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All holders of alcohol licenses can continue to sell alcohol until the Ministry of Customs and Revenue (M.C.R.) gives further details, says the Alcohol Control Board.The M.C.R. had initially issued a notice in early February this year that advised that all business licenses issued for the year 20...
KUWAIT CITY, March 20: The Public Relations and Security Media Department of the Directorate-General of Drugs Control stated that the criminal security sector, represented by the General Department for Drug Control, managed to arrest a person and seized from him narcotics and weapons. The Ministry o
Customs officials at the Kuwait International Airport have arrested an unidentified passenger who arrived at the T1 Terminal from Delhi carrying with him 280 pieces of hashish. Accordingly, the man and the contraband have been handed over to the General Department of Drugs and Alcohol Control (GDDAC
Quitting smoking is not an easy journey, smokers need continuous motivation and encouragement before the goal can be reached. Besides smoking cessation intervention by our counsellors, law and policy enacted by the Government are also crucial for the community smoke-free promotion. We welcome the Government’s decision to raise the tobacco tax by HK$0.6 per cigarette, i.e. 31.5% in the 2023-24 Budget. We believe this is a good start to the government's long absence of changes to tobacco tax. As we all know, Smoking can cause so many serious diseases, most commonly seen were Cancers, C...
The EU is considering new rules to make alcohol producers provide more information on labels, such as calorific value, c...