The head of a smokers’ group in the US has described as ‘outrageous’ a local restriction that seeks to prevent smoking in topless cars – no, not topless bars. Read More
A lot of people believe that switching from smoking to vaping can improve your health. Now, an online survey has suggested that it can improve your financial health.Read More
British American Tobacco, which has been working with tobacco farmers for more than a century, said today it is working to enable prosperous livelihoods for its leaf-supplier farmers.Read More
One question that seems not to have been asked as part of a discussion about tobacco-industry funding of efforts to eliminate child labor in tobacco production concerns why the funding is so modest.Read More
The announcement of a forthcoming ban on sales of cigarettes within the Vatican City State has provided no end of amusement for headline writers, with holy smoke a favorite.Read More
The end game is in sight. England could quit smoking by 2040 according to a new report prepared for Philip Morris Ltd; or it could quit by 2029 given certain interventions.Read More
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
