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.

Renaissance man Emir Kusturica - film director and guitarist - brings the No Smoking Orchestra to the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Theirs is a sound littered with all sorts of wacky influences, from ...

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.

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 ...

It’s been years since Hong Kong’s mass arrests of activists devastated its pro-democracy activism. But a crackdown on dissent ...

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 best of Hong Kong for free. Sign up for our email to enjoy Hong Kong without spending a thing ... These policies on no-smoking zones and violation fines will take effect as early as January 1, ...

This approach buckled when Hong Kong was hit by a severe Omicron wave in early 2022, sending case numbers soaring. Numbers have remained high ever since. But despite the ineffectiveness of zero ...

"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 ...