Inspectors will be able to issue fines on the spot without warnings. Officials take bold action to address serious public ...

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-point plan ...

HONG KONG, Jan 9 (Reuters Life!) - John Greene is one of Hong Kong's 800,000 or so smokers who've been grappling with a citywide smoking ban that came into effect this year. The long-time smoker jokes ...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed on Wednesday banning electronic cigarettes throughout the territory, the Financial Times reports. Bloomberg, meanwhile, reports that the ban is a fait ...

The Hong Kong government, spurred by the worst apartment fire disaster in Nov. last year, has taken the drastic step of imposing a total smoking ban at construction sites and tightening oversight of ...

Legislator Edward Leung argues tax earnings could be lost as smokers shift to illicit cigarettes, with no major reduction in smoking rate Proposed steps to reduce smoking in Hong Kong could slash tax ...

Raising tobacco tax progressively could cut the city's smoking rate significantly within a decade, separate study estimates Nearly 90 per cent of Hong Kong residents support stronger smoking control ...

Nearly 90 per cent of Hong Kong residents support stronger smoking control measures, a poll has found, while a separate study estimates that raising tobacco tax progressively could cut the city’s ...