Bern, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) - Nearly one in four 14- to 19-year-olds in Switzerland said they smoked in 2007, new health department statistics show, with the likelihood far higher if both parents smoke and the number of smokers rising sharply with age.
Nepal’s cancer society says 15,000 people die from tobacco consumption every year; it points a finger at the government, saying it is giving in to pressure from tobacco companies. Nepal has yet to sign the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, two years after promising to do so and to encourage smokers to cut back. Xinhua
Reuters video, India’s smoking ban India is the rare large country where smoking is still growing, and its 240 million smokers make it the world’s third largest market, but smokers now face fines for smoking in any public areas, part of the government’s efforts to reduce the one-in-five smoking related deaths.
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Hopes of those who would like to see smoking banned throughout Switzerland were dashed even further Tuesday morning when the high court (Tribune fédéral) annuled Geneva’s ban on smoking in public places. The decision comes just two days after voters in Basel and Zurich approved smoking bans.
Bern, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) - The political fight over allowing smoking in public is not likely to be resolved soon in Switzerland. Read more…
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Most Swiss residents under 75 years of age say they are in good health although the number of young smokers and overweight people continues to be high.
