Landmark smoking ban in India led to reduced public smoking, but challenges remain in enforcing tobacco control laws.

Up to 121 campaign materials posted in non-designated common poster areas in Davao City were taken down on the first day of the campaign period for national positions on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

In the 2023 village and youth council elections, Garcia said the Comelec issued show-cause orders to over 7,500 candidates for failing to remove illegal campaign posters. The proclamation of 253 ...

The poll body also started taking down campaign posters that failed to adhere to the rules stated under Comelec Resolution 10730 and the Fair Elections Act through "Oplan Baklas." These include ...

“It demonstrates high-level political commitment, encouraging other leaders to prioritize anti-trafficking efforts, and amplifies the campaign’s reach across national and regional levels ...

Louisville Republican Rep. Chris Lewis is pushing a bill to require a cigar bar exception to indoor smoking bans. It progressed through a committee vote Tuesday. A Kentucky bill to allow indoor ...

CEBU City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has urged fellow candidates to remove campaign posters from prohibited areas as the election campaign period begins. He also vowed to remove campaign materials, ...

A daily pill that helps people stop smoking is to be offered by the NHS in England once again after it was withdrawn from sale in 2021 due to quality issues. A new generic version of varenicline ...

Reelectionist Senator Imee Marcos on Friday expressed opposition to the "tokhang" style implementation of the government's anti-drug campaign. Oplan Tokhang was part of the police’s anti-drugs ...

Health chief Lo Chung-mau said the government aims to table anti-smoking legislation at the Legislative Council in April. Authorities want to further reduce the number of smokers in the SAR and ...

University of Queensland researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public ...

The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city ...