Indonesia has the region’s highest rate of smoking among youths – one in five between the ages of 13 and 15 smoke. What should the government should do to stop youth from smoking?
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Some experts believe that e-cigarettes can help people stop smoking cigarettes. But do they lead others, especially teens, to start? The question intensifies as teens take up Juul.
South Africa’s proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
On World No Tobacco Day, the focus is usually on the health risks of cigarettes. But what about the way Big Tobacco exploits impoverished farmers in Malawi?
The e-cigarette industry emerged as an alternative to traditional tobacco, but now it’s dominated by Big Tobacco. That’s why transnational regulations are needed for the industry.
Tobacco taxes have been shown to curtail cigarette smoking. Why aren’t more countries, including the US, implementing them effectively?
What if we treated climate change as a health problem rather than an environmental one? There are lessons to be learned from the successful public health campaigns against smoking.
Many smokers still think filters make cigarettes safer. But they actually make them more harmful, and the tobacco industry has known about this for a long time.
Most people know that second-hand smoke is dangerous, but evidence that third-hand smoke is dangerous too is growing.
FDA Director Scott Gottlieb has proposed discussions about drastically cutting nicotine levels in cigarettes. This could result in some of the biggest health gains in history.
A new study reveals the risks of vaping in non-smoking teenagers.
Do US smokers really know the risks? Research from Australia, Canada and Mexico shows that there are better ways to warn consumers.
Roll-your-own tobacco contains additives to stop it from drying out. So, it’s hardly a “natural” or “healthier” alternative to factory made cigarettes.
The UK is the latest country where tobacco companies cannot market their brands on their packets.
The effects of long-term tobacco smoking on our mental faculties such as memory and concentration are only now becoming known.
Big tobacco companies have found a way around plain packaging with clever marketing techniques that undermine Australian regulations.
Hidden links between tobacco companies and tobacco control opponents may be hindering plain packaging legislation around the world.
The Uruguayan government’s victory over Philip Morris should embolden other countries to introduce stronger tobacco-control policies.
New evidence gets to the heart of their cardio-vascular impact.
There is a curious paradox at the heart of the food group’s new nutrition scheme: the less consumers trust Big Food, the less attention they will pay to the labels.
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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