The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

Decision-makers from around the world are gathering in Geneva from Monday for a week-long conference that could help determine the direction of international efforts to rein in the dangers of tobacco. The environmental impact of cigarettes and marketing strategies that target young consumers will be top of the agenda.

The Maldives has banned anyone born on or after January 1, 2007, from buying, using, or selling tobacco. The health… The post Brickbat: Puff? Pass. appeared first on Reason.com.

British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows

Teenagers reported nicotine rushes, sickness and fainting in recent research amid claims of ‘targeting younger age groups’

An illicit tobacco and vape crackdown is expanding to landlords, with jail time threatened for those who don't shut down dodgy shops.

Laws being introduced to state parliament will allow fines up to $165,000, a year in prison, or both for owners of commercial premises

Ahead of a meeting later this month where the EU will decide whether to adopt World Health Organization recommendations to cut funding to European tobacco farms, Polish producers are making their voices heard.

Public health experts are urging authorities not to get the jitters on tobacco taxes as the economic cost of Australia's black market trade explodes.

ACIC report says total impact of illicit trade on economy amounted to $4bn in a year amid debate over cigarette excise

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24.