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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Elderly Vendor Refuses to Sell Until Daily Quran Recitation is Complete - Iraq

In a unique scene within the Erbil market a citizen named Osman Ahmed Marouf has continued reading the Holy Quran for 30 years in front of the city s ancient Citadel. Mam Osman, who is 80 years old earns his living by selling cigarette packs and lighters. Every day before starting his work, he follows a fixed schedule of reading one part Juz of the Holy Quran. Only after he finishes his reading does he begin his daily trade. Through this routine, he completes a full recitation Khatm of the Quran once a month. Despite his advanced age this citizen is seen in the same spot daily and has become a prominent symbol of the market. As he indicates this reading has become an inseparable part of his daily life. January 19, 2026. Photo by Rashid Othman Sabur/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Cigarette Sparks Fire on Tricycle Cargo

On January 5, 2026, in Guangxi, China, a man riding a tricycle unknowingly caused a small fire on the back of his vehicle while smoking. Another driver nearby noticed smoke trailing from the cargo and alerted the rider, who stopped by the roadside after realizing his load was burning.

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Litter Remains Persistent Problem in Amsterdam - Netherlands

Litter remains a visible and persistent problem in Amsterdam, including in and around Raadhuisstraat. Cigarette butts, plastic packaging, and food scraps accumulate daily in this busy connecting street between Dam Square and the Western Canal Belt. Netherlands, Amsterdam, January 13, 2026, Raadhuisstraat. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Suffers Severe Flooding and Thousands Evacuated

A man smokes a cigarette while walking to a submerged vehicle during flooding in Abbotsford B.C., on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Photo by Ethan Cairns /The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against Tax on E-Cigarette Liquids - Strasbourg

Protest against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill, which mainly provides for a tax on vaping liquids. Around 130 people from the vaping world, electronic cigarette, including manufacturers, sellers and consumers, gathered at Place Kléber to oppose taxes on vaping products in the 2026 budget and their assimilation into the tobacco industry. November 5, 2025, Strasbourg, Eastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Examination of Draft Finance Bill at the National Assembly - Paris AJ

President of Rassemblement National parliamentary group Marine Le Pen fill her electronic cigarette (Cigarette electronique CE) attends the examination a draft finance bill ( PLF / Projet de loi finance) as part of the debate and review of the 2026 State Budget at the French National Assembly, in Paris, on October 27, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Examination of Draft Finance Bill at the National Assembly - Paris AJ

President of Rassemblement National parliamentary group Marine Le Pen fill her electronic cigarette (Cigarette electronique CE) attends the examination a draft finance bill ( PLF / Projet de loi finance) as part of the debate and review of the 2026 State Budget at the French National Assembly, in Paris, on October 27, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Examination of Draft Finance Bill at the National Assembly - Paris AJ

President of Rassemblement National parliamentary group Marine Le Pen fill her electronic cigarette (Cigarette electronique CE) attends the examination a draft finance bill ( PLF / Projet de loi finance) as part of the debate and review of the 2026 State Budget at the French National Assembly, in Paris, on October 27, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Files - Claudia Cardinale

ARCHIVES - LA 21EME CEREMONIE DES CESAR EN 1996 CLAUDIA CARDINALE Photo by APS-MEDIAS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rain and Smoke from South of Port Alberni - Canada

Cigarette butts and beer cans are seen in a campfire pit, on the shore of the Alberni Inlet, looking towards Mount Underwood where a wildfire continues to burn, south of Port Alberni, B.C., on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Photo by Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Le Petit Vapoteur electronic cigarette logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Le Petit Vapoteur electronic cigarette logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shop and Logo - Shopping Center - Rambouillet

Le Petit Vapoteur electronic cigarette logo and store in the Bel Air shopping center in Rambouillet. Rambouillet, Yvelines, France August 11, 2025. Photo by Christopher Charpaud/ABACAPRESS.COM