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As tonnes of illegal tobacco sneak in past our borders, we risk missing a threat that could cost us billions

Australia regularly makes global headlines for its strict biosecurity rules for international travellers.

The Conversation

Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with tobacco products to increase worker productivity

Health experts offer a blunt warning on using tobacco products to increase productivity, saying the adverse health effects have been well documented.

Fortune

Social media companies are fighting the 'age verification trap' as collecting biometrics on kids violates privacy rights

Big Social is reaching its Big Tobacco moment as it regulations intensify and social media companies look to implement age verification methods on its platforms.

Fortune

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The UK is about to start an experiment that could end smoking for good – but it won’t be easy

Anyone born after January 1 2009 will never be able to legally buy tobacco in the UK thanks to the tobacco and vapes bill, which is expected to become law in March 2026. When it does, it will mean that the legal age for tobacco sales will rise by one…

The Conversation

European girls aged 13-15 have world’s highest rate of tobacco use for age group

World Health Organization report also finds one in seven adolescents across continent use vapes and e-cigarettes

The Guardian - UK

Europe is the global leader in tobacco use and vaping may be to blame, WHO warns

Despite overall tobacco use decline, vaping and novel tobacco products are driving increased use among young people in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.

Euronews

Public health advocates say more transparency needed in debate over illicit tobacco as industry links questioned

Former Australian Border Force officer Rohan Pike, who has been quoted extensively as an expert, also advises nicotine-industry-linked organisations

The Guardian - AU

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Rep. Rouzer talks tobacco farming and his time as a staffer for Jesse Helms

“I cut my teeth during the tobacco wars of the ’90s,” says North Carolina Republican Rep. David Rouzer of his staff days.

Roll Call

Government edges closer to landmark generational smoking ban despite Tory challenge

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will prevent anyone born on or after January 1 2009 from smoking legally

The Independent UK

How a $280 billion tobacco company plans to grow by getting smokers to quit cigarettes

Philip Morris International says its future is smoke free. Getting there requires turning cigarette smokers into new customers.

Fortune

Prohibitive policies drove organised crime in Australia 100 years ago. It’s happening again

Organised crime has a long history in Australia. For more than a century, criminal groups have accumulated vast fortunes, committed countless acts of intimidation and coercion and, at times, extreme and spectacular violence.

The Conversation

This High-Yield Dividend King Has 56 Years of Raises and Wall Street Is Screaming ‘Buy’

This 56-year Dividend King yields 6.3%, carries a Moderate Buy rating, and could offer steady income plus upside despite industry shifts.

Barchart

Colorado has high levels of radon, which can cause lung cancer – here’s how to lower your risk

In Colorado, as of 2025, about 500 people a year die from lung cancer as the result of radon gas exposure. Nationally, the number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon is about 21,000 per year.

The Conversation

Ultra-Processed Foods Are the New Tobacco?

You open a packet of chips and you tell yourself that you will eat a few but in 10 minutes it is all finished and you were not even that hungry but you were craving it. Is this situation familiar to you? This situation is experienced by most of us…

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'Simple' tax solution dismissed as illegal tobacco cure

Australia's surging illegal tobacco trade has sparked calls for changes to the cigarette excise but a leading bureaucrat says it's not the solution.

AAP

Illegal ciggies tipped to soon stub out retail sales

One of Australia's biggest retailers has warned nine in 10 cigarettes will be bought illegally by the end of the decade unless the tobacco excise is cut.

AAP

Tough new laws to crack down on illegal tobacco 'thugs'

Businesses caught selling illegal tobacco could have their shops shut down for up to 90 days under planned state laws.

The Guardian - AU

Treasury considering changes to Australia’s contentious tobacco excise, as calls grow for a freeze

The tax has climbed by 60% since 2020 and accounts for three-quarters of the legal cost of a packet of cigarettes

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The Guardian - UK

Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England

Rising evidence that secondhand vapour from e-cigarettes poses health risks, government says

Evening Standard

BAT expected to cut jobs in plan to boost productivity

The FTSE 100 tobacco giant confirmed plans to pursue ‘productivity initiatives’ on Thursday as it reported stronger profits.

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Kanpur Police Arrest Shivam Mishra Over Lamborghini Crash That Injured Three

Kanpur police have arrested 26-year-old Shivam Mishra, son of a prominent tobacco businessman, in connection with a high-speed Lamborghini crash that left three people injured. “Shivam Mishra has been arrested and he will now be presented in court. We received information that he had arrived in Kanpur, and our teams…

Euronews

UK’s ‘smokefree generation’ policy could cut smoking and boost health, study finds

The policy could lead to health gains that build over time, with tens of thousands of additional healthy years of life. By 2075, the policy could deliver around 88,000 extra healthy life years compared with no new law.

The Independent UK

Smoke-free law could see use drop below 5% in young people

Smoking is responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK

Reason

Louisville Is Making It Easier To Smoke Cigars Indoors

A Kentucky proposal to legalize cigar bars bucks the trend of prohibitionist tobacco policy.

Euronews

What decades of tobacco regulation can teach us about ultra-processed food, new study finds

A new study argues that ultra-processed foods are engineered more like cigarettes than like real food, and should face tobacco-style rules on marketing, labelling, and taxation.

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