December 2010

British rock band Muse have been criticised by officials after ignoring a smoking ban by puffing cigarettes onstage at a concert in Melbourne, Australia. The rockers were performing at the Ron Laver Arena in the city earlier this month but infuriated organisers by reportedly flouting anti-smoking legislation throughout the show, despite receiving orders to not [...]

A Surgeon General from the US has highlighted exactly why cigarettes are so addictive and that changes in the design and ingredients are used to target older and new smokers. This is the first report in four years which has highlighted the harmful effects of tobacco inhalation such as damaging cells and inflaming tissues even [...]

Dame Judi Dench who is most recently known for role as ‘M’ in the James Bond films, and is starring in the forthcoming Pirates of the Caribbean film whic is due out in earrly 2011, has joined calls for a ban on smoking in cars, citing the dangers to the health of children. Dame Judi, [...]

NHS Plymouth has called on Plymouth City Council to use its powers to reclassify films contaning smoking to protect children. The British Board of Film Classifications (BBFC) said banning children from seeing films with smoking scenes was not the answer and described it as a “complex issue” which should be left to national classification systems [...]

Coronation Street star Samia Smith has launch an anti-smoking initiative in Manchester city centre. Samia, who plays Maria Connor in the soap, launched ‘Quit For Quids’ to highlight the money that people in Greater Manchester could save if they kick the habit before Christmas. With a packet of cigarettes costing more than £6, a regular [...]

Government plans to ban cigarette vending machines to help prevent under-age smoking were upheld as lawful by the High Court today. Sir Anthony May, president of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, said it was well known that Government legislative policy in recent years was to discourage people from smoking tobacco and “to [...]