Hawaii is proposing that shops selling tobacco and alternative products not be allowed open within 750 feet of schools, public parks and public housing complexes.Read More
Instead of rejoicing in the knowledge that Hungarian smokers form a largely law-abiding group, naysayers are suggesting that smokers are getting away with smoking where they shouldn’t.Read More
Tobacco smoking is going out of favor in Norway, where the incidence of smoking is now below that of snus use.Read More
EU policy allows the sale of cigarettes in member states but bans – except in Sweden – the sale of a less-risky, alternative product, snus. Next week that ban is due to be challenged in court.Read More
Manufacturers that have been buying tobacco for many years have tried but failed to prevent the use of child labor on farms. Now, a member of the European Parliament has raised the issue.Read More
With what might be a ‘short’ tobacco crop and with concern about the quality of some of the tobacco being produced; it will be interesting to watch Malawi’s grower prices evolving.Read More
During the past five years, Russians have reduced significantly their drinking and tobacco smoking, and they have increased their interest in sports.Read More
Previously, even the most gratuitous anti-smoking measures were given the veneer of ‘encouragement’; but now, in Denmark, some want to ‘make’ smokers quit. Read More
After four consecutive years of drought, some of the flue-cured tobacco growers operating in the traditional growing areas of Andhra Pradesh are ready to quit.Read More
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
