An independent commission, set up by the Royal Society of Arts, conducted a scientific survey of commonly used drugs and their harms, and found that tobacco and Alcohol were more damaging than LSD and Ecstasy.

Japan Tobacco, the world`s third largest manufacturer of cigarettes, is purchasing the British company Gallaher for $14.7 billion.

Recently, healthy lifestyle has become somewhat of a trend. Although the intentions of this "trend" are noble, no argument here, it still has various effects on different fields of life.

Canada is now the first country outside the US where governments can sue tobacco manufacturers to recover billions of dollars in smoking-related health costs.

The EU a few years ago announced that future auto racing teams would not be allowed to have tobacco companies sponsor their races, leaving many teams with long-established tobacco sponsorship wondering where to turn next.