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Fuelling these shopfronts is a thriving black market and a flawed policy approach. It’s time for viable, effective solutions.
Why almost no one is using the stop-smoking drug that could save thousands of lives.
Public health messaging focused solely on the health risks related to using tobacco products misses the mark with some teens.
The G20 should acknowledge that diseases like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are part of a system in which commercial actors are causing ill health.
Tobacco companies say that heated tobacco products have fewer health risks than cigarettes, but there is little clear data to support that claim.
Despite the government taxing tobacco at higher and higher rates, revenue continues to fall. There’s no easy solution.
Can we turn a global killer into a global healer?
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.
New modelling suggests increasing the price of tobacco would cause young people to use less cannabis – but those aged over 50 to use more.
Research suggests that the multitude of products is confusing.
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.
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.
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.
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
Research suggests that a clear understanding of what is right and wrong contributes to engaging in less risky behavior.
Corporations have an incentive to make profits – even if their products hurt or even kill people. Here’s how to stop history repeating.
Allowing pharmacists to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription would ensure people who are using them to quit smoking could access them legally, while preventing inappropriate sales to youth.
Black markets tend to attract established organised crime groups, which have the capacity to use violence to enforce contracts, collect debts and threaten competitors.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst
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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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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health/Director, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Lecturer & Senior Researcher in Evidence-Based Healthcare, University of Oxford