The blame for the UK's illegal trade in tobacco is placed firmly on the shoulders of smokers and smugglers, but neither of these groups created the conditions for this trade to grow. Read More
There seems to be a new, more-militant mood in the US. If you don't like it, don't try to accommodate it, ban it.Read More
A ban on people smoking in their public-housing homes in the US could be seen as discriminatory, either against public-housing tenants, or against everybody else.Read More
The UK's New Nicotine Alliance is right to point out that caution can be the enemy of progress when it comes to tobacco harm reduction.Read More
E-liquid users and producers in Indonesia are looking on the bright side of a new excise tax, which, in effect, recognizes the legitimacy of the industry.Read More
Increasing numbers of young people in the US are shunning tobacco, alcohol and other substances, but it is not altogether clear why. Read More
Tobacco smuggling continues because the price at which cigarettes are sold bear no relation whatsoever to the cost of manufacturing and distributing them. Read More
Scandinavian Tobacco Group will acquire the premium pipe tobacco brand portfolio of Peterson Pipe Tobacco from Kapp & Peterson.Read More
Using child labor on tobacco farms is an abomination, but there is almost certainly a simple solution: pay growers much higher prices for their leaf. The industry can afford to do so.Read More
Over-production of tobacco can be a problem, but there is almost certainly a simple solution: pay growers much higher prices for their contracted leaf. The industry can afford to do so.Read More
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