Fire chiefs in Norway are warning drivers against flicking cigarettes from cars, as forest blazes spark up across the country. Although summer is only just getting underway in northern Norway, Karasjok’s fire chief Alf Isaksen says the area has already seen a series of outbreaks. Read the full story

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been forced to destroy product worth five million euro following changes to legislation that require all cigarettes sold in Finland to be self-extinguishing. Read the full story

The Finnish Ministry for Social Affairs and Health is set to propose legislation that will see the country pursue a course to a tobacco-free society. If passed, the new laws would make Finland the world’s first country dedicated to eradicating tobacco use. Read the full story

Beginning in April, Finland’s government is going to begin regulating the sales of all tobacco products in a bid to improve the health of its young citizens. According to the news agency YLE, any shop selling tobacco products will need an official licence as of next month or face heavy fines. Read the full story

Beginning in 2010, a new European Union law will come into effect that makes it illegal to sell cigarettes that are not self-extinguishing. While the new law is designed to save lives, the news agency TT reports that the tobacco industry has been fighting hard to extinguish the plan. Read the full story

The days of the smokeless cigarette may be coming to an end in Denmark because they have been found to contain an unapproved form of nicotine. The Danish Medicines Agency, the government department in charge of drug approval, determined that the type of nicotine used has not been certified by the government, reports the Copenhagen Post newspaper.

Once Denmark outlawed smoking in public places, nicotine addicts Read the full story