It is an old, vexed question: should people be encouraged or forced, in their own best interests, to change their habits – given that it can be identified what are their own best interests. Read More
Burley production was down in Africa partly due to the ‘low grower prices’ paid during the previous season when there was ‘excess production’.Read More
It seems premature to claim that a 2015 tax hike in South Korea was effective in reducing the incidence of smoking among low-income earners. Their numbers increased last year.Read More
Seventy-six percent of people in the UK believe that tobacco taxes there are at about the right level or too high, indicating perhaps that the public recognizes that enough is enough.Read More
Despite an 80 percent cigarette-tax rise at the start of 2015 and the introduction of graphic health warnings in 2016, smoking among adult men remains high in South Korea.Read More
All of JTI Leaf Malawi’s tobacco growers have been able to pay off their financing loans taken out in support of the 2016-17 production season. Read More
Swiss rail is to run a comparative experiment by introducing trial tobacco-smoking bans on some stations, smoking zones on one station, and smoking lounges on another. Read More
The Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing Foundation has reacted with indignation to allegations that its work ‘aims to keep farmers dependent on aid from the tobacco industry…’Read More
A group of UK parliamentarians believe misinformation is preventing a significant number of smokers from making the decision to switch to vaping.Read More
A Japanese company is giving non-smokers extra paid holidays. But should smokers be rewarded too? After all, without them, the non-smokers wouldn’t get their extra leave. Read More
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