TANGAIL, May 3, 2025 (BSS) - A human chain was formed in the district town demanding an increase of the prices of all tobacco products and amending tobacco tax structure in the upcoming 2025–26 national budget. The human chain programme was staged in front of the Tangail District Press Club, organised by Development Organisation of...
As we move towards a tobacco and nicotine free society it is critical that we assist those who work in the tobacco industry find alternative livelihoods. Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) emphasizes the importance of promoting economically viable alternatives to tobacco production, but unfortunately this article is not...
Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control. Evidence on their health risks in people who smoke is limited, sometimes contradictory, and hard to make sense of. Heated tobacco products are electronic...
New STOP brief examines the latest scientific evidence, sales data and industry tactics (New York, USA, April 30, 2025): As sales of heated tobacco products (HTPs) increase globally, a new brief from tobacco watchdog, STOP, reveals that while the tobacco industry markets these products as “reduced risk,” there is no clear evidence that they are a better alternative,...
The Thai government has recently toughened its stance on vapers and e-cigarette-related products. Two months earlier, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had ordered an intensified crackdown on e-cigarettes. Since the launch of this campaign, sales and the number of e-cigarette users have fallen by more than 80 percent. Despite this significant decline, authorities are keen...
Recently, momentum has been growing around the human rights field understanding the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important win in a technical policy paper – a win that is directly related to advocacy efforts from ASH and our partners in the tobacco control community. Human rights principles...
Public health groups on Tuesday filed a complaint against Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC) over its sponsorship of a Steve Aoki concert. The complaint was lodged at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Office for the Special Mandate on Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products (OSMV) as it cites possible violations of...
Dubbed “the tobacco wars”, the illegal trade in untaxed tobacco products is reportedly booming in Australia. Some people see buying these cheap cigarettes as a way to save money. But as this week’s ABC Four Corners reported, it comes at great cost to the community, with fire-bombings, murder, serious crimes funded by illegal sales and a loss of crucial government funding for community...
About the Event Hosted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC), the monthly Innovations in Tobacco Control lecture series welcomes key researchers and experts to share ideas, present their work, and spark discussion. Presented via Zoom, this month’s event welcomes Attila Pohlmann, PhD, for a lecture entitled “Availability of Flavor Capsule Cigarettes at Points...
BY: JT Fetch SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A concerned grandmother is speaking out after she says her granddaughter, an eighth grader at Oneida Middle School, returned home with a vaping device she told her she purchased from "the drug dealer" at school. The woman, identified only as Stacy, expressed her worries not only about the potential dangers of...
