June 23rd, 2021A seasoned litigator against major tobacco companies and a tobacco stocks investment manager have warned regulators and law makers that the ‘demonisation of big...
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,...
July 8th, 2020Many of the activists who fought against the deceptions of Big Tobacco, are the same ones who have thwarted the nascent health revolution of vaping as a harm reduction...
We don’t know how long it will take to find a vaccine for COVID-19, but we do know this: if and when we find one, there will be unprecedented demand for the molecules...Talking Points
The murky political history of the cigarette offers a vantage point to locate current debates on the cigarette sale ban in South Africa under lockdown, writes Dr Elijah...
June 10th, 2020In its delayed High Court affidavit the government claims medical evidence vindicates its lockdown ban on tobacco, despite “bizarrely strong” evidence in favour of...
November 24th, 2019
In a major blow to the vaping industry, the American Medical Association has called for a ban on e-cigarettes and vaping products that the US Food and Drug...
April 28th, 2019Big Tobacco is increasingly using social media to find new ways to hook young people on smoking, circumventing decades of laws restricting the marketing of traditional...
The legal smoking age in Britain should be increased to 21 according to MPs who are calling for a crackdown on tobacco giants and cigarette use in TV as part of...
January 14th, 2019Tobacco remains the biggest public health threat, killing more than seven million people globally every year. The World Health Organization has recognised progress in...
