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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 about its research […]

June 29, 2024 Smoking and tobacco

Sixty seconds on . . . smoking trends

Good news, I presume?Not quite. While overall smoking rates declined between 2013 and 2023, there appears to have […]

April 20, 2024 Smoking and tobacco

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 teenagers and young […]

March 7, 2024 Smoking and tobacco

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 year1 and was […]

November 28, 2023 Smoking and tobacco

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 Labour leader, Keir […]

October 13, 2023 Smoking and tobacco

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 nicotine or not, […]

May 4, 2023 Smoking and tobacco

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 have efforts ramped […]

November 23, 2022 Smoking and tobacco

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 the US market.1Juul […]

June 24, 2022 Smoking and tobacco

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, every year, to […]

June 9, 2022 Smoking and tobacco

Smoking cessation: access in hospitals remains inadequate, audit finds

The proportion of hospital patients in the UK who were offered a referral to tobacco dependency services fell […]

June 8, 2022 Smoking and tobacco

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