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
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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
'Free' trade agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement clauses seem incompatible – antipodean perhaps, no matter what interpretation is put on the word 'free'.Read More
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
Retailers in the Australian state of New South Wales seem to be taking a more grown-up attitude to nicotine-containing e-liquids than are the local health authorities.Read More
In Australia, where tobacco prices are astronomically high, the fall in the number of smokers has been tiny. Perhaps it should try nicotine-delivering electronic-cigarettes.Read More
It is hardly surprising that graphic health warnings aren't working in Australia. They are way over the top. They need to get real.Read More
