The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

There's a renewed push to smash criminal rackets dominating the ballooning black market of cheap cigarettes linked to gang violence, robberies and firebombings.

On a busy street near Patna’s Rajendra Path, 11-year-old Sanjay* watches his elder brother roll up tendu leaves stuffed with tobacco flakes. Within minutes, a fresh bundle of bidis is ready to be sold for one rupee (Re 1) to eager customers that have lined up outside his paan shop.…

In a significant reversal and a major boost for the embattled vaping company, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday authorized the marketing of five JUUL Labs Inc. e-cigarette products, including the JUUL device and its Virginia Tobacco and Menthol flavored JUULpods in both 3% and 5% nicotine…

There are particularly high levels of consumption in more disadvantaged areas, say researchers.

The FDA ruled that Juul’s studies show its e-cigarettes are less harmful for adult smokers, who can benefit from switching to vapes from cigarettes

Federal health officials will allow Juul to keep selling its electronic cigarettes

In two separate announcements on the same day, the European Commission introduced a renewed push to curb tobacco use through higher taxation, a move expected to raise the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products across the EU.

Plan, which also includes levies on tobacco and electronic waste, ignites major political scrap to define bloc’s future

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine product

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.