Tobacco Packaging Warning Messages

1 Dec 2012

A law forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets came into effect in Australia on Saturday in an effort to strip any glamour from smoking and prevent young people from taking it up...

3:12PM

Apps and butts

24 Apr 2012

If you're planning a visit to Kampong Glam, a shisha hot spot in Singapore's central region, don't be surprised if you receive an anti-smoking multimedia message on your phone.

1:18PM

Lai See

11 Nov 2011

Peering through the smoke at cancer fund's Cuban connection

12:25AM

letters

8 Feb 2011

Don't buy into false beauty claims

Every woman wants to be more beautiful. The cosmetics industry knows this. It's a multi-billion-dollar business that constantly urges people to buy...

8:40AM

letters

13 Jan 2011

Good manners need to be remembered

I went to buy some groceries at a supermarket the other day and queued up for payment. However, when it was my turn, a man stepped in and took my...

10:56AM

Smoking-ban legislation needs to be reviewed

27 Dec 2010

If ever a law and its enforcement cried out to be reviewed, it is the ban on smoking in public places. After three years it is being flagrantly breached.

12:10PM

Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

2 comments

5:24AM

More action needed to combat smoking

Public outdoor places are for us all, so it should go without saying that we respect whomever we are sharing them with. The question then is: is smoking in such places a right or an infringement...

1:59PM

Talkback

Should the smoking ban be delayed?

In my view it should not, and this seems to be the view of the majority of correspondents. But we should be looking well beyond July this year....

5:44PM

Nicotine nation

A pall of smoke has been hanging over mainland cities for the past two weeks and, for once, it's not pollution. Instead, it's the acrid residue of the millions of fireworks and cigarettes that go...

7:58PM

Talkback

What do you think of the West Kowloon proposals?

Debate on the West Kowloon Cultural District project is becoming more heated ('Mistakes void much of public survey on cultural...

1:48PM

Talkback

What do you think of pay-TV services?

When you are walking in the street, normally you can find that there are a lot of salesmen from different pay-TV companies promoting their...

1:41AM

first person

Ilwoo Chong, 44, vice-president of corporate affairs for Marlboro manufacturer Philip Morris Asia, explains why he supports restrictions on smoking in Hong Kong and what he'd think if his own...

11:53PM