Applications to sell smoking products in Qld now open
Retailers and wholesalers of smoking products in Queensland must soon hold an approved licence to sell smoking products.
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ATO and NSW Police bust another illegal tobacco operation
Another illegal tobacco operation has been shut down. Officers from NSW Police and Australian Taxation Office discovered the 10.3 tonne haul near Goulburn last week. The operation included a hothouse and three kilns on site – one which was in the process of drying tobacco during the search, as well as four acres of tobacco
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Push for Australia to legalise vaping
A study from the Queen Mary University of London claims that the use of e-cigarettes is more effective for quitting smoking than nicotine patches. The study found that around 18% of e-cigarette users were smoke-free within a year, as opposed to 9.9% of people using nicotine patches and products. The Australian Government’s official position on e-ciagrettes
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Cigarettes with flavour changing capsules make smoking more palatable and attractive to teenagers: health experts
Quit Victoria is urging the Victorian Government to take immediate action to ban the sale of tobacco products with squeezable capsules of flavour in their filter which mask the harsh taste of smoke and appeal to young people. The call comes as a new analysis in the British Medical Journal’s Tobacco Control journal reveals how
Phillip Morris recruit for smoke-free future
Tobacco company Phillip Morris International has posted a job advertisement, seeking a candidate to help the company achieve it’s goals. One particular goal in question that may strike as odd coming from a tobacco company, is the goal of a smoke-free Australia. The advert reads: “Phillip Morris. We see a future without cigarettes. Help us make
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Smoking rates in NSW reduced
Over 15 years, the smoking rates in NSW have dropped by more than seven percent the NSW Population Health Survey revealed.
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eCigarette opportunity ‘not to be missed’
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.
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