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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...

Greece set the ambitious target for its anti-smoking campaign on World No-Tobacco Day, Monday of reducing smoking by 30% by 2025.

Authorities have seized 338 million illegally smuggled cigarettes at the port of Pireas, Greece according to an announcement on Friday. 

The Greek government is working toward toughening up the fines people would have to pay who violate the nation's new, wide-ranging anti-smoking laws. According to media reports on Wednesday which quote sources in the country's Ministry of Health, the public...

Serifos' Vagia beach will become Greece's first smoke-free beach, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Athanassios K. Laskarides Foundation and the Municipality of Serifos. The breakthrough initiative aims to copy successful attempts first made in France and...

A new study, presented by the Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTC) on Saturday in Trikala, Greece, showed that approximately fifteen thousand Greeks die every year from smoking-related diseases. This shocking statistic comes as no surprise to most, as 37 percent of...

Greek experts say that the pollution from cigarette butts is threatening the environment and, especially during the summer, the coastal areas where holidaymakers flock. Nearly 22 billion cigarette butts, totaling 3,500 tons, constitute the annual "footprint" of Greek smokers in...

Greek police seized 70 tonnes of smuggled tobacco and 8.8 million cigarette packets at two illegal tobacco manufacturing facilities in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens. A total of 40 people are thought to be involved in the racket. Police believe that they...