Tobacco

Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans

Smoking is really bad for you. Most people know that. Even smokers think smoking is bad for one’s health. But most people don’t know just how bad it is.

The Conversation 8 min read

‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products

Jeffrey Stephen Wigand revealed how tobacco companies targeted children; now he sees similar marketing by big tech

The Guardian - US 10 min read

Manifattura Tabacchi: 'I bought in Florence's mini-Kings Cross factory conversion — here's what it's like'

Architect Mike Stiff is an industrial conversion obsessive, so of course he had to snap up a flat in Florence’s converted tobacco factory

Evening Standard 6 min read

New York's Governor Seems Indifferent to the Health Consequences of a Steep Tax on Nicotine Pouches

Kathy Hochul’s proposed levy would deter smokers from switching to a much less dangerous habit.

Reason 5 min read

Social Media Is Not Tobacco

Plus: Hollywood is over, the war in Iran is not, Democrats are fighting about affordability, and more...

Reason 9 min read

E-cigarettes are more effective for quitting smoking, but experts warn they are not risk-free

E-cigarettes are more effective than traditional methods like patches and gum for quitting smoking, according to a new study.

Euronews 4 min read

Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer

As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer.

The Conversation 5 min read

Vapes may cause cancer despite safer than smoking claim

Using nicotine-based vapes is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, even if e-cigarette users do not smoke tobacco, a watershed academic review has found.

AAP 3 min read

Kicking the habit: Smoking rate among Americans hits a historic low

Americans are continuing to shift away from cigarettes — but nearly 20% still used at least one tobacco product in 2024

The Independent UK 4 min read

Crime boss foot soldier shot dead in botched burglary

A man believed to have been involved in tobacco store arsons was killed in an aggravated burglary gone wrong, a coroner investigating his death has been told.

AAP 3 min read