A US company linked to tobacco firms and specializing in mathematical analysis of data used in regulation and litigation has been handed anonymised data on lung cancers in England.Read More
The battle over India’s 85 percent tobacco-products health-warnings, which has been fought on and off since 2014, is due to be resumed in March.Read More
A question that has arisen during a court case in China asks whether a smoker should be prohibited from indulging her habit during the whole of a 30-hour train journey.Read More
It seems to be the case that, contrary to general belief, smoking is not banned in thousands of government buildings in England and Wales, including courts and ‘jobcentres’.Read More
The passage into law of India’s regulations requiring 85-percent tobacco-packaging warnings was convoluted, and now these warnings have been struck down by a court.Read More
Professor Stanton Glantz, who researches the health effects of second-hand smoke, has denied allegations of sexual harassment made by a post-doctoral researcher. Read More
ASH US, which is again venting its rage against tobacco manufacturers, seems to have no words of solace for people who enjoy smoking. Smokers are presented as victims and death statistics.Read More
Before raising the sword of truth to smite the shyster, it is just as well to make sure what your left hand has been up to.Read More
There seems to be a growing clamour for governments or their agents to sue tobacco manufacturers over health-care costs. Read More
If tobacco manufacturers are to be charged with murder; it cannot be long before armaments manufacturers, alcohol manufacturers, governments … join them in the dock.Read More
