With its smoke-free challenge in the Middle East and Africa, Philip Morris International is trying to make a positive contribution to reducing the harm caused by smoking. Read More
The US leaf-tobacco and vaping industries will be left counting the costs of the trade war being waged between the US and China.Read More
The story below seems to blow a hole in the idea that one puff – or even quite a lot of puffs – on a cigarette and a person is addicted to nicotine and smoking. Read More
Israel is banning Juul electronic cigarettes because they pose 'a grave risk to public health'. Combustible cigarettes will remain on sale because, presumably, they don't pose such a risk. Read More
The UK Government has no plans to impose a new tax on vaping products; as had been suggested in media reports at the beginning of August.Read More
New research suggests that smokers are better off heart-health-wise sticking to combustible cigarettes than switching to dual use of combustible and electronic cigarettes.Read More
As well as providing a vital service for smokers, the UK’s burgeoning vape shops are helping to fill gaps left in high streets by the retreat of traditional retailers.Read More
Despite the measures already taken against the illegal trade in tobacco products, the EU Commission is reflecting on whether it should take further action.Read More
The UK Government has banned tobacco smoking in prisons, but it seems to have been a Pyrrhic victory.Read More
An opinion piece in the Malay Mail has set out a rational argument for allowing smokers to use vaping devices to quit smoking while, at the same time, studying the effects of vaping.Read More
