Tobacco

Following a raid on a northern Victorian farm, Australian Taxation Officers (ATO) have seized 17 tonnes of illegal tobacco.

Illegal tobacco seized in VIC

Plain packaging legislation has the tobacco industry concerned about the black market

Feature article: Tobacco

A conversation with Georgia Kollaras on growing up musical and transitioning into the dream job she didn’t know she wanted

The passion behind Kollaras

The UK National Health Service (NHS) has claimed that second-hand smoke contains more than 4000 cancer-causing chemicals, but that second-hand vape smoke has “no identified health risks”.

UK report finds passive vaping not harmful

The illicit tobacco trade in Australia is costing huge dollars in tax revenue and the Federal Government has been determined to bring this costly criminal activity under control.

New Illicit Tobacco Laws- A positive step forward

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, head of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned over a report that she had bought stock in a tobacco company.

Trump’s anti-smoking boss resigns

The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has welcomed comments by Colin Mendelsohn, associate professor and tobacco treatment specialist at the University of NSW, for saying that Australia needed to embrace vaping and eCigarettes.

eCigarette opportunity ‘not to be missed’

International tobacco company Phillip Morris has made waves through the public with ads taken out in UK newspapers noting its new year resolution and “ambition…to stop selling cigarettes in the UK”.

Phillip Morris UK to ‘give up smoking’

The Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has encouraged people to dob in criminals selling illicit tobacco.

Consumers encouraged to dob in criminals

A survey by Quit Victoria has revealed that almost 1 in 2 smokers between the ages of 18 and 29 in Victoria believe that rolling their own cigarettes is a healthier option.

Roll-you-own cigarettes not healthier

Tobacco companies in the US have run ads in a national campaign, admitting that cigarettes are addictive and deadly.

US tobacco company admits ‘smoking kills’

An Australian intuitive has found that over 75% of Queenslanders would support a push to increase the legal cigarette purchase/smoking age to 21, from age 18.

Push to increase legal smoking age

While the illicit tobacco trade in Australia is well known to government and police officials, new claims have come out that tobacconists are employing sneaky tactics to promote cigarettes.

Illicit tobacco could be smoke-screen

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