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NZ's smokefree law will reduce the number of tobacco retailers – here's what people who smoke think of that

New Zealand’s smokefree law, which came into effect in January, introduces several world-first endgame measures, including removing most nicotine from smoked products, disallowing product sales to anyone born on or after January 1 2009, and a major reduction in the number of tobacco retail outlets nationwide (from about 6000 to…

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Social media addiction disrupts the sleep, moods and social activities of teens and young adults

It took a half century for the first American Surgeon General Report to establish the link between tobacco and lung cancer. In response, companies infiltrated media and genetically modified tobacco leaves to make them even more addictive.

The Conversation

Cuba tobacco farmers recuperate after ruinous Hurricane Ian

A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant

The Independent UK

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Zimbabwe's tobacco crop grows, despite high fertilizer costs

Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, opened its tobacco-selling season Wednesday, with a speech by the vice president and eager international buyers

The Independent UK

Is lung inflammation worse in e-cigarette users than smokers, as a new study suggests?

A small study that compared the lungs of cigarette smokers with e-cigarette smokers found that e-cigarette smokers had more lung inflammation than those who smoked tobacco. The pilot study, published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, is the first to use PET imaging to compare smokers’ lungs with vapers’ lungs.

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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.

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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

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

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'

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Plane passenger caught smuggling 91,000 cigarettes through Newcastle Airport

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

Liverpool Echo

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

Dublin Live

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

Nottingham Post

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

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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

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

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.

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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.

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