Projections of future tobacco use across the globe could be dramatically underestimating the extent of smoking in years to come, researchers have said.
MADRID, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Spain raised tobacco taxes for a second time in a month on Friday and also introduced a minimum tax aimed at putting a brake on sales of cheap brands.
GENEVA (AFP) - Campaigners charged that the global tobacco industry is trying to water down an international treaty which aims to cut deaths and illness caused by smoking.
Tobacco corporations have deliberately developed "elastic cigarettes" that yield high tar and nicotine levels when smoked by humans, yet appear to be mild when tested by machines.
Some Waffle House restaurants in Winston-Salem, N.C., have banned customers and employees from smoking, a controversial move in a region that is home to the nation's biggest tobacco companies.
