Fairport Convention and The Stranglers is one of the more unlikely collaborations you'll hear this year! Hugh Cornwell hooks up with members of Fairport Convention for a charity single cover of Tobacco Road Louder · May 16, 2025
Imperial Brands boss Stefan Bomhard to retire from tobacco firm Shares in the company slumped as a result on Wednesday. The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
She called him ‘babe’: Texas church volunteer SA’s 13-year-old boy, once at her son’s birthday party She also bought him booze and tobacco. We Got This Covered · May 12, 2025
Record $7m tobacco haul as police target crime assets Police have seized a record $7.3 million haul of tobacco and frozen $22 million in crime syndicate assets in a big blow to the booming black market. AAP · May 12, 2025
As Sweden regulates nicotine products, US pulls back - Roll Call Changes to the U.S. regulatory landscape could dampen the ability to authorize new products AND enforce existing regulations. Roll Call · May 8, 2025
Tobacco Town Thrives As China Struggles To Kick The Habit Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose deadly output has put an otherwise unremarkable city on the map. International Business Times · May 7, 2025
Snus-style pouches will be included in ‘smokefree generation’ law, says minister The pouches are placed between the user’s lips and gum to release nicotine. Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Crackdown on snus-style nicotine pouches in ‘smokefree generation’ law The pouches are designed to be placed between the user’s lips and gum, where they release nicotine The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Do Wall Street Analysts Like Altria Group Stock? Altria Group has outperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautious about the stock’s prospects. Barchart · May 5, 2025
'Flood' of illicit vapes from China are now dominating the e-vape market, warns Altria Altria is seeing a great deal of activity in the e-vapor market, but warned regulated products are being undercut by illicit imports. Fortune · May 2, 2025
Coalition plan to make vapes more widely available ‘exactly what big tobacco wants’, health experts warn 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 The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2025
As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study 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… The Conversation · May 1, 2025
Americans take one step forward, one step back for cancer prevention First, the good news: Only 11% of Americans smoke cigarettes. But there's bad news, too. Fortune · Apr 24, 2025
‘Sword of Damocles’ driving vape changes, says Cancer Research chairman Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked. Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025
Fortune · Apr 23, 2025 Philip Morris shrugs off economic volatility as Zyn shipments reach new heights—skyrocketing more than 50% year over year The tobacco giant raised profit guidance for the year, betting on the booming sales of the nicotine pouches.
Reason · Apr 15, 2025 Gen Zyn: Nicotine Pouches Help Curb Youth Smoking Rates 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.
AAP · Apr 14, 2025 Tobacco shops raided as police hit warring crime gangs 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.
Reason · Apr 14, 2025 All Vapes Are Flavored Vapes, Some Just Have Cigarette Flavors A plea for more accurate descriptions of non-combustible nicotine products.
AAP · Apr 13, 2025 Tobacco war could put pressure on emergency departments Violence linked to the illegal tobacco trade could lead to serious injuries and more work for busy emergency departments, doctors warn.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2025 Penny Mordaunt takes job advising one of world’s largest tobacco firms Former Tory leadership contender, who abstained on smoking ban vote last year, will work for British American Tobacco on ‘harm reduction’
Roll Call · Apr 10, 2025 In Sweden, a focus on smokeless tobacco - Roll Call Both the U.S. and Sweden aim to be "smokeless" within 10 years. In Sweden, that transition is happening thanks to smokeless tobacco products.
The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025 Kash Patel replaced as interim head of the ATF by the Secretary of the Army Patel was replaced following a report that he has been a ‘largely absent leader’ at Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives. Trump hasn’t yet nominated anyone to permanently lead the agency
Marie Claire · Apr 9, 2025 17 Celebrity-Favorite Perfumes to Shop at the Sephora Savings Event Sephora's Savings Event is full of celebrity-favorite perfumes at up to 20 percent off.
The Conversation · Apr 7, 2025 Australia’s innovative new policies are designed to cut smoking rates – here are 6 ideas NZ could borrow At the start of this month, when denicotinisation would have been due to come into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand (had the government not repealed smokefree laws), Australia introduced innovative smokefree policies to change the look, ingredients and packaging of tobacco products.
Reason · Apr 3, 2025 The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes The justices unanimously overturned a 5th Circuit decision that deemed the agency's treatment of e-liquids "arbitrary and capricious."