Successive governments have increased the tax on cigarettes and tobacco to drive down smoking rates — but having helped with ...

“This highlights how profoundly difficult it can be to break the smoking addiction.” Most adult cigarette smokers want to stop, and many can and do quit for good: since 2002 there have been ...

South Africa's 2025 budget brings significant changes to sin tax, with new regulations affecting both traditional cigarettes and vaping products.

According to the CDC, 1 in 4 deaths in the U.S. result from cardiovascular disease caused by cigarette smoking. Nicotine causes blood vessels to tighten, which restricts the flow of blood.

“Quitting cigarettes was a big enough swing for ... “Not sold and my phone keeps making memory videos that include smoking like some dark temptress," she wrote on X. "I’m day 3 no smoking ...