Commissioners approve smoking and vaping bans at Lee County’s beaches and parks

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-0 on Tuesday to approve amending an existing ordinance which will ban smoking and vaping at county beaches and parks immediately. County-owned parks on Pine Island include Phillips Park, Matlacha Park …

Spain’s new war on smoking

The Ministry of Health's future anti-smoking law will treat electronic cigarettes and conventional cigarettes the same, defines several outdoor areas where neither can be consumed, reinforces protection in certain spaces with a security perimeter and …

27-year-old man caught drug driving after smoking cannabis to help him sleep

Luke Taylor, of Skelsmergh, near Kendal, pleaded guilty to drug driving when the level of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in his system was over the legal imit. At South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on June 23, prosecutor Lee Dacre said the 27-year-old …

New cannabis controls also ban most smoking in shops

Restrictions still need to be published in the Royal Gazette PUBLISHED : 25 Jun 2025 at 10:28 More details have emerged about the public health minister's new regulation on the sale and use of cannabis products, which include prohibiting smoking inside …

Some worry tax hike on vapes, other nicotine products in Illinois will keep people smoking

Vietnam reduces smoking rates in the community thanks to political commitments

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam shared lessons learned on establishing and operating a stable financial mechanism for tobacco harm prevention and control at the World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025. The conference is organised by the International Union …

Crack-smoking man chases friends around Richmond Heights apartment with knife

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A man pulled a knife while visiting with two of his neighbors at the Marcella Arms apartments June 14 and tried to stab them. Upon investigation, it was learned that he had been at their apartment smoking crack and confronted them …

I was on my knees, smoking bongs for breakfast in midst of drug & booze addiction after Angelina split, admits Brad Pitt

WHEN Brad Pitt sat down with Hollywood podcaster Dax Shepard, he no doubt hoped to polish his gilded image and keep the chat on track about his new movie, F1. But as he opened up on his issues with drugs, booze and addiction, and how his life spun out of …

Việt Nam reduces smoking rates in the community thanks to political commitments

The ‘fridge cigarette’: how gen Z reframed the smoking break

Name: Fridge cigarette. Age: As a thing, not so new, but the term has only really been knocking about for a few weeks, since a user called @reallyrachelreno posted a video. On TikTok? On TikTok, of herself in the park on a sunny day, cracking open a can of …