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New Zealand Is banning tobacco for a generation. Will anyone follow?
An absolute measure will limit freedom of choice. But the approach may be worthwhile, if only to show the rest of the world whether it can succeed.
Mixed views on NZ-style smoking ban
THIRTY-year-old Tarrence Tan was a heavy smoker who used to burn through a pack a day. He has been struggling with pain in his throat and a persistent cough that has not gone away for the past two years.
BAT’s plans may be affected by postponement
PETALING JAYA: The postponement of the excise duty on electronic cigarette’s and vaporiser product’s nicotine-laced liquid and gel could put British American Tobacco Bhd’s (BAT) plans to move into the segment in limbo.
KL cops cripple two drug syndicates, nab six
KUALA LUMPUR: City police believe they have crippled two drug syndicates here with the seizure of over RM1mil worth of drugs and the arrest of six suspects.
New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
(Reuters) -New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to extinguish smoking were taking too long.
Court delivers record jail term for trading rhino horn
A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said.
Vietnam jails rhino horn trafficker for 14 years - longest for the crime: NGO
HANOI (AFP): A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said Wednesday (Dec 8).
Myanmar jungle rebels struggle for cash and guns
Young anti-coup recruits line up at a secret camp in Myanmar, hands behind their heads and stomachs braced, waiting for a drill instructor to deliver a punch to toughen them up for their fight against the military.
Myanmar jungle rebels struggle for cash and guns
Young anti-coup recruits line up at a secret camp in Myanmar, hands behind their heads and stomachs braced, waiting for a drill instructor to deliver a punch to toughen them up for their fight against the military.
'People will be harmed' as Lebanon cuts medicine subsidies
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Christine, a 28-year-old nurse in the Lebanese army, used to spend about a quarter of her salary on life-saving medication for her parents who both have severe heart conditions.
