Investigators have found a cigarette butt and a lighter in the apartment where the fire is believed to have originated. Two people lost their lives, including a 33-year-old identified as Park, who died while saving his children.
KT&G, Korea's largest tobacco company, reported a record-high quarterly revenue of $1.28 billion, driven by strong cigarette sales overseas.
Seoul Metropolitan Government is considering raising fines for the littering of cigarette butts. The city government currently fines 50,000 won regardless of how many times the individual has been caught throwing away cigarette butts on the streets.
Phillip Morris will introduce the IQOS Iluma, its new heat-not-burn tobacco product, to the Korean market starting Nov. 10.
Although mandatory mask wearing outdoors was lifted on May 2, many still wear face masks on the street.
KT&G CEO Baek Bok-in was reappointed to serve another term at the company’s annual shareholder meeting held Friday.
KT&G's revenue reported a record 5 trillion won ($4.47 billion) in revenue as it sold more than 40 billion cigarettes at home and abroad.
The government wants cigarette prices, which are currently between 4,500 won ($4.02) and 5,000 won a pack, to reach the level of OECD countries by 2030 to improve the general public’s health.
British American Tobacco (BAT) Korea released research results that showed smokers who used its tobacco heating products reduced their exposure to certain cigarette smoke toxicants, including nicotine.
North Korea approved a sweeping new antismoking law strengthening punishments for public tobacco use, state media reported, but there are doubts that the rule will apply to the country's supreme leader, himself an avid smoker.
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