The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

A Dutton government would allow vapes to be legally sold in retail stores rather than restricted to pharmacies in bid to raise $3.6bn in tax revenue

Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to…

First, the good news: Only 11% of Americans smoke cigarettes. But there's bad news, too.

Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked.

The tobacco giant raised profit guidance for the year, betting on the booming sales of the nicotine pouches.

As young adults swap cigarettes and vapes for oral nicotine products, policymakers should recognize this shift as harm reduction instead of cracking down on personal choice.

Millions of dollars in illegal tobacco has been seized in raids on shops allegedly linked to organised crime gangs fighting to control the black market.

A plea for more accurate descriptions of non-combustible nicotine products.

Violence linked to the illegal tobacco trade could lead to serious injuries and more work for busy emergency departments, doctors warn.

Former Tory leadership contender, who abstained on smoking ban vote last year, will work for British American Tobacco on ‘harm reduction’

Both the U.S. and Sweden aim to be "smokeless" within 10 years. In Sweden, that transition is happening thanks to smokeless tobacco products.