If you think e-cigs are a safer alternative to regular cigarettes, think again. An independent study from the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) this week has offered new evidence that e-cigarettes contain cancer-causing agents. If the research holds up, the devices’

A British government agency has issued a bullish assessment of the value of electronic cigarettes in helping people to quit smoking. It found that e-cigarettes can reduce the health risks of smoking by 95 percent because

Last week, Public Health England (PHE) reported what it described as a “landmark review” of evidence about e-cigarettes. The headline in their press release quoted their top-line finding—“E-cigarettes around 95% less harmful than tobacco”. Kevin

by Nancy Wavell Mendoza A quarter of a million deaths per year are caused by smokeless tobacco-based products, according to a new study.  Its authors say that millions more have their lives shortened by ill health

The European Commission has been accused of a cover-up after refusing to release details of talks between its officials and the tobacco industry during negotiations over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty.

The 2014 Tobacco Control Bill has become one of the highly controversial Bills submitted to Parliament of Uganda, on 28th July and passed which is awaiting the consent of the President. This Bill which was

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters) – U.S. teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to move on to smoking conventional cigarettes as those who have never tried the devices, researchers from

The apparent U-turn was condemned as ‘political correctness’ by tobacco companies. In January another minister said he wanted tobacco companies to ‘make a contribution to put right the wrongs as a consequence of their product’

Department of Health steps up publicity campaign seven weeks before smoking cigarettes in vehicles carrying under-18s is outlawed Motorists and passengers in England and Wales are being warned they will soon be breaking the law

The government of Uganda by enacting a comprehensive tobacco control law has conveyed a strong message. The message convinces that public health should and will prevail over tobacco industry profits and intimidation.  It is now

The bars and cafes are full and lively in the northern Ethiopian town of Mekelle — but they are no longer smoke-filled, with the strict implementation of a smoking ban in public places. “It’s a

The company’s transformation is a reminder that sometimes big dogs can learn new tricks. At this year’s Fortune Brainstorm Techconference in Aspen, Helena Foulkes, executive vice president of drugstore chain CVS Health CVS 0.22% ,

Health secretary James Macharia has termed the introduction of a levy on cigarette manufacturers to regulate the tobacco industry as justified. Mr Macharia says in court documents that the fee is reasonable and does not

Jonathan Gornall Thirty-five years ago this month, worried executives at British Ame­rican Tobacco flew the company’s commercial partners in the Arab world to London for an urgent conference to discuss “Smoking and Health in the

Cost of a packet of fags could rocket as high as £15 by 2020 if proposals to crack down on smoking are given the go ahead Medics want the Government to consider big hikes in

Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA has vast wealth and a Portland jury that awarded $25 million in punitive damages to a dead smoker’s family acted reasonably to send a message to the cigarette maker for

Seems the tobacco wars will never end on the Hill. This week, Democrats accused Republicans of tucking a special interest giveaway to the tobacco industry in an agriculture appropriations bill. The White House scolded them

Frustrated by the slow pace of federal action, state attorneys general are waging their own campaigns against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes to minors. More than a dozen AGs, including those in New York,

The countrys largest tobacco firms say they dont have the necessary cash to make a $1-billion payment by the end of the month to Quebec smokers who won a landmark class-action suit. Lawyers argued in

Three out of 4 American adultsincluding 7 in 10 cigarette smokersfavor raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco productsto 21, according to an article by CDC published in the American Journal of Preventive

THE FACTS about tobaccos dangers are stark. The World Health Organization says tobacco kills nearly 6million people each year. More than 5million die from smoking and the rest from exposure to second-hand smoke. Eight in

Hungary is considering the introduction of uniform packaging for tobacco products, which would mean that all such goods would have identical packaging and advertising tobacco products would be prohibited. This system is already in place

Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs sent a draft Tobacco Act to a round of approvals, which brings new shocking warning pictures on cigarettes packs starting May 20, 2016, informs LETA. The new Tobacco Act changes

Anthem, one of the nations largest health insurers, wants its members to stop smoking. It reimburses those who enroll in smoking-cessation programs or who buy products, like nicotine patches, intended to help people quit. It

From Ukraine to Uruguay, Moldova to the Philippines, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its foreign affiliates have become the hammer for the tobacco industry, engaging in a worldwide effort to fight antismoking laws of

Smoking can almost double the risk of prostate cancer returning after surgery, a study has found. Ex-smokers were also at greater risk of recurring cancer, but not those who quit the habit 10 years or

While cigarette sales volume slipped 0.4 percent worldwide in 2014, the global vapor tobacco industry nearly doubled in size to $6 billion from 2013 to 2014. That’s according to a report from Euromonitor International, which

In2012, Australia implemented tough anti-tobacco regulations, requiring that all cigarettes be sold in plain, logo-free brown packages dominated by health warnings. Philip Morris Asia filed suit, claiming that this violated its intellectual-property rights and would

A new study has found a chemical additive commonly found in e-cigarettes could play a role in tobacco dependence and increase the attractiveness of smoking amongyouth. The study, published in the Tobacco Control journal, examined

Ukraines Economy Ministry on June 4 suspended and will drop its three-year-old World Trade Organization case against Australia’s cigarette packaging law. Read:http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/public-health-advocates-cheer-ukraines-decision-to-stop-lobbying-tobacco-interests-in-plain-packaging-case-390379.html

(Reuters Health) – In a small U.S. study, nearly half of all pregnant women surveyed did not think electronic cigarettes contain nicotine or know that the devices can be addictive. Almost half of the group

Smoking both down, and shockingly up, in Africa – Mozambique has seen a 220% growth in cigarette use! Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia among worlds lowest smokers, but in Mauritania adults consume about 41 cigarettes per day

MONTREAL A judge has ordered three tobacco companies to pay more than $15 billion in damages to Quebec smokers in what is described as the largest monetary award in Canadian legal history. Quebec Superior Court

PARIS Big Tobacco is pushing back against Europes effort to remove the marketing allure from smoking. On Friday, Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco, two of the worlds biggest tobacco companies, sued the British

The Wynne government moved Tuesday to ban flavoured tobacco, regulate e-cigarette smoking and place calorie counts on restaurant menus in an effort to make Ontarians more healthy. The Making Healthier Choices Act passed with the

The Senate yesterday passed into law the National Tobacco Control Bill, NTCB, after the document had spent several years on the shelf of the National Assembly. But rather than impose an outright ban on the

In the latest in-depth review of studies investigating which smoking cessation methods work best, experts say there isn’t enough evidence to support using e-cigarettes to kick the habit The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a

The tiny nation of Uruguay is fighting a big opponent – the tobacco giant Philip Morris. Their legal battle is over tough anti-smoking legislation enacted in Uruguay which Philip Morris is trying to overturn. But

France is to impose plain packaging for cigarettes as part of an anti-cancer drive that also sees extra taxes on manufacturers and more steps to stop sales to minors. In an ongoing debate on a health