Even if, as seems likely, sin is evenly distributed through society, 'sin taxes' impact the financially poor disproportionately.Read More
China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration seems to make a valid point when it says that a mature society should make provision for ‘civilized smoking’.Read More
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If a proposed ban on flavored tobacco products is passed tomorrow; it will certainly have far-reaching negative consequences. They won't be 'unintended' however. Read More
Estimating the smoking rate among women on the grounds of the incidence of lung cancer among this group seems, without strong supporting evidence, to be risky. Read More
A Summit on Harm Reduction held in the Philippines has been told of a stunningly successful support program for smokers wanting to quit by switching to vaping. Read More
The Region of the Americas, where a third of countries are not implementing a single control measure, seems to be uniquely on schedule to meet a tobacco-use reduction target.Read More
World No Tobacco Day encourages an outpouring of facts and figures – some of them seemingly alternative facts. Read More
There seems to be a difference of opinion as to whether the prices of cigarettes in Malaysia are going to fall during a period of tax transition.Read More
Although prices for leaf tobacco in Andhra Pradesh seem to be sharply up on those of 2017, growers are concerned about the slow pace of sales.Read More
World No Tobacco Day is a missed opportunity because it does not get to the heart of the problem. Read More
