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Macedonian MPs are proposing amendments to the current strict anti-smoking law to allow smoking inside cafés and restaurants if they meet certain conditions and have enough space for a special smoking section, no larger than 30 per cent of the entire establishment.

Smoking is rapidly dying out in the UK and US among young people – the first generation to come of age surrounded by laws that discourage smoking.

A new method capable of mapping out the damage caused to DNA by cigarette smoking for the first time has been developed by Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar, the 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and his team from the University of North Carolina's School of Medicine. 

Greece is the EU's heaviest-smoking country, a survey published by the European Commission for World No Tobacco Day has found.

Thirty-seven percent of Greeks are smokers, according to the report, which also showed that Greece had the smallest proportion of people, 44 percent, who said they've never smoked a cigarette.

It really seems that vaping is not just a short term fad. Smoking e-cigarettes has picked up dramatically in the last ten years. According to Data by Wells Fargo and Agora Financial this year’s sales could reach $10 billion worldwide, a far cry from the mere $20 million in 2008.

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Tobacco kills 7.2 million people and costs the world economy .4 trillion every year as well as leading to deforestation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday, quoted by Anadolu Agency. 

In a statement released ahead of World No Tobacco Day, the UN's health agency stressed the environmental impact of smoking.

The Hellenic Society of Cardiology will be marking World No Tobacco Day Wednesday by launching a competition coordinated by the Education Ministry whereby students from across Greece will submit drawings to do with smoking and its consequences.

Greece is failing to enforce smoking bans despite apparent public support for the legislation, the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS) said Thursday, appealing to the government to crack down on violations.

A court has ordered the arrest of a man for verbally and physically assaulting three women on the street in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, putting out a cigarette on one of them, Doğan News Agency reported on May 16.

A court has ordered the release of a man detained for verbally and physically assaulting three women on the street in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, putting out a cigarette on one of them, Doğan News Agency reported on May 16.