Philip Morris: Leaked documents show how company tries to influence science and policy on heated tobacco
A series of leaked documents from the tobacco giant Philip Morris International has sparked concern…
Category: Smoking and tobacco
Sixty seconds on . . . smoking trends
Good news, I presume?Not quite. While overall smoking rates declined between 2013 and 2023, there…
Smoking rates in Australia drop below 10%, but vaping increases
Fewer than one in 10 Australians now smoke tobacco daily, although rates of vaping in…
New Zealand’s new government says it will repeal groundbreaking anti-smoking law
New Zealand’s revolutionary anti-smoking law, which drew headlines around the world when it passed last…
Promises, promises: what to make of Labour’s and the Tories’ health pledges
Waiting timesIn his keynote speech to his party’s conference in Liverpool on 10 October, the…
Australia bans all vapes except on prescription to stem use in children
The importation and sale of all e-cigarettes, regardless of whether they are labelled as containing…
Will New Zealand be “smoke free within three years”?
In 2011 New Zealand first announced its intention to become “smoke free” by 2025.1 Why…
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FDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that it plans to establish a maximum…
FDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from…
Legal smoking age in England should rise every year, review recommends
England should increase the minimum age for buying tobacco products, currently 18, by one year,…
Smoking cessation: access in hospitals remains inadequate, audit finds
The proportion of hospital patients in the UK who were offered a referral to tobacco…
New Zealand plans to outlaw tobacco sales to citizens born after 2008
New Zealand will become the first country in the world to implement a “tobacco-free generation”…
Back health bill amendments to make England smoke free by 2030, medical leaders urge
More than 650 health experts and activists are calling on the government to back amendments…