“Thank you for smoking”: New Aotearoa/New Zealand government ditches history-making smoke-free plan to fund tax cuts

Ruth Canty and Marita Hefler New Zealand has announced it will repeal the country’s world-leading smokefree laws. Faced with a choice between leading a turning point in the global tobacco epidemic or turning back the clock, New Zealand’s new incoming coalition government chose the latter. The new coalition government is made up of right-wing parties, […]

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Nicotine pouches may present a youth risk

Oulmann Zerhouni, Sandra Loisy, Renaud Bouthier, Valentin Flaudias The evolving nicotine product landscape has seen the introduction of nicotine pouches in recent years, which are becoming increasingly popular among youth. This trend requires swift action from public health officials and policymakers. Although comprehensive data on the use of nicotine pouches are limited, their appeal appears […]

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India: Mandatory anti-tobacco warnings to feature on over-the-top platforms such as Netflix

Srishti Nawani and Sonu Goel         India has taken a ground-breaking step in public health by becoming the first country to mandate anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers on over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. OTT platforms are digital services delivering multimedia content over the internet, bypassing traditional broadcasting avenues. The ruling […]

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Uruguay: civil society challenges tobacco industry interference

Laura LlambÍ, Diego Rodriguez, Beatriz Goja, Adriana Rodriguez, Ana Lorenzo Over the past few decades, Uruguay has secured great achievements in tobacco control, followed in turn, by favourable health outcomes. After becoming the first indoor-smoke-free country in the Americas region in 2006, a comprehensive tobacco control law was passed in 2008. By this time, the Uruguayan government […]

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Changing the Business Climate

Adriana Blanco Marquizo United Nations bodies already offer the tools to remove industry obstacles from the path of a liveable climate and improved public health. The global community must use them. For decades, the vehicle industry produced vehicle fuel with lead additives. The decision by carmakers and refiners to use lead helped vehicles achieve greater […]

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Honouring Tobacco Control’s Reviewers of the Year for 2021 AND 2022

Ruth Malone Beginning in 2015, Tobacco Control’s senior editorial team has honoured individuals as  Reviewers of the Year, awarding them a one-year electronic subscription to the journal and accolades that are well-deserved. As noted in this editorial introducing the awards, these individuals are a “generally invisible group whose unpaid and too-often unheralded work is critical […]

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Tobacco Companies target customers with menthol alternatives to circumvent upcoming California sales ban

Jodie Briggs and Andrew B. Seidenberg In 2020, California lawmakers achieved a public health victory in passing a law banning the sale of flavoured tobacco products. The law came in response to the toll that menthol plays in smoking initiation, youth use, and the disproportionate impact on Black communities, as well as the high rates […]

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Is tobacco promotion through music making a comeback?

Alexander Barker We know that there are tobacco references in music and in the image portrayed by musicians, often associated with themes of rebellion. Smoking content in the media is a causal factor in experimentation and uptake by young people, likely due to social learning. Furthermore, the tobacco industry has previously attempted to target ‘hip’ […]

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