Albanese government to raise tobacco tax by 5% a year to make smoking ‘more unattractive’
Health minister announces new tax measures shortly after revealing sweeping reforms to crack down on vaping The Albanese government will increase the tax on tobacco by 5% per year over the next three years, the health minister has revealed, alongside a suite of measures to crack down on vaping. But he said Australia has no plans to...
US cigarette smoking rate falls to historic low, but e-cigarette use keeps climbing
The percentage of adults who smoked cigarettes in the United States fell to a historic low last year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. However, e-cigarettes are becoming even more popular. About 11% of adults told the CDC last year that they were current cigarette smokers, according to the latest preliminary data...
WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry
WHO is concerned with continued attempts by the tobacco industry and their surrogates to further its interests to influence scientific research, public perception, policy making, and the media; all aimed to ensure proliferation and sale of nicotine and tobacco products. The tobacco industry continues to amplify misinformation in the media, including the recent egregious attacks on...
Presidential assent of Sierra Leone’s Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act is a major win for public health in Africa.
Presidential assent of Sierra Leone’s Tobacco and Nicotine Control Act is a major win for public health in Africa. Statement of Leonce SESSOU, Executive Secretary of the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) For immediate release - Lomé, 28 April 2023 Passed into law by parliament on 3 August 2022, the global tobacco control community is relieved to...
Menthol cigarettes disproportionately harm Black people. Why hasn’t the FDA enacted a proposed ban?
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a ban on menthol flavored cigarettes, a product historically marketed to Black people. Now health advocates are urging the FDA to move forward. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more. Decades have gone by since the first data indicated that smoking cigarettes is hazardous to one's health and nicotine...
To protect kids from tobacco, pediatricians say, focus should be on quitting – or never starting
Although smoking rates for adults in the US are at their lowest recorded levels, more must be done to stop children from using tobacco, according to a new set of policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The statements, published Monday, are the association’s first tobacco policy update since 2015. They’re based on newer science and...
Stakeholders pledge commitment to tobacco control initiatives
Stakeholders at a consultation on Monday pledged commitment to tobacco control initiatives by signing a consensual statement. The statement emphasized the need to address newer nicotine products, in addition to traditional tobacco. The signatories vowed to work collaboratively to ensure the successful implementation of these efforts for a healthier society. The pledge was made at the...
Netherlands bans sale of all nicotine pouches
The Dutch government on Friday said it would ban the sale of all types of nicotine pouches in the Netherlands, while widening the rules for tobacco to include all other types of tobacco-free nicotine products. The government said the ban would make it easier to uphold the rules regarding nicotine pouches, which are currently only...
