Smoking rates fall to historic low across Australia despite the rise of illicit tobacco
Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years agoGet our breaking news email, free app or...
US preventive services taskforce’s members have not issued binding recommendations since March 2025The health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s overhaul...
Zyn’s Popularity Has Tobacco Companies Racing to Cash In
The makers of nicotine pouches are building new plants and expanding to meet demand. While influencers claim health benefits, experts warn the product...
British American Tobacco corta 9.000 empregos em reestruturação global
A British American Tobacco está cortando quase um quinto de sua força de trabalho global, com a fabricante de cigarros eliminando ou terceirizando 9.0...
British American Tobacco cortará 9.000 empregos com plano de redução de gastos
O corte de cerca de 20% da força de trabalho visa economizar US$ 793 milhões anuais até 2028, em meio ao declínio do tabaco tradicional e a dificuldad...
British American Tobacco to slash 9,000 jobs as it turns to AI
Dunhill maker to cut about a fifth of workforce, aiming to reduce costs and become more ‘technology enabled’Business live – latest updatesBritish Amer...
Why ultra-processed foods could become the new war on tobacco
Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the tobacco industry when it come...
Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods, journal reveals
New issue of the American Journal of Public Health focuses on parallels between marketing for cigarettes and UPFsThe new issue of the American Journal...
Australians are spending less to consume more nicotine as illegal tobacco trade explodes
Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates nicotine consumption rose 40%, with illicit sources accounting for 80% of all tobaccoFollow our Australia ne...
‘Social media should be treated like tobacco’: Streeting calls for under-16s ban on certain platforms
Former health secretary’s intervention comes as government closes consultation on age limits for social media platformsSocial media companies should b...
Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, Australian experts warn
Cigarettes kill 66 Australians every day, coalition says, criticising MPs who heard evidence from Philip Morris in secretGet our breaking news email, ...
Philip Morris uses secret Senate hearing to warn illegal tobacco in Australia could wipe out legal trade by 2030
Company pushes for lower excise and claims threats warrant secrecy, while critics say it has ‘no interest in public health or safety’Get our breaking ...
Coalition accused of secretly giving big tobacco lobbyists private platform in parliament
Exclusive: A Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia hears closed-session evidence from cigarette manufacturersGet our bre...
Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament
Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’A bill banning anyone born after 2008 fro...
