Information has been made available about the technical details that will define how the EU’s tobacco-products tracking and tracing system will operate.Read More
It is surprising how those advocating standardized packaging are willing to set themselves up as the arbiters of color attractiveness. Such hubris came back to haunt Australia’s advocates.Read More
A cigarette factory in Cambodia that failed to heed warnings about pack warnings has been forced to stop production.Read More
Because EU directives and German law refer only to cigarette health warnings on packs, there is no obligation on retailers to ensure those warnings can be seen when they are on their shelves.Read More
A claim that a rule that offends against intellectual property rights should be repealed even if it proves to be an effective health tool might need to be examined.Read More
Smokers in the Philippines are to be warned that cigarette ingredients are used in embalming fluid. But perhaps it’s never too early to start the preservation process.Read More
‘Health advocates’ in the Philippines are seemingly impatient to have people locked up because of non-compliance with new tobacco-product health-warning regulations.Read More
In declaring that the state should protect its citizens against tobacco as it does against crimes such as theft, the President of Turkey seems to have ignored the fact that tobacco use is legal.Read More
A question has been raised about the possible de facto ban on the export of cigarettes from the EU to countries that won’t accept track-and-trace coding on tobacco packaging.Read More
The trouble with public consultations on tobacco issues is that non-users are in the majority and they are happy to impose on users the tyranny of the majority.Read More
