Unless tobacco-related research funding is oversubscribed, researchers should take advantage of whatever funding is on offer and reject and expose it only if it proves to be tainted.Read More
The usual milch-cows are being lined up as South Africa's Treasury looks to increase its revenue by R1 billion.Read More
A question asked by a member of the EU Parliament of the Commission seems to miss the point that the sale of snus is banned in all but one EU member state.Read More
Governments that use tobacco excise tax increases to limit consumption need to look at the wider picture – at whether they are impoverishing tobacco growers and enriching criminals.Read More
From the figures below and a knowledge of the price of excisable goods in other jurisdictions; it is obvious that the illegal trade in these goods is going to turn a profit.Read More
Anyone who has seen The Big Lebowski knows that smoking while driving can cause a threat of fire that can be distracting, even if there is a drink on hand to douse the embers. Read More
Zimbabwe is trying to negotiate the tricky question of how to pay tobacco growers so that the country can earn the maximum net foreign currency from this vital crop.Read More
The UAE seems to be acting in the best interests of everybody by lifting a ban on electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn devices, while introducing standards on these products.Read More
It appears that a consumer association in Zambia might be trying to indulge in a bit of deeming – in this case deeming that shisha is not a tobacco product. Read More
With buyers having reduced tobacco farm-gate prices in Malawi by 54 percent between 2012 and 2016, talk of rewarding farmers for their hard work seems hollow at best. Read More
