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A new study argues that ultra-processed foods are engineered more like cigarettes than like real food, and should face tobacco-style rules on marketing, labelling, and taxation.

Vaping poses possible heart, lung and cancer risks, France’s national health agency warned on Wednesday, as it raised concerns about long-term use and the growing appeal of e-cigarettes among teenagers.

Until recently, Aotearoa New Zealand led global tobacco control innovation. Evidence-based policies, including sustained tobacco excise tax increases, saw large reductions in smoking rates, which will save thousands of lives.

Consuming tobacco could put you at an increased risk of suffering chest pain, shortness of breath and pain in your joints

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserts that tobacco companies, seeking new markets after facing smoking regulations, applied their "addiction science" to the ultra-processed food industry. He claims these companies engineered foods to maximize cravings and repeat consumption, contributing to America's obesity and chronic disease crisis. This perspective shifts the focus from…

The Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to allow new advertising messages about Zyn, a type of nicotine pouch that's growing in popularity

Vaping usually sits in the same conversations about habits and health risks as traditional tobacco products, not medical prescriptions. That makes it easy to miss how the same technology is used under medical supervision. In regulated care, vaping can function as a delivery method shaped by clinical rules and evidence…

The rise was driven by increases in airfares, transport costs and tobacco prices, and means any further cut to interest rates is unlikely

UK inflation rose to 3.4 per cent in December, an increase from 3.2 per cent recorded in November 2025. The primary drivers for this increase included higher tobacco prices, following recently introduced excise duty increases, and increased airfares, likely due to the timing of return flights over the Christmas and…