Busting the myth that roll-your-own tobacco has fewer additives
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.
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Banning early evening gaming ads on TV is like being ‘a little bit pregnant’
When is the upcoming ban on early evening TV sports betting ads not a real ban? When it's a partial ban that ignores how real people watch sport.
It was Big Tobacco, not Trump, that wrote the post-truth rule book
If you want to know how to spin alternative facts, just ask the PR gurus who kept the world smoking.
It’s time to focus on an endgame for tobacco regulation
An "endgame" approach focuses on ending the tobacco pandemic, and foresees a tobacco-free future.
Australia needs precision tools in drafting trade agreements, not a sledgehammer
The arbitrary treatment of comapnies like Philip Morris is unsettling and does not engender confidence – two basic ingredients required in trade and investment.
The challenge facing libraries in an era of fake news
Since the 19th century academic librarians have helped students navigate the complex world of information. In today's unpredictable information environment, how might they rethink their role?
How e-cigarettes could ‘health wash’ the tobacco industry
Classing e-cigarettes as quit smoking aids could help rebrand the tobacco industry as a legitimate player in health policy. Here's why we should be concerned.
Big Tobacco loses tax battle in California, but Big Marijuana is on the rise
Thanks to voters ignoring Big Tobacco, California may be the first smoke free society. Here's how it happened.
Why Africa should resist the power of Big Sugar to undermine public health
The decision to tax sugary drinks in South Africa faces furious industry opposition, but global experience shows industry cannot be trusted to put public health before profits.
How the tobacco industry is gaming Australian health regulations
Big tobacco companies have found a way around plain packaging with clever marketing techniques that undermine Australian regulations.
Californians backing cigarette tax boost, even though Big Tobacco spending millions
California, the nation's single largest market for cigarettes, has one of the lowest taxes on them. A proposal to raise the tax by US$2 a pack could signal a sea change.
Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
In 2012, in the early days of the rise of e-cigarettes, Kingsley Wheaton, Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at British American Tobacco, said “Our core business is, and will remain in, tobacco…
Big Tobacco’s dirty tricks in opposing plain packaging
Hidden links between tobacco companies and tobacco control opponents may be hindering plain packaging legislation around the world.
Big Tobacco aims its guns to kill California tobacco tax
California has one of the nation's lowest cigarette taxes, due in large part to a powerful tobacco lobby. The power could shift this fall, if a voters agree to raise taxes by $2 a pack.
From wine to weed: Keeping the marijuana farm small and local
An era of prohibition may soon be over for marijuana, and powerful players are watching. A legal expert explains how smaller, local producers can keep their pot in the game.
Why Big Tobacco has reason to fear the waking divestment giant
This week The Guardian published a long-form profile by veteran journalist Gideon Haigh of Dr Bronwyn King. I wrote a column about her last October when her efforts to persuade the Australian superannuation…
Philip Morris speaks at and promotes an obscure conference on lung disease
Over the past decade, every researcher’s email inbox has been crammed daily with junk from what have come to be known as predatory journals and conferences. Last week I had 21 offers to send my non-existent…
How smoking bans could lead to the death of the tobacco industry
Research shows how tobacco companies are feeling the effects of smoking bans across the world.
How might Big Tobacco react to a rise in cigarette excise?
Big Tobacco relies on tactics of deceit, delay and frustration which it has developed and refined over half a century.
Ten more myths about smoking that will not die
Last week, I wrote about factoid-driven myths that just refuse to die. In less than a week, the piece has had more than 1.184 million readers. There’s plainly a big appetite for smoking myth busting, so…
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