BAT Kenya has announced a 41 per cent growth in profit for the year ended December 31, 2020 to Ksh.5.5 billion from Ksh.3.9 billion in 2019. The hi...
Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has accused the regulator of flouting tobacco control laws when it licensed the sale of LYFT nicotine pouches by British Americ...
Tobacco manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya has announced a Ksh.3.9 billion full year profit for 2019 representing a 4.9 per cent dip ...
Facebook will unveil a new policy on Wednesday to restrict sales and limit content related to alcohol and tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, a ...
The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International opened its first flagship store in Johannesburg on Thursday, as it tries to grow...
People using e-cigarettes to quit smoking are about 95% more likely to report success than those trying to quit without help from any stop-smoking aid...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration next week will issue a ban on the sale of fruit and candy flavored electronic cigarettes in convenience stores a...
Think you'll be around for a long time because Grandma lived to a ripe old age? Not so fast: Genetics has only a small impact on longevity, a new stud...
Very few smokers know there is sugar added to cigarettes, a new survey suggests. In addition, very few realise that added sugar increases toxins in...
Global tobacco giant British American Tobacco (BAT) has put down plans to access the potential of alternative tobacco products in the country in an ef...
As shisha fanatics are still grappling with idea of a forced detox after the Ministry of Health banned their favourite leisure feature, some budding e...
Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Cleopa Mailu has asked the court to dismiss the case challenging shisha ban claiming that consumption of the product in K...
Children born to women who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy, especially when mothers are heavy smokers, are at an increased risk for attention-defici...
Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Cleopa Mailu has banned the importation, manufacturing, sale, use, advertisement, promotion and distribution of shisha in...
Former US president Barack Obama stopped smoking and never went back to it for the fear of his wife. In an exclusive interview with Politico Magazi...
Smoking kills 7 million people a year, and it scars the planet through deforestation, pollution and littering. Details of the environmental cos...
British American Tobacco PLC (BAT) plans to test a new tobacco-based cigarette alternative in Japan next month, it said on Tuesday, taking aim at Phil...
While less harmful than regular cigarettes, the electronic substitutes, the so-called e-cigarettes, contain toxic chemicals whose levels vary with tem...
Need a good reason to quit smoking during pregnancy, aside from the prospect of cancer, lung and heart disease, stillbirth, infertility, and low birth...