15-02-07 Ten years after setting a trend with its workplace smoking ban, Ireland is pushing ahead to be the first EU state with plain packaging for cigarettes, despite fierce opposition from tobacco companies. 10年前，爱尔兰开创了工作场所全面禁烟的潮流，而现...

14-04-25 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants minimum age restrictions and health warnings on e-cigarettes. 美国食品及药物管理局希望对电子香烟的最小使用年龄做出限制，并对健康的影响做出警告。 The agency is pushing for alterations to US law due to u...

14-04-16 Tobacco, a high-density crop which is mown（割） several times throughout its cycle, can produce as much as 160 tonnes of fresh matter per hectare and become a source of biomass suitable for producing bioethanol. As Jon Veramendi, head of the plant...

14-04-02 Tobacco giant Philip Morris says it will cease production of cigarettes at its factory in Moorabbin, Australia. 烟草巨头菲利普莫里斯称，旗下位于澳大利亚穆拉宾的工厂将停产。 The closure of the factory, which has been in operation for nearly 60 years,...

14-03-31 Under-18s in England are to be banned from buying electronic cigarettes, the government has announced. 英国政府宣布，禁止18岁以下的未成年人买电子烟。 Experts say it is not yet known what harm the tobacco-free devices could inflict（造成） and that t...

14-01-09 A Yale study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of anti-smoking measures that began 50 years ago this month with the groundbreaking report from the Surgeon General outlining the deadly consequences of tob...

13-06-16 States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking may consider implementing stringent（严厉的） tobacco restrictions on teens, suggests a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers discovered t...

13-06-02 5月31日是世界无烟日，世界卫生组织呼吁各国全面禁止各类烟草广告、赞助及推广活动，以帮助减少吸烟人数，尤其是预防年轻人成为新的烟民。 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for a comprehensive ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion an...

13-06-02 爱尔兰政府将推出控烟新举措，所有香烟产品将使用统一标志和朴素包装，凡是在爱尔兰销售的香烟产品，其包装上均不得出现商标和品牌标志。爱尔兰也将由此成为欧盟首个禁止香烟包装上出现品牌标志的国家。 Ireland is to become the first country in the European Union...

13-05-22 People who are consistently exposed to both wood smoke and tobacco smoke are at a greater risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD慢性阻塞性肺炎 ) and for experiencing more frequent and severe symptoms of the disease, as well...