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.
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Scotland showed the world how to go smoke-free. Finishing the job is proving harder.
Smoking is the single greatest cause of ill health and death globally.
A controversial change ended up being widely accepted.
A previous attempt to introduce such a ban in the Philippines was struck down by an industry-funded lawsuit.
When the age of sale was increased from 16 to 18 in 2007 in the UK, there was a fall in youth smoking rates.
Globally, about 1 million deaths annually are related to exposure to second-hand smoke. Thirteen African countries have implemented comprehensive smoke-free bans.
South Africa’s lockdown rules started with high legitimacy. But it has been eroded and has now dissolved.
With the advent of novel tobacco products and the tobacco industry falsely marketing them as less harmful, the adage “prevention is better than cure” has never been more important.
Tobacco taxes have been shown to curtail cigarette smoking. Why aren’t more countries, including the US, implementing them effectively?
All you need to know about illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
Cigarettes are part of the social and economic fabric of prisons.
Scotland voted for its own parliament in September 1997, but has yet to make its mind up about the biggest issue of all.
Uruguay fights tobacco more strongly than many countries 100 times its size – including the U.S. It recently won a battle against Philip Morris. Should others follow the example of this tiny nation?
Research shows how tobacco companies are feeling the effects of smoking bans across the world.
The World Health Organisation has just released a report on electronic nicotine delivery systems that calls for their global regulation in the interests of public health. The most well-known such devices…
Ask a parent to lock a child in an enclosed smoke-filled space, exposing them to arsenic, tar and formaldehyde, and they’ll inevitably say “no”. Yet one in ten parents continues to do just that. For libertarians…
Bans on public smoking may lead to drops in childhood asthma and premature births, new research shows. Researchers, led by…
More than 500 health care professionals have signed an open letter to MPs urging their support for a ban on smoking in vehicles with children in. The ban forms part of the Children and Families Bill, which…
Smokers cost employees more than $3000 each year through taking breaks, absenteeism and lowered productivity. The study published…
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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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