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Zimbabwe tobacco farmer offers lifeline to survivors of gender violence

As the sweltering morning sun beat down on them, about half a dozen young Zimbabwean women stacked green tobacco leaves into sheaves while another group, some with babies on their backs, loaded the harvested crop onto a tractor.

Reuters

Power cuts: South Africa's state of disaster is being contested in court - COVID rulings give clues as to the outcome

South Africa has declared a second national state of disaster in less than three years.

The Conversation

Poorer households spend almost 30% of their income on tobacco, says charity

Homes in the country’s lowest income group containing two or more people who smoke will spend more than £6,000 on tobacco this year

Daily Record

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75,000 GP appointments 'could be freed every month by ending smoking'

Cancer Research UK insists the Government should do more to prevent young people start smoking

Wales Online

75,000 GP appointments could be freed every month by ending smoking – charity

Cancer Research UK has called for action by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The Independent UK

Altria makes $2.75B investment in e-cigarette startup NJOY

Days after exiting its stake in troubled electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs, Altria announced a $2.75 billion investment in electronic cigarette startup NJOY Holdings Inc. As part of the deal, tobacco company Altria Group Inc., which makes Marlboro cigarettes, will have full global ownership of NJOY’s e-vapor product portfolio, including…

The Independent UK

A potted history of smoking, and how we're making the same mistakes with vaping

When smoking first became popular we were told it was healthy, it was heavily marketed (including to young people) as being cool, and the time it took for us to learn otherwise was long, and came too late for many. Unfortunately, it seems history is repeating itself with vaping.

The Conversation

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How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today

If you think you are seeing a lot more gambling ads on television and online platforms, you are not imagining it. They are so common that high-profile AFL players have refused to participate in sponsored gambling.

The Conversation

Review: Forget Peter Pan, this is how a very different fairy called Tink grew up

Tink at the Tobacco Factory Theatre was 'simply brilliant'

Bristol Post

Plane passenger caught smuggling 91,000 cigarettes through Newcastle Airport

Benjamin Isaiah was charged with evading the £31,000 duty on the tobacco products

Chronicle Live

How much alcohol and tobacco can you bring back into UK from EU duty free

If you are planning a foreign holiday this year get clued up on the amount of duty-free products you can bring back with you

Liverpool Echo

Revenue detector dogs sniff out 2kg of illegal cannabis at Dublin Port and tobacco in Meath

Revenue confirmed that investigations are ongoing into both the finds which were found during routine operations

Dublin Live

Aldi £4.99 Specialbuy Tom Ford style fragrance 'lasts all day' as fans hail it 'best dupe ever'

Aldi has rolled out another designer dupe

Nottingham Post

Facebook ads opposing a ban on vaping in Australia failed to disclose tobacco company backing

Meta says it removed ads for failing to state they were sponsored by an initiative of British American Tobacco Australia

The Guardian - AU

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U.S. Government Cracks Down on Vapes, E-Cigarettes

Hundreds of vaping product companies lacking FDA requirements have been warned.

AFP

Walloped by hurricane, Cuba's tobacco sector struggles to its feet

San Juan y Martinez (Cuba) (AFP) - Cuban farmer Maritza Carpio, 62, is optimistic.Five months after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the island nation and its vital tobacco industry, she has started drying leaves for habano cigars again.

Tribune News Service

FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

Chronicle Live

North Shields shop ordered to close after fake cigarettes seized in raid by Trading Standards

Ali Baba shop in North Shields has been ordered to close for three months following the raid

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The Independent UK

FDA's tobacco unit pledges reset after criticism

The Food and Drug Administration is pledging a reset in the agency’s tobacco program

Roll Call

FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report - Roll Call

The FDA announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

The Conversation

Passive vaping – time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up for the right to clean air

A medical student of mine recently said he loved the smell of vanilla in the house he shared with friends who vaped. “That’s OK, right?” he asked. “Well no,” I said, “If you can smell the vanilla you are probably getting nicotine as well.”

ABC News

More than $31 million worth of illegal tobacco seized, destroyed in rural Victoria

The Australian Taxation Office says two raids on properties in rural Victoria have helped to disrupt the operations of organised criminals.

ABC News

Australia has a vaping problem, but no easy health or political solution

Depending on who you listen to, vaping is either a public health solution, or a public health crisis, and what to do about it is on the minds of health ministers who'll discuss the issue today.

Bristol Post

The Wall: A Tobacco Factory co-production that encourages connection across borders

While the international, multilingual cast of actors on stage remain the same, those on screen change every evening, making each performance unique

Irish Mirror

Revenue seize €5 million worth of tobacco, cigarettes and herbal cannabis in Dublin and Athlone

The three discoveries were made as a result of routine checks and with the assistance of detector dog Milo

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