A leading US health expert has said that the most striking finding of a recent study, that e-cigarette aerosol had much lower cytotoxicity than did tobacco smoke, was hidden from the readers of a journal Read More
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Britain’s drug regulators have given the go-ahead for a British American Tobacco vaping device to be sold as a quit smoking aid, the first such product to be given a drug license in the Read More
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The president of the Norwegian Medical Association, Marit Hermansen, has proposed that a ban be imposed on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000 as a first step to create a smoke-free society Read More
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Taiwan’s New Taipei District Court ruled on Monday that a man and his son should pay NT$24,900 (US$753) to a woman for letting the smell of the smoke from their cigarettes enter their neighbor’Read More
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The New Zealand government has been accused of using smokers as cash cows, according to a report by Ruth Hill for Radio New Zealand. The executive director of the Taxpayers’ Union, Jordan Williams was quoted Read More
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The New Year has seen increases in Turkey in the prices of cigarettes, alcoholic drinks and electricity, according to a Hurriyet Daily News story. The government announced tax increases on these products two days after Read More
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Cigarettes have been disappearing quickly from the shelves of retailers in Kuwait in anticipation of a huge tax increase, according to an Arab Times story. The Gulf Co-operation Council states in November approved a 100 percent Read More
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The Anti-Smoking Task Force (ASTF) of Davao City, the Philippines, has warned the convenience store chain 7-Eleven that it should either stop selling cigarettes or risk its business permit. The ASTF alleges that a number Read More
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Cheer up; 2015 wasn’t all doom and gloom from tobacco’s point of view. The UK’s pro-smoker group Forest (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Tobacco) describes in a round-up of the year Read More
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A cigarette excise tax hike due to be imposed in New Zealand on January 1 will represent a “broken election promise”, according to a Newstalk ZB story quoting the executive director of the Taxpayers’ Union, Jordan Read More
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