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A visitor poses for a photo in front of the red pagoda outside the Tobacco Cultural Centre in Yuxi, in China’s Yunnan province, home to a giant cigarette factory. China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of tobacco. Photo: AFP
Asia travel

Cigarette factory puts a Chinese city on the map for tourists

Yuxi has a growing tourist industry centred on its tobacco and cigarette production, showing how hard it is for China to curb smoking.

Wellness

Think young people don’t have strokes? Emilia Clarke had 2 in her 20s

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong bars urge regulation rather than ban on flavoured shisha products

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Explainer | How the coming new anti-smoking measures in Hong Kong will affect you

Government reveals more details on eight of 10 tobacco control measures in amended bill, including coming ban on alternative smoking products.

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A woman smokes an e-cigarette in Mong Kok. Hong Kong is set to ban possession and smoking of e-cigarettes in public from April of next year. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s new tobacco control measures won’t affect tourists: official

Deputy Secretary for Health Eddie Lee says authorities have already taken tourists’ needs into account when drafting new measures.

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Health & Fitness

Letters | Hong Kong is right to curb smoking despite tobacco lobby pushback

Readers discuss the Hong Kong government’s efforts to strengthen tobacco control, Maldives’ bold example, and US constitutional protections.

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Malaysia

Malaysian teen’s seizure after vaping reignites debate on device ban

Only two states have imposed a blanket ban on e-cigarettes and vapes so far, as the health ministry flip-flops on a decision.

Usage of e-cigarettes and vapes is a growing concern in Malaysia. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong may lose billions in tax revenue over smoking restrictions: lawmaker

Legislator Edward Leung argues tax earnings could be lost as smokers shift to illicit cigarettes, with no major reduction in smoking rate.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong aims to ban flavoured smoking items next year, starting with non-menthol

Authorities will also propose banning smoking within three metres of entrances of sites such as schools and hospitals, source says.

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Thailand

Thailand offers rewards for reporting e-cigarette use as vaping concerns rise

Thailand’s new initiative aims to curb vaping and protect public health, with fines and jail terms for offenders.

Thailand has launched an initiative offering cash rewards for reporting e-cigarette use. Photo: Shutterstock
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong seizes 6 million illicit cigarettes, heated tobacco products

Two men arrested in separate customs operations, with goods seized worth HK$29 million.

Customs officers Chan Sing-lung (left) and Wong Wing-yuen with the seized goods. Photo: Dickson Lee
World Health Organization (WHO)

Letters | How a global treaty has helped combat the deadly tobacco epidemic

Readers highlight the harm caused by tobacco products, and discuss learner-driven approaches to education.

Thailand

‘Zombie cigarettes’: Thai authorities warn of deadly drug-laced vapes

The e-cigarettes contain the narcotic etomidate, an anaesthetic agent that is potentially fatal.

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Wellness

Your life is largely in your hands, not your genes, study shows

It’s easy to blame ill-health on genes, but how we live from childhood onwards is shown to be a bigger reason for disease and early death.

It is easy to blame diseases on our genes, but how we live, including whether we smoke, has much more to do with our susceptibility to disease and premature death, research finds. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

6 prescriptions for lifelong love from Hong Kong doctors married 57 years

For Judith and John Mackay it was love at first sight. They reflect on how they have made love last since marrying in a hurry in 1967.

John and Judith Mackay have been married for 57 years. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong economy

80% of bar patrons in Hong Kong discouraged by proposed tobacco ban: poll

Many respondents also say they will opt for mainland establishments if ban is implemented.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong ban on e-cigarette cartridges expected to start in mid-2026

Government aims to submit bill to the legislature in April, health minister says.

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Malaysia

My Take | Malaysia has to clear the air on vaping laws

While the vaping industry provides tens of thousands of jobs for Malaysians, there are also rising health costs linked to e-cigarettes.

A man smokes an electronic cigarette. Photo: AP
Malaysia

Parents urged to act on vapes as Malaysian government holds back on ban

Minister says it is up to families to keep their children away from vapes, amid a rise in the number of students caught vaping.

Japan

Up in smoke? Ukraine’s bid to shame Japan Tobacco for Russia tax fails to ignite

Japan Tobacco’s decision to stay in Russia highlights a stark contrast in Japanese public opinion compared to other nations.

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Wellness

World Expo 2025 host city Osaka in Japan bans smoking in public

Osaka mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the ban will make city ‘safe’. Meanwhile the Osaka region is extending a ban on smoking in restaurants.

The city of Osaka, Japan, host of the World Expo 2025, is banning smoking on public streets. Local regulations already ban smoking while walking in most places in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock
Malaysia

Malaysia’s vape smuggling crackdown sparks fears over rising addiction

Authorities have arrested a group of vape smugglers who bribed customs officers based at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Promoters smoke electronic cigarettes at a vaping fair in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Exclusive | Hong Kong plans to ban vaping, possessing e-cigarette cartridges in public: source

Move is first of two-phase citywide ban on alternative smoking and flavoured tobacco products, insider says.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong needs total ban on flavoured cigarettes, anti-smoking group says

Survey finds nearly 90 per cent of young female smokers opt for flavoured cigarettes, which can lead to higher levels of addiction.

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Wellness

Smokers, want to earn more money? Then quit, new study says

New research suggests that smokers are likely to earn less money than peers who abstain, and the more they smoke, the bigger the gap.

Smoking could be a cause of “reduced success in the labour market”, possibly as it undermines productivity, particularly in physically demanding jobs, and leaves smokers vulnerable to bias and discrimination, according to researchers of a new study. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Time to stop smoking? Study shows a smartwatch app could help

Smartwatch app detects movements that indicate smoking, sends vibration alert, a text offering moral support and tally of cigarettes smoked.

The app developed and tested by UK researchers for smartwatches sends a vibration alert and text message when the watch detects motions that indicate the wearer is smoking. Photo: University of Bristol
Asia travel

Vietnam bans vapes, to impose fines for users and jail producers

Country joins others including Singapore, Thailand, India and Australia in banning travellers from bringing in e-cigarettes.

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Italy

Milan cracks down on outdoor smoking in Italy’s toughest ban

Italy’s second-largest city imposes an almost complete ban on smoking in public, with fines of up to US$250 for violations.

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