Public opinion apparently isn't an issue in Australia, where health policy decisions are not based on such opinions and where, presumably, people are told what to think and do by experts.Read More
A so-called corrective statement that US tobacco manufacturers have been ordered to make, 'It's not easy to quit', is the last thing a smoker should be told.Read More
After decades of hand-wringing over the damage caused by smoking, many authorities seem intent on undermining what to many people looks like one of the best solutions on offer.Read More
With the current direction of travel of Zimbabwe’s flue-cured tobacco sales, growers will end up this year having received a lower average price than they did in 1996.Read More
The American Medical Association could have increased the impact of its vaping press note if it had identified the research to which it refers.Read More
A plan to include on packs of heat-not-burn products the same warnings as those on packs of combustible cigarettes is in line with the trend for alternative facts.Read More
The 'young people' gambit is being used in Belgium to open what can only be described as a piece of gesture politics.Read More
It was inevitable that tobacco manufacturers, which have allowed themselves to become sitting ducks in respect of litter, would be targeted by those with concerns for the environment. Read More
A six-month clinical study by Philip Morris International is said to have shown that there are improvements in the biological response of people who switch to IQOS rather than continue smoking.Read More
Although vaping in the US has failed to become an epidemic among young people, opponents are maintaining an orange-level panic because that's what they do best.Read More
