Combat coordination drills of Ukraines 141st Brigade

Combat coordination drills of Ukraines 141st Brigade

Soldiers of the 141st Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces smoke cigarettes while sitting in the grass as they participate in a shooting exercise as part of a unit, Ukraine, on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform)

Illustration Douane at La-Seyne-sur-Mer

Illustration Douane at La-Seyne-sur-Mer

A seizure of contraband cigarettes is displayed on a table at the maritime customs service in La Seyne-sur-mer, France on March 24, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Jeremy Allen White Lookalike Competition - Chicago

Jeremy Allen White Lookalike Competition - Chicago

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Ben Shabad is crowned winner in a Jeremy Allen White lookalike competition at Humboldt Park in Chicago on November 16, 2024. Shabad won $50 and a pack of cigarettes. Photo by Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin looks at illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows a luggage contains illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin poses with illegal smuggled cigarettes during a visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

Visit to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris FA

This photograph shows illegal smuggled cigarettes during French Minister of the Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin’s visit to the customs centre at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on October 18, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Youth Leisure Time

Iranian Youth Leisure Time

Guests enjoy drinks and cigarettes during a private gathering in Dezful, Iran, on October 16, 2024, despite the restrictions. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

Fourth Anniversary Of The Beirut Explosion

Francois Chahwan, a Beirut resident, smokes cigarettes on the terrace of his house, in Beirut, Lebanon on May 12, 2024, which his family has lived in for 100 years and was devastated by the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. Thanks to a local and international NGO, the house has been partially rebuilt but not completed. Photo by Noemie de Bellaigue/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

French Minister for Interior and Overseas Gerald Darmanin pictured in front off a seizure of cigarettes as he visits 'Place Nette XXL' anti-drug operation in Saint Denis, near Paris, France on March 30, 2024. This large-scale operation of new anti-drug raids was simultaneously launched in several towns across the country by French authorities on March 25, 2024, to fight drug trafficking. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

French Minister for Interior and Overseas Gerald Darmanin pictured in front off a seizure of cigarettes as he visits 'Place Nette XXL' anti-drug operation in Saint Denis, near Paris, France on March 30, 2024. This large-scale operation of new anti-drug raids was simultaneously launched in several towns across the country by French authorities on March 25, 2024, to fight drug trafficking. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

French Minister for Interior and Overseas Gerald Darmanin pictured in front off a seizure of cigarettes as he visits 'Place Nette XXL' anti-drug operation in Saint Denis, near Paris, France on March 30, 2024. This large-scale operation of new anti-drug raids was simultaneously launched in several towns across the country by French authorities on March 25, 2024, to fight drug trafficking. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

French Minister for Interior and Overseas Gerald Darmanin pictured in front off a seizure of cigarettes as he visits 'Place Nette XXL' anti-drug operation in Saint Denis, near Paris, France on March 30, 2024. This large-scale operation of new anti-drug raids was simultaneously launched in several towns across the country by French authorities on March 25, 2024, to fight drug trafficking. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

Darmanin visits the "Place Nette XXL" operation - Saint Denis

French Minister for Interior and Overseas Gerald Darmanin pictured in front off a seizure of cigarettes as he visits 'Place Nette XXL' anti-drug operation in Saint Denis, near Paris, France on March 30, 2024. This large-scale operation of new anti-drug raids was simultaneously launched in several towns across the country by French authorities on March 25, 2024, to fight drug trafficking. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

Consumer Rights Advocacy in Liuzhou

Consumer Rights Advocacy in Liuzhou

LIUZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 15, 2024 - A staff member explains the knowledge of identifying real or fake cigarettes at Chang 'an Square in Rongan County, Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, March 15, 2024.

The Burden Of Leprosy In Indonesia

The Burden Of Leprosy In Indonesia

A leper was seen smoking cigarettes in the hospitalization process at Sicanang Leprosy Special Hospital in Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia on February 25, 2012. The World Health Organization has chosen "Beat Leprosy" as the theme for World Leprosy Day 2024. The goal is to eradicate the stigma associated with leprosy and promote the dignity of people affected by the disease. The commemoration aims to serve as a reminder of the need to address the social and psychological aspects of leprosy and the medical efforts to eliminate the disease. This call to action encourages the world to understand that leprosy is no longer a source of stigma, but rather an opportunity to demonstrate compassion and respect for all individuals. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Finland - Russia - Salla border station - migrants

Finland - Russia - Salla border station - migrants

Migrants enjoy cigarettes at the international border crossing at Salla, Finnish Lapland on Tuesday, 21st November, 2023. Most migrants are now arriving to the northern border stations between Finland and Russia since on Saturday Finland closed four southernmost crossing points on its eastern border because of flow of third country migrants via Russia. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Illustration Puffs - Montauban

Puffs on a tobacconist s counter. Puffs, the e-cigarettes that young people love, but doctors are worried about. France, Montauban, September 3, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

China Tobacco Industry

China Tobacco Industry

YICHANG, CHINA - AUGUST 31, 2023 - Cigarettes are seen at a retail shop in Yichang, Hubei province, China, August 31, 2023. On August 27, the China National Tobacco Corporation issued a statement: The relevant information spread on the Internet such as "cigarette price increase from September 1" is false information.

Egypt's inflation rate hits record for 2nd consecutive month

STORY: Egypt's inflation rate hits record for 2nd consecutive month DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics of Egypt 2. various of a market and restaurants 3. various of a cigarette kiosk 4. various of the Central Bank of Egypt STORYLINE: Egypt's annual inflation rate rose to an all-time high of 38.2 percent in July, up from 14.6 percent in the same month a year earlier and set a national record for the second month in a row, the country's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Thursday. The record year-on-year increase was mostly driven by price hikes of grains, hotels, alcohol and cigarettes, and healthcare. Food and drink prices registered a 68.2-percent increase compared to that of July 2022, the CAPMAS said in a statement. The previous record of annual inflation rate rise was registered last month at 36.8 percent. Egypt's price hikes persisted eve

Novodarivka

Novodarivka

NOVODARIVKA, UKRAINE - JULY 21, 2023 - Cigarettes are among items found in a house in Novodarivka village, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine. Situated on the border between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Regions, the settlement that had been occupied since March 2022 was liberated by the Ukrainian military on June 4, 2023.

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

(230531) -- VLADIVOSTOK, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Three little girls exchange their candies for cigarettes from people on a street of Vladivostok, Russia, May 31, 2023. The World No Tobacco Day is observed every year on May 31. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

Indonesia's inflation rate falls to 0.16 pct month-on-month in February

STORY: Indonesia's inflation rate falls to 0.16 pct month-on-month in February DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:07 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of BPS Deputy for Distribution and Service Statistics Pudji Ismartini 1. various of statistics by Statistics Indonesia 2. various of street views of Jakarta 3. various of vendors STORYLINE: Indonesia's inflation rate fell to 0.16 percent month-on-month (mom) in February, compared to 0.34 percent the country recorded in the previous month, mainly contributed by the cost of transportation, the prices of food and beverages, and the higher tax on cigarettes, the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Wednesday. On a yearly basis, the inflation rose to 5.47 percent year-on-year last month, compared to 5.28 percent year-on-year in January. "The inflation in the transportation sector was affected by the increase in air transport fares, while the biggest contributors to month-on-month inflation were rice, cigarettes, shallots, and r

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-CIGARETTE-BAN

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-CIGARETTE-BAN

(230124) -- PESHAWAR, Jan. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man smokes a cigarette in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Jan. 24, 2023. The findings of a study showed Monday that 93 percent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-CIGARETTE-BAN

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-CIGARETTE-BAN

(230124) -- PESHAWAR, Jan. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man holds a cigarette in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Jan. 24, 2023. The findings of a study showed Monday that 93 percent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. (Photo by Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua)

Lebanese indifferent to New Year amid steep financial crisis

STORY: Lebanese indifferent to New Year amid steep financial crisis DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views of Beirut 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALED SULTAN, Beirut resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL AHMAD, Beirut resident STORYLINE: After a three-year financial crisis that plunged the Lebanese into despair and hopelessness, many people are incapable of feeling the joy of the New Year holiday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALED SULTAN, Beirut resident "The atmosphere is great and nice but the situation in the country does not allow one to enjoy. The dollar, as you can see, goes up and down, and nobody knows what to do. You go into a shop and buy a box of cigarettes for 20,000 Lebanese pounds, and the next day you buy it for 25,000 Lebanese pounds. It goes the same for fuel, transport cost and all. You cannot really feel your happiness 100 percent." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL AHMAD, Beirut resident "There is nothing at all. Peopl

China holds trade fair with N. Korea amid soured ties

China holds trade fair with N. Korea amid soured ties

DANDONG, China - North Korean company staff display cigarettes on Oct. 17, 2014, at its booth at a major trade fair in China's northeastern border city of Dandong. The fair was held amid cooling relations between the two countries.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken by a rescue team in March 1974 shows a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda (L) receiving a pack of cigarettes from his former commanding officer on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Cigarette packages in Australia

Cigarette packages in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - Photo shows cigarette packages based on new Australian regulations introduced on Dec. 1, 2012, that requires tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in the country in plain packets.

JT's smokeless tobacco product

JT's smokeless tobacco product

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows packs of Zerostyle Mint smokeless cigarettes that Japan Tobacco Inc. will release in May 2010. The company, which announced the release of the product on March 17, 2010, said the cigarettes do not emit smoke and can be ''smoked'' even in nonsmoking areas.

Shimbashi cafe booms as oasis for smokers

Shimbashi cafe booms as oasis for smokers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows '' Cafe Tobacco'' that recently opened in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. Smoking is allowed in all of its three-story premises with 44 seats. The cafe also offers original blend coffee with a bitter taste, which is believed to go well with cigarettes.

(2)New cigarette vending machines check age of buyers

(2)New cigarette vending machines check age of buyers

NAKATANE, Japan - An IC card for purchasing cigarettes from vending machines featuring an age-verification system, which have been experimentally introduced on the island of Tanegashima.

Prices keep on soaring in Iraq

Prices keep on soaring in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Men shop at an open-door market in Baghdad on Oct. 17. The value of the national currency has fallen to 2,000-2,300 dinar to the U.S. dollar from 1,940 dinar in spring this year, pushing up prices of imports. The price of beef has gone up to 4,000 dinar from 2,500 dinar and that of a packet of U.S. cigarettes to 2,000 dinar from 1,759 dinar. ''The economic sanction is to blame, not our government,'' said an anonymous citizen.

LDP tax panel scraps plans to raise cigarette tax

LDP tax panel scraps plans to raise cigarette tax

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) Tax System Research Commission are in session at Tokyo's Nagatacho on Dec. 12. The panel decided to scrap plans to raise taxes on cigarettes and low-malt brews known as ''happoshu'' in fiscal 2002.

3 groups to develop tobacco vending machines for adults only

3 groups to develop tobacco vending machines for adults only

TOKYO, Japan - An official demonstrates the prototype of a new tobacco vending machine that will use an IC card to verify purchasers' age in order to prevent minors from buying cigarettes. The Tobacco Institute of Japan, the Japan Tobacconist Federation and the Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association said in Tokyo on Nov. 12 they plan to equip all cigarette vending machines nationwide with such verification abilities by 2008.

Company chief nabbed on suspicion of possessing fake cigarettes

Company chief nabbed on suspicion of possessing fake cigarettes

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows counterfeit cigarettes at Shinjuku Police Station on June 24, seized from a 58-year-old company president. Police arrested Fumio Sasai, head of real-estate company Yazaki Sangyo, on suspicion of possessing numerous packs of bogus Mild Seven Lights and Seven Stars cigarettes, brands sold by Japan Tobacco Inc.

Two sailors arrested for allegedly using Myanmarese coins

Two sailors arrested for allegedly using Myanmarese coins

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a 1 kyat Myanmarese coin (R), similar in size and weight as a 500 yen Japanese coin (L). Police said June 22 they have caught two Myanmarese sailors for using the kyat coins to buy cigarettes and collect change from a vending machine in Osaka. The Myanmarese coin has a value of about 1 yen.