Milan is the first major Italian city to place strong restrictions on where people can smoke outside. Cue the discontent.

OSAKA—To foster a clean image ahead of the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo, Osaka has implemented a citywide ban on outdoor smoking, effective Jan. 27. The move, which prohibits smoking in streets ...

Hong Kong will impose a ban on vaping in public in mid-2026. This ban includes the possession and use of e-cigarette ...

Hong Kong will ban the possession and use of e-cigarette cartridges in public by mid-2026, the city's top health official ...

About 900 jobs will be lost in bars and taverns after a statewide smoking ban goes into effect October 1, according to a “fiscal note” or assumption for the new law. The Freedom to Breathe Act ...

It’s officially over. Smoking in bars and restaurants in Minneapolis, Bloomington, Minn., and Hennepin County is banned beginning today. Despite the failed efforts of a group of local bar and club ...

Travel to a smoke-free place. In the United States, Calabasas, Calif., has one of the strictest anti-smoking laws in the country. You can’t even light up in some outdoor public spaces. Canada, Mexico, ...

The American Lung Association has called on New Jersey lawmakers to enact a comprehensive ban on smoking in the state’s casinos. This appeal comes as health advocates and public health organizations ...

PETALING JAYA: The government’s indoor smoking ban should now be strictly enforced, say non-smokers, restaurateurs and health experts after the Federal Court threw out a case challenging the law.

Hong Kong plans to prohibit e-cigarette cartridge possession and usage in public spaces by mid-2026. Despite existing ...