SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Though quitting remains the most highly recommended course of action for one’s health, smoking less per day has also been found to be an effective method for substantially lowering the risk of cancer. This conclusion was derived by Dr. Lee Ki-heon’s research team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The majority of South Koreans think graphic warning images should cover more than 80 percent of cigarette packs, a poll showed Thursday. Pictorial warnings currently cover half of cigarette packs under the relevant law. Of the 1,500 surveyed that included 634 smokers, 27.6 percent of adults and 29.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Health Organization (WTO) has recommended South Korea to adopt more stringent regulations to ban cigarette smoking in public places and restrict tobacco advertising and promotions. The WTO has been issuing the outcome of the MPOWER project assessing the implementation of monitoring, protecting, offering help, warning, enforcing bans [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A study conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Professor Kim Hee Jin of the Yonsei Graduate School of Public Health revealed that 65.5 percent of smokers between the ages of 13 and 39 use flavored cigarettes. The data was collected through an online survey [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Smokers lighting up in the comfort of their homes will no longer be able to continue in safe anonymity. On August 9, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it had revised existing regulations to cut down on indoor smoking in residential apartments. Under the new policy, apartment [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Philip Morris International Inc. said Wednesday its new e-cigarette device that contains tobacco leaves will go on sale in South Korea starting early next month. The local unit of the global tobacco company, Philip Morris Korea, said IQOS, the brand of its new tobacco product, will be available in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Graphic warning labels printed on tobacco packages will now be seen on packages of cigarettes sold at duty free shops. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) announced Wednesday that cigarette products exported from foreign countries for sale at duty free stores will also be subject to the [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – KT&G Corp., South Korea’s largest tobacco product manufacturer, said Tuesday it posted solid profitability last year due to growing demand abroad despite falling domestic consumption. The company said its sales rose to 2.96 trillion won (US$2.57 billion) in 2016, up from 2.82 trillion won in the previous year. The [...]
SEJONG, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of cigarettes in South Korea fell for three straight months in February following the government push to imprint health warning graphics on the outside of packages, government data showed Monday. Some 240 million 20-packs of cigarettes were sold last month, down 14 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been two years since the Korean government raised its tobacco tax by 80 percent. Whether it helped to promote public health and bring down the smoking rate is still open to debate, but it was undoubtedly a lucrative decision for both the government and cigarette companies, especially [...]