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Unmasking vape threat to youth

Today marks World No Tobacco Day, with the World Health Organization (WHO) announcing this year's theme as "Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction". The theme highlights the WHO's efforts to expose how the tobacco and nicotine industry continues to reinvent and repackage its products to hook a…

Bangkok Post · May 31

World Vape Day 2026: One Switch – Everyone Wins

BRUSSELS, May 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, vapers, former smokers, and harm reduction advocates mark World Vape Day 2026. The theme this year is One Switch – Everyone Wins. It is not a slogan. It is what the data shows.World Vape Day falls one day before the WHO's World…

AAP · May 30

Is Philip Morris Stock Underperforming the Dow?

Philip Morris has trailed behind the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past year, and analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Barchart · May 30

Labour says Reform UK ‘in chaos’ as Zia Yusuf publicly tells Jenrick he’s got party’s deportation policy wrong – as it happened

‘Robert’s answer is not Reform policy’, Yusuf said about an answer that Jenrick gave to journalists days earlier

The Guardian - UK · May 26

Social media as dangerous as smoking for children, doctors warn

They say they are seeing ‘a wave of radicalised children’ who have been exposed to hateful content

The Independent UK · May 25

Streeting likens social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban

The Government’s consultation closes at the end of Tuesday.

Evening Standard · May 25

Streeting urges social media ban for under-16s

The recently-resigned former health secretary joined calls for an Australia-style ban, ahead of a consultation closing.

Evening Standard · May 25

Why are people obsessed with (and stealing) Pokemon cards again?

In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so today). It was mimicking a trend that had already taken off in tobacco markets in Japan and overseas. Baseball, Japan’s national sport, was an obvious choice for…

The Conversation · May 25

‘Like tobacco’: Wes Streeting calls for partial social media ban for under-16s

Exclusive: Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for platforms

The Guardian - UK · May 25

Japan's Smoking Bans Make a Lot More Sense Than America's

Owners of small restaurants and bars can decide whether to allow smoking, and customers can choose for themselves whether to patronize them.

Reason · May 25