The Local Government Association is calling for bigger fines for selling illegal cigarettes.

Councils warn illegal tobacco trade is hampering efforts to cut smoking rates

Philip Morris said the Hold My Light campaign is an 'important next step' in the company’s path to 'ultimately stop selling cigarettes'.

Tobacco giant accused of hypocrisy over anti-smoking campaign

Cigarettes must be sold in packs of 20s with standardised packaging bearing graphic warnings of the dangers of smoking from this weekend.

From today, new tobacco rules mean 10-packs and menthol cigarettes will also be phased out. Here's what you need to know about the changes. 

Four of the world's biggest tobacco firms have launched a legal bid to challenge the Government's new plain packaging rules.

The UK had the highest proportion of people who have bought drugs online out of countries surveyed for an international study on drug use.

Australia's High Court has upheld strict anti-tobacco marketing laws. Cigarettes will soon be sold in green packets with graphic warnings.