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Stash of illicit tobacco worth more than £4.1m found after raid in Bolton

Biggest seizure in history of Bolton Trading Standards

Manchester Evening News

Health warnings should be put on individual cigarettes, campaigners urge

Ministers refreshing Scotland’s tobacco policies have been urged to put health warnings on individual cigarettes.

The National (Scotland)

Illegal tobacco and vapes worth £200,000 seized after raid at Newcastle riverside compound

A massive haul of illegal tobacco products were nabbed after a raid on a compound on the Newcastle riverside

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Wallsend shop closed down for three months after being caught selling illegal cigarettes and tobacco

The shop has been forced to close after Trading Standards Officers discovered illicit cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco

Chronicle Live

OTT tobacco warnings: industry mulls resistance to surprise move

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has termed this move as turning India into a “global leader” in tobacco control measures. Read more on The Hindu

The Hindu

Turkmenistan vows to end smoking within two years

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader launched an "unprecedented" anti-smoking crusade on Thursday, ordering the Central Asia country to rid itself completely of tobacco within two years.

Bangkok Post

‘Forever chemicals’ exposure can lead to low birth weight and obesity in later life

Children whose mothers are exposed to toxic PFAS can experience phenomenon previously linked to fetal tobacco smoke exposure

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Madras High Court sentences four directors of Golden Tobacco Limited to two weeks of simple imprisonment

Four Directors of GTC have been awarded two weeks prision in a contempt suit filed against them

The Hindu

Scientists exploring the impact of passive vaping

The study will focus on the effects on women and children and researchers are looking to recruit 300 of them to take part

Wales Online

Chemical industry used big tobacco’s tactics to conceal evidence of PFAS risks

DuPont or 3M scientists discovered PFAS toxicity internally, but did not publish findings or report them to the EPA, study says

The Guardian - US

First look at plans for 106 new homes next to Tobacco Factory

"Our plans are for two new ‘Southville’ styled, tree-lined residential streets"

Bristol Post

Why TikTok says it stopped blocking pro-tobacco content

TikTok once showed mental wellness content to users who searched for tobacco-related terms. TikTok says that was a technical glitch and now shows the "correct" content: videos that glorify smoking and vaping.

Fortune

"Poison in every puff": In a first, Canada to print warning labels on cigarettes

Now every packet of cigarettes in Canada will come with a direct warning. "Today, on World No Tobacco Day, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister for Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced that Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed directly on individual cigarettes ─…

The Times of India

Farmer associations oppose WHO agenda to replace tobacco farming with alternative crops

The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) has appealed to the global farming community to come together to oppose WHO’s agenda of ‘Grow Food Not Tobacco’, which advocates for the replacement of tobacco farming with alternative crops.

The Hindu

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Government still too soft on vaping — we should ban disposable ones

Four years ago, I wrote a column in this newspaper warning about an epidemic of vaping among teenagers, outlining tough regulation. I could publish it again today because nothing has changed. Except the number of teens vaping has doubled. And tobacco firms have got smarter luring a new generation into…

The New Daily

Tobacco companies were banned from Aussie sports. Fossil fuel outfits deserve the same

We can reject sponsorship from fossil fuel companies, kicking their money out of our beloved sports, arts and public events.

Guitar World

Taylor 412ce and 417e review

Taylor revamps its ‘workhorse’ rosewood and spruce 400 Series with sunburst tops and new inlays – then there’s the innovative V-Class bracing, not to mention the ES2 electronics. A match made in heaven?

Wales Online

Canada to print health warnings on every single cigarette

Canada first adopted pictorial warning requirements for tobacco product packages in 2000

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The Hindu

Puff the magic dragon: the myth of ‘safe’ e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes are often pushed as a safer alternative to smoking, by vape manufacturing brands and smokers, but they can be more addictive and deliver more nicotine to those who use them, say scientists.

Reason

WHO's Absurd Claim That Tobacco Farming Is Causing Children To Starve

The organization has a long history of pushing bogus anti-tobacco claims.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland urged to follow Wales in banning smoking outside school gates

“We need to stop normalising smoking around children and protect their still developing lungs from breathing in harmful second-hand smoke.”

Daily Record

Woman tells of heartache of losing mum to lung cancer to encourage smokers to quit

Kelsey MacKay is signing Cancer Research UK’s Smokefree UK petition

Reuters

Big Tobacco faces big EU counterfeit problem

Spanish police raided three clandestine tobacco factories early this year, seizing nearly 40 million euros ($44 million) worth of tobacco leaf and illicit cigarettes.

The Conversation

How raising tobacco taxes can save lives and cut poverty across the Asia-Pacific

The human costs of tobacco and smoking worldwide are huge. 1.3 billion people use tobacco, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. More than 8 million people die prematurely because of tobacco, at an annual economic loss of at least US$1.4 trillion. And you don’t have to be a smoker to…

Chronicle Live

Smoking has a lethal impact on our health, new figures show.

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