A new study suggests making cigarettes cheaper would risk making smoking-related poverty in Australia worse overall, given it could lead to more people smoking.
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A new FDA survey finds some positive trends among young people in the US, though new forms of nicotine use like pouches have become a bit more popular.
For decades, economists have used everything from lipstick to underpants to work out how people really feel about spending money.
Cigarettes may act as an efficient delivery system for microplastic particles.
A few US towns have banned cigarette sales to anyone born after a specific date, and several states are considering this path. A psychologist explains why such measures often face stiff resistance.
The alleged kingpin of Australia’s illicit tobacco trade has been arrested - does this mean the end of the so-called ‘tobacco wars’?
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.
Tobacco companies say that heated tobacco products have fewer health risks than cigarettes, but there is little clear data to support that claim.
Retailers have a three-month grace period to sell any old stock already in their stores. Here’s what’s behind these changes – and what needs to happen next.
Retail outlets already or will soon need to have a licence to sell cigarettes. But there aren’t restrictions on the number of licensed outlets.
Text message-based programming and the drug varenicline were the only 2 strategies that were shown to be effective for quitting vaping.
The outlook for the tobacco industry is uncertain. This is unlikely to change.
Changes to the bacterial balance in the mouth can trigger inflammation and other harmful effects in the body.
Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
It’s a conundrum: While vaping can help some adults stop cigarette smoking, it also appeals to young people who may take up the habit.
While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers and young people are being drawn to them, a large-scale study found.
Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents to try tobacco.
The number of smokers in Africa is on the rise. Research calculates the effect of tax-led price increases on the smoking habits of young people.
Smoking is the single greatest cause of ill health and death globally.
Under the new law, the legal age for cigarette sales will increase by a year each year from 2027. This means people born from 2009 will never be able to legally buy cigarettes in the UK.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Adjunct researcher, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor of Public Health and Law, The Ohio State University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Professor in Residence of Global Health, Marquette University
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health, University of Bath