In a pragmatic move, a university in Australia has relaxed its ban on smoking and vaping by allowing these habits to be indulged in designated areas.Read More
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The full version of this story from Australia provides some telling figures on the country's high-tax policy and how that policy eventually fails. But there is another way.Read More
A recent government-agency report in Australia has supported what vaping campaigners have been saying for years. There's now no reason to delay legalizing vaping with nicotine.Read More
Australia might be shifting slightly its stance on electronic cigarettes, which is good news for harm reduction.Read More
Ninety-four percent of incarcerated Australian smokers resume their habit on release, even though most of them will not have been allowed to smoke while in prison. Read More
A smoking-control strategy that doesn't include at least an element of harm reduction through the deployment of modern technology is up a gum tree.Read More
If the legalization of e-cigarettes is a 'no-brainer' from the point of view of health but politicians will not legalize them; there are basically only two conclusions that can be drawn.Read More
What sort of a society would threaten to fine a person $10,000 for trying to access a quit-smoking device that has been proved to be effective? Read More
Some medical operatives seem to believe that ordinary people should carry in their heads the latest minutiae of the medical trade. They shouldn't. It is enough to know that smoking is risky.Read More
Although Australia won in its entirety the World Trade Organization dispute over its plain tobacco packaging legislation, both it and one or more of the complainants could lodge appeals.Read More