Hong Kong welcomed a near-blanket ban on smoking Monday, although not all residents in the Chinese territory were happy about losing their right to light up in public.

The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health recently revealed that 3 per cent of primary school pupils and 8 per cent of secondary school students polled in 2022 and 2023 had tried smoking products.

Smoking rates in Hong Kong were at 9.5% in 2021, ... Just 9.5% of people in Hong Kong still smoked in 2021, according to a 2022 government health and community press release.

The extension of no-smoking areas has been found to reduce by almost half the number of children admitted to hospital with more severe forms of respiratory infection, a University of Hong Kong ...

People in Hong Kong should discourage smoking by staring at anyone who lights up in areas where it is banned, the city's health secretary has suggested. Answering questions about how to create a ...

"There is broad consensus that Hong Kong should become smoke-free.” Other steps include prohibiting smoking while waiting in line, expanding no-smoking areas and doubling penalties to HK$3,000 ...