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1. 15pc tax rise pressed as Legco warned of soaring car numbers

   Posted Mar 25th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... sector, said the smoking rate did not drop much after tobacco tax was raised by 50 per cent in 2009. He said the government's decision last year to cut the number of duty-free cigarettes ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/741968/15pc-tax-rise-pressed-legco-warned-soaring-car-numbers
2. Letters

   Posted Aug 17th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... smokers', August 14). Millions of young people each year around the world still start smoking because 'they want to be like the cowboy' - or because they want to 'look ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/722352/letters
3. In Brief

   Posted Jul 20th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Smoke Careless kidnapper revealed his identity to victim, court hears An abduction victim was able to identify one of her kidnappers because he had removed his sunglasses to wipe away sweat, pulled down his surgical mask to smoke and chatted with her during her detention, a court heard yesterday. Hung Wai-leong, 42, denied one count each of robbery and false imprisonment ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720147/brief
4. 90 officers ready to enforce wider ban on smoking

   Posted Mar 29th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... of the smoking ban on outdoor transport interchanges and a proposal to limit the number of duty-free cigarettes a person could bring into Hong Kong, Lam said. The duty-free limit proposed in the budget ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/710005/90-officers-ready-enforce-wider-ban-smoking
5. Cigarettes smuggled in vest with 40 pockets

   Posted Apr 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... Smoking Clifford Lo A 72-year-old man was caught with a tailor-made vest with enough pockets to hide 40 smuggled packets of cigarettes. Others hid their contraband in socks and waistbands. These were among the concealment methods used by couriers to carry illegal cigarettes into Hong Kong revealed by a senior customs officer yesterday. Kong Shui-wing, the head of the Customs' ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/710348/cigarettes-smuggled-vest-40-pockets
6. Display boxes for cigarettes may be illegal

   Posted Nov 02nd 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... said it would be 'unreasonable' if display boxes were regarded as advertisements. 'Either they ban smoking altogether or they should allow us to display packets. Otherwise, how ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/697131/display-boxes-cigarettes-may-be-illegal
7. Good idea up in smoke

   Posted Feb 25th 2009, 12:00am by Wong Yat-Hei

   ... smoking before the age of 21 are more likely to use alcohol and illegal drugs. They are also likely to suffer panic attacks, anxiety disorders and depression. In Hong Kong, it is against the law ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/671086/good-idea-smoke
8. Letters

   Posted Feb 11th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Smoking Even officials admit flaws in Legco set-up I am surprised that Peter Lok ('Two countries idea is wrong', February 2) says that functional constituencies were 'acting in the wider interests of Hong Kong' when doing such things as delaying anti-smoking laws or vetoing measures to clean the air. Even the representatives concerned would not make such a claim. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/669522/letters
9. Ban on TV ads for 'smoking cures' set to end

   Posted Oct 17th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Smoking Joshua But Nicotine gum and patches could appear in television commercials in future under a Broadcasting Authority proposal to relax the advertising code for electronic media. Anti-smoking advocates welcomed the suggestion, saying it could turn nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) into a more popular solution in Hong Kong. According to a consultation paper provided ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/656666/ban-tv-ads-smoking-cures-set-end
10. No ifs or butts

    Posted Nov 26th 2008, 12:00am by Ella Lee

    ... Smoking Judith Mackay's tireless crusade against smoking has won her global accolades - and plenty of enemies - but her work is far from done, she tells Ella Lee It was 1960. A young medical student at the University of Edinburgh took out her first cigarette, lit up and puffed smoke into the cool Scottish air. Her throat was a bit dry but, at that moment, the 16- year-old ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/661501/no-ifs-or-butts

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