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Juul, Altria are reneging on promise to combat teen vaping – FDA
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is upping the pressure on Juul and Marlboro-maker Altria, accusing executives of reneging on promises they made...
FDA targets Walgreens as biggest youth tobacco sale violator
United States health officials plan to ask for a meeting with top management from Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc to discuss what they said was a...
India may revise plans to restrict online promotion of e-cigarettes
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is likely to walk back the stance on vaping laid out as part of its proposed rules for policing...
Civil society wants ban on tobacco sales to minors enforced
Civil society organisations working on tobacco control in Nigeria have called for firm enforcement of the National Tobacco Act, which prohibits the sale of...
UK ‘addiction crisis’ as councils cut funding and alcohol deaths soar
Councils in the UK are making ‘deep cuts’ to addiction services despite soaring alcohol-related hospital admissions and deaths, with further cuts projected, writes Josh Gabbatisse for...
JUUL raises nicotine levels in e-cigarettes, sparking ‘arms race’
Popular US e-cigarette manufacturer Juul is one of the fastest growing vaping companies around. It has been targeting youngsters and adolescents with flavoured e-cigarettes. The company has...
Is marijuana as safe as we think?
Permitting pot is one thing, promoting its use is another, writes Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker. Especially since a cloud of mystery surrounds cannabis – including...
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a focused life in a noisy world
Phones are consuming too much of people’s lives, writes Cal Newport, author of the new book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a focused life in a...
WHO project to measure compliance with tobacco control laws
The World Health Organization in collaboration with the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa and the ministry of health last week launched a study to...
Prominence of e-cigarettes is a symptom of failure to address smoking
A real danger is that debate around e-cigarettes drowns out the work needed to implement the full range of tobacco control measures, writes Nicholas S...