The Philippine health department warned the public on Friday against electronic cigarettes, saying the tobacco substitute could turn children into smokers. E-cigarettes have been gaining favor among Filipinos as higher tobacco taxes make smoking more expensive. Food and Drug Administration director-general Kenneth Hartigan-Go disputed what he said were claims by vendors that electronic cigarettes helped smokers kick the habit. “Wittingly or unwittingly, the electronic cigarette promotes smoking among children and the youth.

The District Administration has launched operation against Sheesha Smoking centers and sealed three Sheesha centers and confiscated 16 hookahs respectively. To eradicate the Sheesha Smoking centers from roots, Assistant Commissioner Secretariat Islamabad Nauman Yousaf, Assistant commissioner Industrial Area Imran Ali Sultan, and Assistant Commissioner Shalimar launched operation in I-8, F-10 including related areas of secretariat, hotels, Restaurants and public spot and sealed three Sheesha Smoking centers and confiscated 16 hookahs. Meanwhile, the District Administration gave

The country’s powerful church groups are threatening to derail political efforts for new anti-discrimination legislation as they continue to claim that criticizing a person for their sexual orientation is a right. To many politicians and the rest of society, that would be thought of as a manifestation of ridiculousness.

Four workers were injured, two seriously, in an explosion occurred on Tuesday at a metal processing factory in the western Japanese prefecture of Osaka, local officials said. The accident happened at round 11 a.m.