Discarded cigarette butts can hamper plant growth, new research suggests. The study, led by Anglia Ruskin University, found the presence of butts in soil reduced the germination success and shoot ...

The tobacco plant’s origins can now be traced back to Bolivia, in South America. The people native to this land cultivated the plant and used it as part of their cultural traditions. Between ...

Tobacco giant Philip Morris announced the closure of its only Australian manufacturing plant yesterday, with the loss of 180 jobs. The firm, which makes the Marlboro brand, said its cigarette factory ...

They then discovered he had been pushing 200 packs of ‘Rodeo King Size’ cigarettes in four black boxes under a flexible wire ...