SEOUL, May 30, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans enrolling in government-run smoking cessation clinics has halved over the past decade, while quit rates have also dropped significantly — raising concerns about waning public engagement with anti-smoking efforts. According to new data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of smokers in South Korea believe that compensation aids in smoking cessation, with many expressing a preference for monetary compensation, a report showed Sunday. According to the report published by the Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 69.3 percent of smokers believed that providing compensation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for smoking booths continues to rise, a vaping room has been set up in downtown Seoul for e-cigarette smokers. Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Tuesday that it had set up an outdoor smoking booth for both electronic and non-electronic cigarette smokers at the Parc 1 Tower complex [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare has a bit of welcome news for smokers who are caught smoking in non-smoking areas and face the risk of paying a huge fine. Starting from Thursday, smokers will see their fines reduced by 50 percent if they attend anti-smoking education classes. In [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of male smokers in the country halved in the last 20 years, but there has been a steady rise in the use of e-cigarettes, a national survey showed Sunday. The 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey and the 2019 Youth Health Behavior Survey showed that one in [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten human resources (HR) representatives in South Korea support the idea of imposing restrictions on hiring smokers, a recent study has showed. CareerNet Co., a South Korean online job search portal, conducted a survey of 474 human resources managers, 42.6 percent of whom said they support [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The cigarette price hike in 2015 has been effective in discouraging smoking in low income earners and youths, but not for people with high earnings, a survey said Tuesday. A public health and nutrition study by the Ministry of Health and Welfare said the smoking rate among the low-income [...]
GOYANG, Nov.30 (Korea Bizwire) – Officials from Goyang City announced that they have installed ‘Stop Smoking Bells’ in non-smoking areas such as parks, libraries and bus stops. When one presses a ‘Stop Smoking Bell’, a recorded announcement is played, informing the smoker that the location is a non-smoking area, and asking them to stop smoking. [...]