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 ...

HONG KONG-The Hong Kong government is seeking to ban vaping and the use of other alternative smoking products in order to reduce smoking in the finance hub.. The proposed measure is part of a 10 ...

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 ...

The Hong Kong government’s proposed laws to curb smoking, including banning the possession of e-cigarettes in public, will have no impact on tourism, a legislator has said. David Lam ...

"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 ...