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30% of second-hand smoke feedback cases in 2025 came from repeat complainants

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Fewer S’pore households spend on gambling, smoking from 2013 to 2023, but those who did paid more

Smoking habits saw a similar decline, as the proportion of households with such spending decreased from about 17 per cent to 9 per cent in the same decade.

Britain’s lifetime smoking ban set to become law

The Bill raises the legal age for buying tobacco by one year, every year, starting with people born in and after 2009, meaning affected age groups face a lifetime ban.

US reclassifies certain marijuana products as a less-dangerous drug

The decision to reclassify marijuana represents one of the most significant federal changes to marijuana policy in decades.

Will social media addiction go the way of cigarettes?

Breaking addictive habits, whether smoking or social media — or not developing them in the first place — is harder if you have less access to education, supportive peers and healthcare, says the writer.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 22, 2026

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz - a vital conduit for oil and gas. - on April 20.

UK agrees lifetime ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008

Britain's Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to stop anyone born after Jan 1, 2009, from taking up smoking.

Man arrested after trying to smuggle contraband cigarettes hidden in bread loaf

In photos of the incident ICA shared on Facebook, packets of the contraband are seen stacked between slices of bread.

Time to ban flavoured cigarettes, which lure young people

Smokers will have to pay 20 per cent more for tobacco products from Feb 12.

Over $1.1 million in vapes, components seized in HSA’s largest haul since Sept 1; man arrested

Almost 67,000 vapes and related components were seized from a raid on a warehouse in Mandai.

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