Anti-Tobacco Forum pitches for levies on tobacco products The Anti-Tobacco Forum has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to impose additional levies on tobacco products. The Hindu · Jul 3, 2023
Stunning apartment duplex at one of Liverpool's 'most exclusive' addresses The apartment overlooks the docks Liverpool Echo · Jul 3, 2023
364 kg of gutkha and banned tobacco products seized, three held 364 kg of gutkha and banned tobacco products seized, three held The Hindu · Jul 2, 2023
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 · Jul 2, 2023
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 · Jun 30, 2023
THOUSANDS of dodgy cigarettes and vapes seized in raids across Greater Manchester Specially-trained springers sniffed out a huge haul Manchester Evening News · Jun 29, 2023
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 · Jun 28, 2023
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 · Jun 27, 2023
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 · Jun 27, 2023
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 · Jun 27, 2023
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 · Jun 27, 2023
Ilkeston shop worker sentenced after thousands of illegal cigarettes seized The shop was being monitored by trading standards officers from 2019 Nottingham Post · Jun 26, 2023
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 · Jun 26, 2023
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 · Jun 25, 2023
The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2023 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
Reason · Jun 23, 2023 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.
The Hindu · Jun 23, 2023 ‘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 · Jun 23, 2023 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 · Jun 22, 2023 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 · Jun 20, 2023 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 · Jun 19, 2023 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”
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023 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 · Jun 16, 2023 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 · Jun 16, 2023 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 · Jun 16, 2023 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