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Baiya working on 'milestone' cancer treatment from tobacco plant

A Thai plant-based pharmaceutical company has produced antibodies against cancer from tobacco and undertaken successful trials using lab animals, it said.

Bangkok Post

Fentanyl test strips, trans athlete ban and smoking age. New KS laws take effect Saturday

On Saturday Kansans will be able to legally access a key tool used to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths and they will no longer need to pay the state $100 for a license to carry a concealed firearm.

Tribune News Service

THOUSANDS of dodgy cigarettes and vapes seized in raids across Greater Manchester

Specially-trained springers sniffed out a huge haul

Manchester Evening News

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E-cigs are still flooding the US, addicting teens with higher nicotine doses

When the FDA first asserted the authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get rid of vapes with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bears, and Froot Loops that appeal to kids.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors

The number of electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000, despite a three-year effort by the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on kid-friendly flavors

The Independent UK

5 takeaways from the AP's report on Chinese disposable e-cigarettes flooding the US market

The Associated Press has found that the Food and Drug Administration can't keep up with a flood of illegal disposable e-cigarettes from China

The Independent UK

Thousands of e-cigarettes are pouring into the US despite FDA crackdown on fruity flavors

The number of different e-cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000, despite a three-year effort by the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on kid-friendly flavors

The Independent UK

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Thug left childhood pal disabled - now they're in prison together

Nathan Slemen was living at Zak Mortimer's mum's house but now he's got a permanent limp

Liverpool Echo

Ilkeston shop worker sentenced after thousands of illegal cigarettes seized

The shop was being monitored by trading standards officers from 2019

Nottingham Post

Uneducating Americans on Vaping

Since the FDA began regulating vaping products as "tobacco" products, American ignorance about vaping's realtive risks has gotten worse.

Reason

It took years to learn the deadly lessons of cigarettes. We can’t wait so long for vaping

Nicotine is a drug that shouldn’t be dressed up in cartoon packaging and sweet shop flavours

The Guardian - UK

H. Lee Sarokin, judge who freed 'Hurricane' Carter, dies at 94

A federal judge who freed boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and famously said tobacco companies engaged in a “vast” conspiracy to conceal the dangers of smoking has died in California

The Independent UK

Don't Let Culture Wars Weaken the Financial System

In California, officials are pushing pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, firearms manufacturers, and tobacco companies. Red states are retaliating. This is madness.

Reason

‘Dhoomam’ movie review: Fahadh Faasil leads an unimpactful film fogged by its message

Pawan Kumar’s Dhoomam, starring Fahadh Faasil, Roshan Mathew, and Aparna Balamurali, begins intriguingly but the suspense thriller soon falls flat owing to the poor script and sloppy dialogues

The Hindu

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Police seize 280 kg of gutkha, banned tobacco products in Villupuram

The Villupuram taluk police seized 280 kg of banned gutkha and tobacco products, that were being smuggled in a car, and arrested two persons, on the night of Thursday, June 22, 2023.

Irish Mirror

Ireland is the most expensive country in EU - prices in one sector are through the roof

Booze and tobacco prices were 216 per cent higher her than the EU average, while food and non-alcoholic drinks were 15 per cent more and the fourth highest.

The Independent UK

Disposable vapes a danger to dogs as well as children, ministers warned

The warning about pets unexpectedly eating throwaway e-cigarettes came as ministers were warned about the “ticking time bomb” they could cause.

Evening Standard

New British American Tobacco boss Tadeu Marroco starts with major shake-up of board

Marroco said: “This refreshed Management Board structure is critical to my commitment to build a progressive and agile organisation”

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The Guardian - UK

Lobbyists with links to Big Tobacco fund pro-vaping Facebook campaigns

Secretive lobby groups are spreading pro-e-cigarette messages purporting to be grassroots campaigns

The Guardian - UK

Cool, sexy and stinking of smoke: why are TV dramas giving cigarettes a comeback?

From The Idol to Russian Doll, a wave of series is filling screens with characters that just love chainsmoking. But how has a habit whose days seemed numbered returned to television?

Daily Record

Trading Standards checks reveal most shops in North Lanarkshire carry out checks when selling tobacco and nicotine vaper items

Officers visited 49 shops, with 43 (88 per cent) correctly refusing to sell the age restricted products.

The Guardian - UK

Action to tackle air pollution failing to keep up with research

Globally, outdoor air pollution is second only to tobacco as greatest cause of lung and respiratory cancers

StockNews.com

3 Tobacco Stocks to Add to Your Watchlist in June

Despite facing several challenges, tobacco companies continue to bring newer products to drive their growth. Tobacco use will likely grow, with inflation easing considerably from last year’s peak. Therefore, it could be wise to add fundamentally strong tobacco stocks such as Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), and Vector…

Fortune

Elon Musk blasts ESG after tobacco stocks beat Tesla

Clever use of diversity and inclusion policies have helped bump up the score of Philip Morris International, makers of Marlboro, even as 8 million are estimated to die annually from cigarettes.

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe reports record tobacco sales, mostly to China, yet many farmers deep in debt

Zimbabwe has reported record tobacco sales as the southern African nation reestablishes itself as one of the leading growers in the world

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