smoking

Every year on 31 May World No Tobacco Day is observed. However, the opportunity it provides is not the one that could bring comfort and relief, as on that day we are encouraged to think about harmful habits and how they affect our health. The overall concern is heightened by the fact that the habit ...

Despite the increasing global emphasis on healthy lifestyles, young people still fall into various harmful habits compromising their physical and emotional well-being. One of them is electronic cigarettes, commonly referred to as vaping. In recent years, vaping and particularly its side effects have...

E-cigarettes has become a major problem among young people not only in Lithuania, but also worldwide. Although there is plenty of information about the dangers and damage to health caused by smoking available, far too many people do not realise that tragedy is only one step away. How to stop this pr...

The Lithuanian police will not give priority to violations of smoking in balconies, which will be banned from next year under respective amendments passed by the Seimas on Thursday, Police Commissioner General Renatas Pozela has said.

Residents of apartment blocks in Lithuania will no longer be able to smoke in balconies if at least one resident objects to that, after the country's lawmakers on Thursday backed amendments to the Law on Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Products with 69 votes in favor, four against a...

The Lithuanian Cabinet decided on Wednesday not to approve draft amendments that call for banning smoking on balconies of apartment buildings if at least one neighbor is opposed.

The average share of smokers of cigarettes in Lithuania is higher than that in the rest of the European Union, Eurostat said on Wednesday.