February 10th, 2021With more than one billion smokers in the world and 11 million in South Africa, smoking-related diseases are a pressing problem. Scientifically substantiated smoke-free...
November 4th, 2020Tobacco control strategies in South Africa could be complemented by a harm reduction approach to reduce smoking rates faster, writes Marcelo Nico, MD of Philip Morris...
October 14th, 2020The World Health Organization estimates that the number of smokers in the world – 1.1 billion – will not materially change by 2025. This tells us that, while a...
September 9th, 2020The biggest obstacle in America to the creative destruction of the cigarette is, ironically, the proscriptive culture of mainstream tobacco control whose researchers,...
America’s Food and Drug Administration last week made the landmark decision to allow the marketing of the cigarette alternative IQOS Tobacco Heating System, which is...
October 23rd, 2019
News that the South African universities accepted tobacco industry sourced funding has reignited the controversy over the industry's attempts to influence public debate...
Philip Morris International Inc on 20 August released a ‘white paper’ titled “Unsmoke: Clearing the way for change” based on findings from an international...Addiction News
United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he wants Congress to raise the minimum age for tobacco products, including vaping devices, to 21 from 18...Addiction - Policy & Law
United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will introduce national legislation to raise the minimum age for people buying tobacco products...
December 5th, 2018Government’s proposed anti-tobacco bill lacks any scientific assessment as an underlying principle of legislation, argues Tim Cohen, senior editor of Business Day. In...
