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Queen Margrethe of Denmark quit smoking at the age of 83, following the advice of her doctors before undergoing back surgery last February to avoid post-operative complications. The Queen of…

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Totalitarian state of Turkmenistan to become smoke-free by 2025

17 Jun 202317 Jun 2023

Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader launched an "unprecedented" anti-smoking crusade ordering the Central Asian country to become completely smoke-free within two years, coinciding with smoke-free targets more strictly set by some states to…

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Major streaming companies Amazon, Netflix, Disney, frustrated from smoking scenes health warning requirements in India

12 Jun 202313 Jun 2023

India's health ministry issued a decree requiring online program streaming services to include health warnings in scenes involving actors smoking. The streaming service companies Disney, Netflix and Amazon complain that…

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WHO elects North Korea to its executive board and uses eating (more) food as an argument against tobacco cultivation

8 Jun 20239 Jun 2023

The WHO has elected North Korea to its executive board on the 31st of May which it likes to perceive as the World No Tobacco Day in an attempt to…

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Provocative Philip Morris statement claiming that cigarettes belong to museums

7 Jun 202310 Jun 2023

Philip Morris International overall manager Jacek Olczac told policymakers and media representatives and politicians that cigarettes belong in museums in a speech in the UnHerd Club in London. He urged…

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Individual cigarette stick health warnings legislated in Canada as Australia will follow suit

3 Jun 20234 Aug 2023

Canada is the first country in the world to enforce pictorial health warnings on cigarette packets in 2002 that has now disgracefully become the first country to impose individual cigarette…

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Civil disobedience as Mark Dolan smokes on GB News live TV programme!

17 May 202327 Jul 2023

Mark Dolan has taken the courage to smoke on GB News while presenting his programme, Mark Dolan Tonight, on Sunday the 14th of May 2023, a moment that may also…

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FOREST satisfied that minimum age requirement to buy tobacco will not incrementally increase by one year every year

7 May 20237 May 2023

Smokers’ rights association FOREST expressed its chairman’s satisfaction from the recent announcements made from the deputy Secretary of State for Health Neil O'Brien, in the context of eliminating smoking below…

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US smoking rates went up in 2019 and 2021, but down in this and other recent years

1 May 202310 May 2023

The decline in smoking rates and a simultaneous rise in the use of electronic alternatives continues in the United States, where it was recorded for 2022 that only 11.3% of…

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The world’s first smokers’ rights political party comes from Greece

28 Apr 202330 May 2023

The Κ.Ο.Τ.Ε.Σ. party in Greece is the first smokers' rights political party that has run at least twice in the general elections, in 2009 in the first Athens Constituency when…

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Elon Musk speaking to the BBC: “I am against banning things”

13 Apr 202313 Apr 2023

The owner of electric cars Tesla and the social network Twitter Elon Musk gave an interview to Britain's public television BBC. The BBC journalist who conducted the interview with Elon…

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FOREST Association talk held about “Prohibition and the Infantilisation of Britain”

3 Apr 202322 Apr 2023

A meeting and round table event by the smokers' rights group FOREST which met on Thursday 23rd March focused on forms of prohibition and the infantilization of Britain caused as…

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Italy: External smoking bans “dictatorial” and “over the top” according to Georgia Meloni’s cabinet

22 Mar 202323 Mar 2023

Smoking in open-air bars and at bus stops could soon be banned in Italy, according to a draft law published by La Stampa. The health ministry's proposed crackdown on smoking…

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FOREST Chairman accuses Chancellor of being “heartless and cruel” to update cigarette prices with economic crisis inflation

20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023

The president of the British smoking association FOREST called England's finance minister Jeremy Hunt heartless and cruel after his action to update the pricing and taxation of tobacco products in…

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Overwhelming UK majority find it “understandable” to be customers of the tobacco black market

14 Mar 20239 Apr 2023

A poll conducted by smokers' rights group FOREST found that the overwhelming majority of Britons ( a majority of 62% !) find it "understandable" for others to seek cheep tobacco…

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UK cigarette prices to rise with current economic crisis inflation rates

23 Feb 202315 Mar 2023

The British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to rise cigarette prices according to the latest inflation rates of the economic and the cost of life crises in the 2023 budget…

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Bill proposed in California to phase out smoking via prohibition to next generations

19 Feb 202327 Mar 2023

Assembly Bill 935, introduced by California Assembly member Damon Connoly, seeks to introduce a “phased tobacco ban” to California. If passed, tobacco retailers would be prohibited from selling tobacco products…

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Republicans scrap Nancy Pelosi’s 2007 Capitol smoking ban

19 Jan 202323 May 2023

With Republicans in control of the US House of Representatives, smoking has once again become possible inside the Capitol building, another victory for Democracy in the land of the free,…

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Michael Mansfield said eating meat could be banned like smoking inside in 2017 Labour Conference

13 Jan 202313 Jan 2023

Forest Director Simon Clark said that "The health risks of smoking are well known but it's a legitimate habit that millions of adults enjoy. Banning the sale of cigarettes to…

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Portuguese smoking ban amended and smoking allowed in bars and restaurants

12 Jan 202312 Jan 2023

'In catering or drinking establishments, including those with rooms or spaces intended for dancing, places where smoking is allowed in areas intended for customers may be set up, provided that…

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The Forest Association announced that it will challenge setting 21 as the legal age to buy tobacco in 2023

31 Dec 202215 Aug 2024

The British smokers' association Forest has announced that in the new year 2023 it is going to conduct a campaign against the delimitation of 21 years as a minimum age…

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Labour-supporting Mayor of Bristol vetoes the name for ‘Navy Cut Road’ as strong language between ASH intensifies!

9 Dec 202226 Apr 2023

Naming of a street to be named after a cigarette brand owned by Imperial Tobacco and the famous Wills family in Bristol, England, has been rejected by the city's Labour…

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RJ Reynolds sues California referendum flavour ban result for tobacco and vapour

12 Nov 202212 Nov 2022

The second American tobacco company after Altria (Parent of Philip Morris) RJ Reynolds which since 2017 together with the parent Reynolds American belongs to the British multinational British American Tobacco…

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A new type of self-igniting cigarette has been invented!

30 Oct 202213 Dec 2022

The young Israeli Rom Soriano invented something useful and original that solves many problems: the self-igniting cigarette. When it's raining or snowing or nobody has matches or a lighter with…

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UK Chancellor who maintained the price of tobacco in 2021 is now the UK’s prime minister

24 Oct 202225 Oct 2022

Rishi Sunak MP who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer during Boris Johnson's government now became the UK's prime minister after Penny Mordaunt's nomination for leader of the Conservatives was…

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Smoking abolition proponent Rebecca Jane elected deputy leader of pro-smoking party UKIP!

22 Oct 20229 Dec 2023

Nigel Farage, political leader and coordinator of the campaign that led to Britain's exit from the European Union, is also an advocate of freeing smoking from all or most of…

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Tereza Coffey smoker-friendly vice-premiership scrapped after Truss resignation

21 Oct 202221 Oct 2022

Liz Truss has announced her resignation after just 44 days in the top political office of Britain's prime minister, bowing to unbearable pressure from her own Conservative party and the main…

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The Forest Association chairman supports the Truss-Coffey administration

19 Oct 202219 Oct 2022

The health secretary appointed by Liz Truss in the UK who is also the deputy prime minister smokes, has accepted money and hospitality from the multinational tobacco company Imperial Tobacco…

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Labour Party attacks Number 10 and Liz Truss’s staff supervisor because he worked for the tobacco industry

18 Oct 202218 Oct 2022

An attack with limited scope and publicity was launched by the Labour party in London, to the adviser to the Prime Minister Liz Truss, and to her as well as…

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The Forest Association at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

8 Oct 202216 Oct 2022

British smokers' association Forest organized a round table on Monday 3 October at the Conservative Party Conference held during the recent days of October in Birmingham. Several issues were discussed…

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Top FDA officials move their job to Philip Morris International

27 Sep 202227 Sep 2022

Two top US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials recently left and were appointed to top positions at tobacco multinational Philip Morris International. Their departure from the public sector and…

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Mike Tyson is exhibiting in InterTabac-InterSupply 2022

8 Sep 20228 Sep 2022

World boxing and wrestling champion Mike Tyson is exhibiting his own brand of tobacco products at this year's InterTabac-InterSupply 2022 exhibition which takes place this year from September 15 to…

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Demographic survey establishing the vaping percentage in Great Britain

31 Aug 202231 Aug 2022

A new survey conducted by the anti-smoking agency ASH - Action on Smoking and Health, reveals the percentages of e-cigarette users in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) as 8.3% of…

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The number of Germans who smoke has increased upright after the pandemic

31 Aug 2022

The number of smokers in Germany increased sharply after the pandemic from before the beginning of 2020 when it was the rate of 27% to 34.5% of Germans over the…

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The FOREST Association has closed down its European branch, Forest E.U.

18 Aug 202226 Apr 2023

The lifestyle choices FOREST association has shut down its European division Forest EU because of the suffix to its website not being operable for bodies originating from countries outside the…

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Filipino vape bill passed into law

2 Aug 20229 Aug 2022

Neither former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines nor current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ratified the law passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines in…

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Marewa Glover talks on vaping and smoking legislation in New Zealand

1 Aug 202228 Oct 2022

Indigenous New Zealand head of the Philip Morris indirectly funded COREISS Centre of Research Excellence – Indigenous Sovereignty and Smoking Marewa Glover gave an interview to Canada's Regulator Watch Network…

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Countries imposing tobacco plain packaging received funding from the W.H.O. according to Mike Ridgway

23 Jul 202214 Aug 2022

The director of the Consumer Packaging Manufacturer Alliance, Mike Ridgway, having more than 40 years of experience in his field for Europe and especially Great Britain, gave an interview on…

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Dialogue and Democracy needed to confront crucial issues according to PMI poll

19 Jun 202221 Dec 2023

A poll conducted on behalf of Philip Morris by Povaddo last February, the results of which were published on 13 June, showed that the vast majority of the public in…

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The Queen of Denmark Margrethe has quit smoking at her current age of 83

Totalitarian state of Turkmenistan to become smoke-free by 2025

Major streaming companies Amazon, Netflix, Disney, frustrated from smoking scenes health warning requirements in India

WHO elects North Korea to its executive board and uses eating (more) food as an argument against tobacco cultivation

Provocative Philip Morris statement claiming that cigarettes belong to museums

Individual cigarette stick health warnings legislated in Canada as Australia will follow suit

Civil disobedience as Mark Dolan smokes on GB News live TV programme!

FOREST satisfied that minimum age requirement to buy tobacco will not incrementally increase by one year every year

US smoking rates went up in 2019 and 2021, but down in this and other recent years

The world’s first smokers’ rights political party comes from Greece

Elon Musk speaking to the BBC: “I am against banning things”

FOREST Association talk held about “Prohibition and the Infantilisation of Britain”

Italy: External smoking bans “dictatorial” and “over the top” according to Georgia Meloni’s cabinet

FOREST Chairman accuses Chancellor of being “heartless and cruel” to update cigarette prices with economic crisis inflation

Overwhelming UK majority find it “understandable” to be customers of the tobacco black market

UK cigarette prices to rise with current economic crisis inflation rates

Bill proposed in California to phase out smoking via prohibition to next generations

Republicans scrap Nancy Pelosi’s 2007 Capitol smoking ban

Michael Mansfield said eating meat could be banned like smoking inside in 2017 Labour Conference

Portuguese smoking ban amended and smoking allowed in bars and restaurants

The Forest Association announced that it will challenge setting 21 as the legal age to buy tobacco in 2023

Labour-supporting Mayor of Bristol vetoes the name for ‘Navy Cut Road’ as strong language between ASH intensifies!

RJ Reynolds sues California referendum flavour ban result for tobacco and vapour

A new type of self-igniting cigarette has been invented!

UK Chancellor who maintained the price of tobacco in 2021 is now the UK’s prime minister

Smoking abolition proponent Rebecca Jane elected deputy leader of pro-smoking party UKIP!

Tereza Coffey smoker-friendly vice-premiership scrapped after Truss resignation

The Forest Association chairman supports the Truss-Coffey administration

Labour Party attacks Number 10 and Liz Truss’s staff supervisor because he worked for the tobacco industry

The Forest Association at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Top FDA officials move their job to Philip Morris International

Mike Tyson is exhibiting in InterTabac-InterSupply 2022

Demographic survey establishing the vaping percentage in Great Britain

The number of Germans who smoke has increased upright after the pandemic

The FOREST Association has closed down its European branch, Forest E.U.

Filipino vape bill passed into law

Marewa Glover talks on vaping and smoking legislation in New Zealand

Countries imposing tobacco plain packaging received funding from the W.H.O. according to Mike Ridgway

Dialogue and Democracy needed to confront crucial issues according to PMI poll