More than one in five Greeks smoke or use tobacco products every day, giving Greece one of the highest daily smoking rates in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat. The data, covering people aged 16 and...
Greece is moving to tackle one of its most pervasive forms of pollution—cigarette butts—by proposing a new "polluter pays" framework that requires tobacco companies to fund cleanup efforts on beaches and in public spaces.
The plan, overseen by the Hellenic...
Smokers in Greece are facing the prospect of drastically higher prices, with the cost of a pack of cigarettes projected to jump from the current average of around €4.60 (around $5.30) to approximately €7.00 ($8)—an increase of over 50...
Effective July 1st, Greece has enacted significant new regulations aimed at curbing youth access to tobacco and alcohol.
Under this stricter new legal framework, spearheaded by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, the sale of tobacco products to minors will now be...
Nearly five decades after a woman was found strangled in her car in San Jose, California, a fingerprint on a cigarette pack has led to an arrest and solved the murder.
Willie Eugene Sims, 69, was taken into custody in...
The kiosk, or ''periptero,'' as Greeks call it, is an integral part of everyday life in Greece, selling everything from newspapers and cigarettes to snacks, soft drinks and ice creams. However, the economic crisis, the pandemic, and new consumer...
The UK government is launching a new initiative called “swap to stop” to encourage up to one million smokers to switch to vaping instead of continuing to smoke cigarettes. This program will offer vape starter kits to nearly one...
Marikes Beach, which is located outside of Athens in Attica, will be the region's first smoke-free beach.
In a country known for its large number of smokers, it is not surprising that cigarette butts make up an estimated 40 to...
