνοπωλών Ελλάδος και Περιπτερούχων-Καπνοπωλών και Μικρών Λιανεμπόρων Νομού Αττικής, δημοσιεύοντας στο κλαδικό περιοδικό «Retail and Tobacco News», και επί παρόντος εργάζομαι ως διερμηνέας Αγγλικής και Ελληνικής γλώσσας με βάση στο Λονδίνο. Κατά το χρονικό διάστημα Δεκεμβρίου 2016 - Νοεμβρίου 2022 υπήρξα ανταποκριτής της αντικαπνιστικής εκστρατείας από το Λονδίνο για το Συνδικάτο Περιπτερούχων Καπνοπωλών μεταδίδοντας όλες τις πολιτικές ειδήσεις που επηρεάζουν το εμπόριο καπνού και προέρχονται από το αντικαπνιστικό καθεστώς του Λονδίνου. Μου αρέσουν τα καυτερά γεύματα, η φωτογραφία, οι ηλεκτρονικοί υπολογιστές, οι αγορές και τα ψώνια και οι βραδινές έξοδοι. Ως πρώιμος γνώστης προγραμματισμού ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών από παιδική ηλικία αποφοίτησα από κολέγιο που διδάσκει μαθήματα Αγγλικού λυκείου και ασχολούμαι ιδιαίτερα με τα αιτήματα των ατόμων που καπνίζουν και τους ηλεκτρονικούς υπολογιστές και τις ηλεκτρονικές συσκευές.
Reduced Risk Products…

Light seen through the tunnel: 80% of tobacco tax to be cut by the Australian opposition, if implemented reducing cigarette prices by AUS $25 and legalising vapes

6 Sep 20267 Sep 2026
Australia along with New Zealand are the two countries in the world where cigarettes are most expensive than anywhere else in the world, with one packet of cigarettes costing the…
Healthcare News…

Ireland defies EU law and “Tobacco 21” settlement by insisiting on a generational tobacco purchase ban

24 Jul 20263 Aug 2026
From 2027, you will have to be at least 21 years old to purchase tobacco in the Republic of Ireland. This is the new legislation that the seperatist independent state…
Industry News

World-renowned painter and activist David Hockney dies aged 88

13 Jun 2026
The famous British painter and campaigner for smokers' rights, David Hockney, died on the morning of Friday, June 12, at the age of 88. Born in 1937 in Bradford, Yorkshire,…
Reduced Risk Products…

Tobacco and Vapes Act notably does not restrict vaping from future generations of adults not allowed to purchase tobacco

24 May 202627 May 2026
The recently legislated generational tobacco purchase ban with the Tobacco and Vapes Act that gained Royal Assent on the 29th of April does not ban future generations of adults from…
Industry News…

Smokers’ rights advocates will “fight on” after Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 is granted Royal Assent

30 Apr 202615 May 2026
The Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 has been granted Royal Assent after clearing all stages at both Houses of Parliament and has now become law. A law under which only…
Industry News

Price of tobacco rising by inflation rather than inflating the tax behind it, indicates Cyprus EU rotating presidency of the Council of Europe

23 Apr 202624 Apr 2026
Cyprus and its rotating presidency of the EU in the Council of Europe, lasting until June this year, is striking a balanced compromise to the proposed with pressure on behalf…
Industry News…

Tobacco and Vapes Act, until recently being a Bill, cleared through parliament and awaiting Royal Assent

23 Apr 202624 May 2026
The incremental tobacco purchase ban and consequent gradual phasing out of all tobacco sales in the UK contained in the Tobacco and Vapes Act previously a Bill, has cleared its…
Industry News…

War on smoking has gone far enough, politicians and anti-smoking campaigners should leave people alone, as FOREST chairman says 20th Scottish smoking ban anniversary is “nothing to celebrate”

17 Apr 202624 Apr 2026
The smoking ban as the first and foremost form of an anti-smoking public policy and legislation was introduced in the UK as the Scottish smoking ban of 2006 that only…
Industry News…

Nigel Farage pledges to abolish the incremental tobacco purchase ban if he wins the next general election in 2029

29 Mar 20261 Jun 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage who is a smoker himself has vowed to abolish the generational tobacco purchase ban if he and his party win the next general election in…
Industry News…

The UK generational tobacco sales ban contradicts the Windsor Framework concerning Ireland according to 7 E.U. member states

4 Mar 2026
Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Romania have filed complaints in the form of formal comments or detailed opinion submissions to the UK stating that the provisions…
Industry News…

“Tobacco 21” amendment to the Tobacco and Vapes bill voted down in the House of Lords

26 Feb 202626 Feb 2026
In a move that turns the attention of the state against the immediate interest of its own citizens, the House of Lords has rejected and voted down an amendment to…
Industry News…

Cyprus rotating presidency of the Council of Europe rejects higher tobacco taxes

19 Feb 202627 Feb 2026
Cyprus, which holds the six-month presidency of the Council of Europe from January to June this year 2026, has been consulted on the Commission’s proposed tax increase on tobacco and…
Industry News…

People quit smoking voluntarily despite anti-smoking restrictions, argues chairman of FOREST against the tobacco and vapes bill

29 Jan 2026
Smoking rates have been falling for decades, largely because people have been educated about the health risks. More recently, products such as vapes and nicotine pouches have provided reduced risk…
Industry News

Overpricing cigarettes “may persuade smokers to vote for Reform UK”, says FOREST chairman

29 Jan 2026
The most recent increase in cigarette overpricing which took effect in the new year 2026 has negatively influenced the inflation rate and brought it up to 3.4% in combination with…
Industry News

British Museum terminates sponsorship relations with Japan Tobacco International (JTI)

28 Jan 2026
The British Museum has ended its long-standing funding relationship with Japan Tobacco International (JTI), the world's third-largest tobacco company, after the country's health ministry intervened with the ministry of culture,…
Healthcare News…

More people in the UK vape than smoke for the first time

13 Nov 202513 Nov 2025
Britain is often known, perhaps even notoriously, for its anti-normal ways of doing things, such as driving on the left side of the road and using an outstanding system of…
Industry News

Algerian man clings onto train in Austria after smoking on platform break

12 Aug 202512 Aug 2025
A 24-year-old Algerian man in Austria was caught between two carriages of the high-speed train he was on after it had stopped in Sankt Poelten and the young Algerian was…
Healthcare News…

Smokers’ rights group FOREST criticises beach and park smoking ban enacted in France

3 Jul 20251 Aug 2025
There is no justification for banning smoking in outdoor public places because there is no evidence that smoking in the open air represents a risk to anyone else’s health, including…
Industry News…

Australia follows Canada mandating individual cigarette stick health warnings

18 Jun 202518 Jun 2025
Since last summer for certain types of cigarettes and from this summer for the rest, Canada is requiring that health warnings are printed on each individual cigarette stick drawn out…
Legalisation Campaigns

London mayor Sadiq Khan defends his support for light drug decriminalisation

28 May 202528 May 2025
The Pakistani-born Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has been a vocal advocate for the decriminalisation of cannabis in British politics and has previously decriminalised it conditionally in a limited number…
Industry News

Britney Spears smokes cigarette on aeroplane and is received by authorities after landing

26 May 2025
Pop star singer Britney Spears has lighted up and smoked a cigarette on her flight from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Thursday 22nd May and was received…
Healthcare News

Hospital in England displays green instead of red no smoking sign near traffic lights!

21 Apr 20254 May 2025
This is what I have come across while smoking along and wearing the union jack on my T-shirt. In the pictures we can see the "smoking allowed" green sign with…
Industry News…

Tobacco display ban enacted in Belgium, as supermarkets are banned from selling tobacco

3 Apr 202512 May 2025
The current Belgian government is attacking the tobacco trade and smokers with consecutive prohibitions applied to different practicalities emerging in stages over time inspired by the EU which is based…
Industry News

Britain may become the first country imposing a generational tobacco ban

9 Feb 202512 May 2025
As Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, which opposes any such restrictions, leads opinion polls as a favourite to take power for the 2029 general election, the current British Labour government…
Industry News

European Parliament votes against outdoor smoking bans – as Council of Health Ministers act independently of parliament

3 Dec 20243 Dec 2024
The European Parliament voted against the ban on common forms of outdoor smoking such as that found in outdoor areas of bars, cafes and restaurants. However, the Council of Health…
Industry News

Tobacco and Vapes bill passes second reading for the second time

26 Nov 202428 Nov 2024
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will ban the sale of tobacco to those born after 2009, who will become adults after its pursued enactment, has passed its second reading…
Healthcare News

Expert opinions opposing hospital grounds comprehensive smoking bans

21 Nov 202425 Apr 2025
In Scotland, and as of late 2022, comprehensive hospital grounds smoking bans include the area outside each hospital at a radius of 15 metres out of the hospital, which could…
Industry News

Imperial Brands launches new Paramount cigarette in the UK

21 Nov 202421 Nov 2024
Imperial Tobacco (presently renamed as Imperial Brands PLC) is launching its Paramount cigarette make in the United Kingdom following its success in Germany where ever since its introduction it has…
Healthcare News…

“Tobacco 21” legislation approved by Irish parliament and passed as law

14 Nov 202414 Nov 2024
Ireland has become the first EU country to set and raise the minimum age required to buy tobacco to the age of self-guardianship of 21 from the age of legal…
Industry News…

False statements made and allegations claimed by smoke-free legislation

14 Nov 202415 Dec 2024
For something to be an offence or crime, it must return a victim. A common characteristic of most or all offences or crimes is that the person committing it has…
Healthcare News…

‘Tobacco and Vapes’ bill introduced in parliament on Guy Fawkes Day 2024

5 Nov 20245 May 2025
The revised version of the previously defunct tobacco and vapes bill by the Labour government will be introduced in parliament today Tuesday the 5th of November ironically coinciding with Guy…
Healthcare News…

Tobacco and Vapes Bill to be passed from parliament before Christmas

31 Oct 20243 Nov 2024
After intense protest and intense negative reactions on behalf of the hospitality sector also consisting of venue and bar/pub and club and restaurant owners, the outdoor smoking bans intended by…
Industry News

Tobacco tax increase announced for 2024 annual budget

30 Oct 202431 Oct 2024
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves of the Labour government has made the 2024 budget announcement in the House of Commons. The Chancellor said that the present hike on the tax of…
Industry News

Elon Musk mentions “Thank you for Smoking” movie to answer an audience question on lobbying

27 Oct 20242 Nov 2024
Audience member: Hey Elon, my name is Jennifer Lucas, as you can tell I do not have a Pennsylvania accent but I do live here, I'm voting legally, I promise.…
Industry News

British tourist in Thailand has water thrown over him to extinguish his cigarette

26 Oct 202421 Apr 2025
A British tourist in Thailand had water thrown over him by kitchen stand staff to extinguish his cigarette after ignoring a no-smoking sign and the warnings that were made to…
Regulatory News

Price of tobacco in Ireland to rise by €1

9 Oct 20242 Nov 2024
In this year's budget the Irish government decided to increase the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by 1 whole euro, contrary to its plan years ago to increase…
Healthcare News…

European Commission imitating Labour government’s proposed outdoor smoking bans

21 Sep 202421 Sep 2024
The European Commission has announced plans to implement outdoor smoking bans across countries of the European Union that will also include bans on the use of electronic devices like Heat-Not-Burn…
Industry News

Labour government planning outdoor smoking bans with their version of the “Tobacco and Vapes Bill”

31 Aug 202421 Sep 2024
The rumoured drafting of an "enhanced" anti-smoking law with a ban on the purchase of tobacco for those becoming adults by the British government has been leaked to the British…
Healthcare News…

Minimum age to buy tobacco becomes 21 in Indonesia where children were allowed to smoke!

13 Aug 202420 Oct 2024
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia signed new legislation setting the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21 years from 18 years as was set in 2020, a year before which the…

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