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Spain plans to extend smoking ban to bar and restaurant terraces

The ban would not only apply to traditional tobacco in public spaces, but also to electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco devices.

Euronews

Cash, cars and contraband: tobacco raids target shops

A black market crackdown has uncovered a secret tobacco store and fake wall full of money, seizing almost $500,000 in cash and assets including a Mercedes.

AAP

Bungling crook sets himself alight during arson attempt

Footage of a man setting himself on fire in a botched arson attack is being investigated for possible connections to tobacco wars in a major capital city.

AAP

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Sugary drinks, processed foods, alcohol and tobacco are big killers: why the G20 should add its weight to health taxes

By 2030, non-communicable diseases will account for 75% of all deaths annually. Eight percent of these will be in the global south. Most of these diseases are what we call silent killers: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as certain types of cancer at increasingly…

The Conversation

Why India’s fight against smoking needs a behavioural shift

This year marks the 25th year of the ban on smoking in public places, a landmark judgement of the Kerala High Court. Subsequently, the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003 was passed, which prohibited smoking in public places and introduced penalties for violations.

Newslaundry

Big Food’s Big Tobacco moment: Arianna Huffington

How the culture is changing on food and health.

Fortune

WHO chief says budget plea is 'extremely modest' compared to 'costs of war' or tobacco advertising

The UN health agency is asking for the equivalent of €3.7 billion for the next two years to fill a funding shortfall.

Euronews

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Fairport Convention and The Stranglers is one of the more unlikely collaborations you'll hear this year!

Hugh Cornwell hooks up with members of Fairport Convention for a charity single cover of Tobacco Road

Louder

Imperial Brands boss Stefan Bomhard to retire from tobacco firm

Shares in the company slumped as a result on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

She called him ‘babe’: Texas church volunteer SA’s 13-year-old boy, once at her son’s birthday party

She also bought him booze and tobacco.

We Got This Covered

Record $7m tobacco haul as police target crime assets

Police have seized a record $7.3 million haul of tobacco and frozen $22 million in crime syndicate assets in a big blow to the booming black market.

AAP

As Sweden regulates nicotine products, US pulls back - Roll Call

Changes to the U.S. regulatory landscape could dampen the ability to authorize new products AND enforce existing regulations.

Roll Call

Tobacco Town Thrives As China Struggles To Kick The Habit

Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose deadly output has put an otherwise unremarkable city on the map.

International Business Times

Snus-style pouches will be included in ‘smokefree generation’ law, says minister

The pouches are placed between the user’s lips and gum to release nicotine.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Crackdown on snus-style nicotine pouches in ‘smokefree generation’ law

The pouches are designed to be placed between the user’s lips and gum, where they release nicotine

Barchart

Do Wall Street Analysts Like Altria Group Stock?

Altria Group has outperformed the broader market over the past year, but analysts are cautious about the stock’s prospects.

Fortune

'Flood' of illicit vapes from China are now dominating the e-vape market, warns Altria

Altria is seeing a great deal of activity in the e-vapor market, but warned regulated products are being undercut by illicit imports.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition plan to make vapes more widely available ‘exactly what big tobacco wants’, health experts warn

A Dutton government would allow vapes to be legally sold in retail stores rather than restricted to pharmacies in bid to raise $3.6bn in tax revenue

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The Conversation

As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study

Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to…

Fortune

Americans take one step forward, one step back for cancer prevention

First, the good news: Only 11% of Americans smoke cigarettes. But there's bad news, too.

Evening Standard

‘Sword of Damocles’ driving vape changes, says Cancer Research chairman

Lord Stevens of Birmingham warned that there is ‘no health benefit’ if vape users become hooked on nicotine, when they have not previously smoked.

Fortune

Philip Morris shrugs off economic volatility as Zyn shipments reach new heights—skyrocketing more than 50% year over year

The tobacco giant raised profit guidance for the year, betting on the booming sales of the nicotine pouches.

Reason

Gen Zyn: Nicotine Pouches Help Curb Youth Smoking Rates

As young adults swap cigarettes and vapes for oral nicotine products, policymakers should recognize this shift as harm reduction instead of cracking down on personal choice.

AAP

Tobacco shops raided as police hit warring crime gangs

Millions of dollars in illegal tobacco has been seized in raids on shops allegedly linked to organised crime gangs fighting to control the black market.

Reason

All Vapes Are Flavored Vapes, Some Just Have Cigarette Flavors

A plea for more accurate descriptions of non-combustible nicotine products.

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