https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Would you give up smoking for more time off work? A restaurant owner in the western German state of Rhineland Palatinate has started offering employees who don’t smoke five days of extra holiday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200923/how-quitting-smoking-can-earn-german-employees-extra-time-off-work Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:19:21 +0200 how-quitting-smoking-can-earn-german-employees-extra-time-off-work Germany will finally ban outdoor tobacco advertising from 2022, the parliament announced Friday, becoming the last country in the EU to do so. https://www.thelocal.de/20200918/germany-set-to-ban-cigarette-street-ads-from-2022 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:14:43 +0200 germany-set-to-ban-cigarette-street-ads-from-2022 A weekend trip to Berlin in 2014 convinced me to live here, with one of the factors being the freedom to smoke in most bars. Six years on and one year after quitting, I have a very different view of the city’s attitude towards smoking. https://www.thelocal.de/20200522/how-i-found-freedom-by-quitting-smoking-in-berlin Fri, 22 May 2020 16:27:43 +0200 how-i-found-freedom-by-quitting-smoking-in-berlin Advertising tobacco products in German streets will be banned from January 2022, according to a draft law released on Thursday, following a U-turn by the governing conservatives. https://www.thelocal.de/20200522/german-coalition-agrees-to-ban-tobacco-advertising Fri, 22 May 2020 11:02:14 +0200 german-coalition-agrees-to-ban-tobacco-advertising Germans are known for their love of the outdoors and a healthy lifestyle. But there's one thing they haven't seemed to fully embrace yet: smoking laws. Why? https://www.thelocal.de/20191122/opinion-why-germany-needs-to-take-anti-smoking-laws-more-seriously Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:14:19 +0100 opinion-why-germany-needs-to-take-anti-smoking-laws-more-seriously Germany is the only country in the EU that still allows tobacco companies to advertise their products on billboards and in cinemas. Now, doctors and some politicians pushing to change this. https://www.thelocal.de/20191119/germany-pushes-to-end-smoking-adverti Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:16:53 +0100 germany-pushes-to-end-smoking-adverti Politicians in four German states are demanding a nationwide ban on smoking in vehicles where children or pregnant women are present. https://www.thelocal.de/20190920/four-german-states-push-for-smoking-ban-in-cars-with-children Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:13:17 +0200 four-german-states-push-for-smoking-ban-in-cars-with-children 22 percent of German pupils between grades five and ten have smoked tobacco via water pipes, a new survey has shown. https://www.thelocal.de/20171212/one-in-five-german-schoolkids-smokes-shisha-tobacco-survey Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:48:38 +0100 one-in-five-german-schoolkids-smokes-shisha-tobacco-survey Helmut Schmidt was almost as famous for the cigarette that he permanently held to his mouth as for his time as Germany’s leader. Now you have the chance to buy something that says Schmidt like few other objects. https://www.thelocal.de/20170825/chain-smoking-ex-chancellors-golden-cigarette-case-put-up-for-auction Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:49:33 +0200 chain-smoking-ex-chancellors-golden-cigarette-case-put-up-for-auction Police in Kassel are investigating a photo posted online, showing a baby with a cigarette in its mouth, being helped by an adult hand. https://www.thelocal.de/20170811/police-launch-child-abuse-investigation-over-photo-of-baby-smoking Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:04:56 +0200 police-launch-child-abuse-investigation-over-photo-of-baby-smoking A new report shows that Germans are cutting back a bit on smoking traditional cigarettes, but are drinking at an "especially high" rate compared to other countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20170411/75-billion-cigarettes-how-much-germans-smoke-and-drink-each-year Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:33:19 +0200 75-billion-cigarettes-how-much-germans-smoke-and-drink-each-year A woman in Berlin has been banned from smoking on her balcony past 8pm - a violation the ban could lead to a fine of up to €250,000, or six months in prison. https://www.thelocal.de/20170131/woman-faces-250000-fine-or-jail-if-she-smokes-on-balcony-past-8pm Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:21:43 +0100 woman-faces-250000-fine-or-jail-if-she-smokes-on-balcony-past-8pm How a pensioner with a serious smoking habit won a years-long fight for his right to keep his home - and his favourite pastime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160929/landladys-hopes-of-eviction-go-up-in-smoke-duesseldorf-friedhelm-adolfs Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:27:14 +0200 landladys-hopes-of-eviction-go-up-in-smoke-duesseldorf-friedhelm-adolfs Does your own lifestyle add to or detract from the healthy German way of life? https://www.thelocal.de/20160809/heres-where-germanys-unhealthiest-people-live-health-healthy-germans Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:52:34 +0200 heres-where-germanys-unhealthiest-people-live-health-healthy-germans From Friday cigarette producers must print so-called 'shock images' on cigarette packets for sale in Germany as part of an EU-wide bid to cut smoking – but the public don't think it'll work. https://www.thelocal.de/20160520/shock-pictures-aim-to-turn-germans-off-cigarettes Fri, 20 May 2016 12:27:14 +0200 shock-pictures-aim-to-turn-germans-off-cigarettes The German Health Ministry announced on Friday plans for mandatory warning labels on alcohol, similar to those used on cigarette packages. https://www.thelocal.de/20160401/germany-creates-scare-labels-for-beer-to-fight-binge-drinking Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:12:00 +0200 germany-creates-scare-labels-for-beer-to-fight-binge-drinking Germany is less of a "nanny state" than most of Europe when it comes to the everyday pleasures of boozing and smoking, a new report shows. https://www.thelocal.de/20160331/germany-among-best-places-to-booze-smoke-and-nosh-report Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:16:11 +0200 germany-among-best-places-to-booze-smoke-and-nosh-report A young man from Cologne has suffered severe wounds including the loss of several teeth after the e-cigarette he was smoking exploded in his mouth. https://www.thelocal.de/20160128/e-cigarette-explodes-and-blows-mans-teeth-out Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:21:09 +0100 e-cigarette-explodes-and-blows-mans-teeth-out Ministers have agreed on plans to ban all outdoor tobacco advertising by 2020, a leaked report showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151105/tobacco-advertising-could-disappear-by-2020 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:22:16 +0100 tobacco-advertising-could-disappear-by-2020 Ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, 96, has given up his legendary habit of smoking, after an operation for what is popularly known as "smoker's leg" left him in intensive care. https://www.thelocal.de/20150911/germany-most-famous-smoker-goes-cold-turkey Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:47:04 +0200 germany-most-famous-smoker-goes-cold-turkey