A new report recommends that Australia ends its de facto ban on vaping – a ban that seems to be made almost unworkable by the regulatory variations introduced by state governments.Read More
Villagers in Bangladesh say that they don't know why what they describe as 'illegal tobacco dust factories' have not been closed down by the appropriate authorities.Read More
LLFlex, a supplier to the tobacco industry of cigarette inner bundling material, has taken on a new director of its global supply chain.Read More
Given that hospitals, no matter how good they are, tend to generate stress, it seems wise for them to take a relaxed attitude to vaping and a tolerant stance on smoking.Read More
If a few local governments fail to file tobacco-control reports, their systems should be checked, but if all of them so fail, it is the perceived value of the reports that should be examined.Read More
To pose a question similar to one sometimes put to tobacco manufacturers: if a vehicle producer is concerned about people's health, why doesn't it stop making vehicles?Read More
A 2020 date has been set for the issuance in the US of a final rule on graphic, cigarette-pack health warnings, which were a requirement of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act.Read More
The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration has raised an interesting point. What does it mean to catch the beginning of an epidemic?Read More
If you are a smoker who lives in a town where the sale of tobacco has been banned, you are inconvenienced. If neighboring towns also introduce bans, you are living a nightmare.Read More
Subjecting cigarette alternatives to the same regulations as apply to combustible-cigarettes is lazy regulation, and lazy regulation is almost bound to prove to be bad regulation.Read More
