A bill to revise the Tobacco Business Act to classify synthetic nicotine as tobacco has cleared its first hurdle at the National Assembly. If the bill passes the main session, liquid e-cigarettes will become subject to taxation.
More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a Seoul Metro train on Line No. 4 at around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday after smoke began to rise from inside a subway car as it entered Ichon Station in central Seoul.
The Seoul Station plaza and adjacent streets in central Seoul will become smoke-free zones starting Sunday, with violators facing a 100,000 won ($73) fine.
Trains bypassed Gongdeok Station in Mapo District, western Seoul, on the Airport Railroad line Monday morning after a report of smoke and a burning smell at approximately 9:26 a.m.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on Thursday that it would mandate that cigarette manufacturers disclose ingredients used in their products starting next year.
When “Culinary Class Wars” (2024) finalist Edward Lee saw the subheading freshly printed on the Korean cover of his 2013 cookbook-slash-essay, “Smoke & Pickles,” he could not hold back his tears.
A Japanese freelance announcer sparked controversy for smoking an electronic cigarette in a no-smoking zone while covering baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s game in Korea with the Los Angeles Dodgers last Wednesday.
More than 125 million Americans will be exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution by the middle of the century, largely because of increased smoke from wildfires, according to estimates released Monday.
Smoke rises from a petrochemical plant in the Yeosu Industrial Complex in Yeosu, South Jeolla, Monday afternoon. Three workers were found dead in connection with an explosion.
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