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France Is Banning Zyn and Threatening To Jail People for 5 Years

The French government has criminalized the use of nicotine pouches. Users can be punished with up to 5 years in prison and a fine of almost half a million dollars.

Reason

‘Social media should be treated like tobacco’: health experts say the internet is just as bad as smoking for under-16s as UK government edges closer to introducing ban

Social media use has been compared to smoking by medical professionals as the UK government enters the final stages of its ban consultation.

TechRadar

Doctors warn health threat of social media ‘ranks alongside smoking’

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Social media ‘as bad as smoking’ for children

LONDON: Social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children, senior British doctors said on Tuesday, as they urged lawmakers to tackle the harm that they say excessive screen time is causing to young people.

Bangkok Post

Doctors compare social media harms for kids to smoking

Britain is consulting on restricting ‌children's access to social media, including a ban for under-16s, curfews, time limits and curbs on addictive features.

AAP

Social media as bad for children as smoking, British doctors say

British doctors warn social media poses dangers to children, comparing it to smoking. The government is now considering measures like bans and time limits for those under sixteen. This move follows a consultation on protecting young people online. Experts are split on the effectiveness of outright bans. Some young people…

The Economic Times

Japan's Smoking Bans Make a Lot More Sense Than America's

Owners of small restaurants and bars can decide whether to allow smoking, and customers can choose for themselves whether to patronize them.

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Stopping smoking may help lower your risk of developing dementia, researchers found

Dementia is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with more than 450,000 deaths reported each year

The Independent UK

Vaping in Your 40s? Studies Show It May Triple the Risk of Erectile Dysfunction

Vaping often gets marketed as a “cleaner” alternative to smoking, but emerging research paints a very different picture for men in their 40s and beyond. Scientists now link regular nicotine vaping to reduced blood flow, hormonal disruption, and a sharply higher risk of erectile dysfunction. That combination matters because sexual…

Clever Dude

“He began drinking and smoking pot and wanting to change parts. I told him he should have come to rehearsals. The next day I got the phone call – I was out”: Bob Daisley recalls his rollercoaster years with Ozzy Osbourne

The Blizzard of Ozz bassist and co-writer on the time he was dismissed only to be re-hired days later –and his thoughts on Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde

Guitar World

Scurvy-plagued whalers' remains discovered at 'Corpse Point' in Svalbard

Skeletons of early modern whalers reveal widespread scurvy, pipe smoking and heavy physical labor.

LiveScience

As a former smoker, I'm asking gamedevs to please make an 'arachnophobia mode' but for cigarettes because I am barely hanging on here

Add a toggle that replaces them with lollipops, or kazoos, or pretzel sticks, or something?

PC Gamer

Hayden Panettiere Details New Claims Of An ‘Oscar-Winner’ Exposing Himself To Her At 19

The incident occurred at a Hollywood party where a “group of men” were “talking, drinking, and smoking weed”.

Pedestrian.tv

Aussie smoking market warning for NZ over illegal supply

Comment from the University of Auckland: NZ’s more permissive and controlled regulatory approach to vaping can achieve healthier declines in cigarette smoking

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The Conversation

Flavored vapes led to a major shake-up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

The resignation of Marty Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on May 12, 2026, brought to the forefront a heated controversy over fruit-flavored nicotine vapes.

AAP

'Nightmare scenario': illegal tobacco impact laid bare

Legitimate tobacco retailers say tax hikes have led to illicit sales decimating their income, with the legal market destined to be wiped out.

Clever Dude

The Alcohol Pattern Destroying Men’s Health Faster Than Smoking — Experts Reveal the Real Threat

The conversation around men’s health often circles back to smoking, diet, and exercise, but a quieter habit has been raising red flags in medical circles. Many experts now point to certain alcohol patterns as a faster-moving threat than cigarettes when it comes to long-term damage. The concern does not focus…

The Guardian - UK

How to use spent tea leaves to smoke Chinese-style duck – recipe

A masterclass in smoking duck breasts the Sichuan way, but with used teabags

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The Independent UK

Pub garden smoking under threat following results of major survey

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Majority of Britons would back a smoking ban in pub gardens

Poll also found nine in 10 respondents would ban smoking in children’s play areas

The Independent UK

Almost two thirds of Britons would back smoke-free pub gardens – poll

More than nine in 10 said smoke-free laws should be extended to children’s play areas.

Reason

San Francisco's Outdoor Smoking Ban Won't Improve Public Health, but It Will Hurt the City's Bars and Taverns

Bar owners warn that the proposed smoking ban could force closures, threaten jobs, and damage San Francisco’s nightlife.

MarketBeat

Achieve Life Sciences Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Achieve Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ACHV) used its first-quarter 2026 earnings call to outline a transition period marked by new leadership, a major financing, manufacturing changes tied to its cytisinicline regulatory timeline and preparations for a potential commercial launch in 2027. Dr. Andrew Goldbe

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‘We must keep her name alive’: Cesária Évora, the captivating Cape Verdean who went from restaurant singer to global star

After a lifetime of poverty, Évora found huge success aged 51 with 1992 album Miss Perfumado. As Cape Verdean singers celebrate her morna ballads on stage, those who knew her recall her power, pride and constant smoking

International Business Times UK

IDF Soldier Photographed Desecrating a Virgin Mary Statue Weeks After Another Soldier Smashed a Jesus Statue Nearby

Israel's military says it is investigating a soldier filmed smoking and placing a cigarette in a statue of the Virgin Mary in occupied southern Lebanon.

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