The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

8 Sweet-Smelling Plants That Will Fill Your Porch with Beautiful Fragrance This July

Add an extra dimension to your porch this summer

Homes & Gardens · Jul 25

113,000 cigarettes seized in east London in illicit tobacco raid

Barking and Dagenham Council says the raid on a premises in Heathway earlier this month uncovered one of its ‘largest ever illegal tobacco hauls’

Evening Standard · Jul 24

New Orleans’ Mardi Gras could see massive changes as city looks to reduce police overtime costs

Proposed rules would mandate safety harnesses for riders, ban tobacco use on floats and cap throw weights at 3.5 pounds

The Independent UK · Jul 23

Despite claims smoking has made a comeback, just 5.6% of Australians now smoke daily

Have you noticed more smoking on screens lately?

The Conversation · Jul 16

Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco

Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago

The Guardian - AU · Jul 16

Sales of illegal cigarettes soar as cost of living crisis bites

The study led by UCL and funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) examined survey data from 9,996 people

The Independent UK · Jul 16

Global Cancer Cases Could Reach 35 Million a Year by 2050 as Population Growth and Aging Drive a 67% Surge

Global Cancer Statistics 2026 projects 34 million cancer cases by 2050, a 67% increase. Nearly 21 million cases in 2024, 9.8 million deaths. Lung cancer remains the top killer.

Medical Daily · Jul 14

Heavy Marijuana Smoking Was Linked to a Nearly 4-Times Higher Lung Cancer Risk in the Largest U.S. Study of Its Kind

A 150,000-person retrospective study found cannabis use disorder linked to 3.87x higher lung cancer risk. Published in Lung Cancer journal. Risk consistent across all cancer subtypes.

Medical Daily · Jul 14

RFK Jr’s advisory panel overhaul stalled update on helping kids quit tobacco

US preventive services taskforce’s members have not issued binding recommendations since March 2025

The Guardian - US · Jul 14

WHO Issues Urgent Warning as Global Cancer Cases Could Nearly Double by 2050

Almost everyone knows someone whose life has been changed by cancer. It could be a parent, a friend, a neighbour, or even someone you've never met but admired. That's what makes the World Health Organization's latest warning feel so personal. According to new projections, the number of people diagnosed with…

MyLifeXP · Jul 10