A leading academic says that electronic cigarettes are “considerably less harmful” than smoking tobacco. In a Q&A interview with this website, Italian academic Dr. Riccardo Polosa...
The smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco products is a global phenomenon which, in the EU alone, results in an annual loss of more than €10...
A consumer rights’ group has voiced concern at rising levels of illicit tobacco in Bulgaria and other Balkan countries. Speaking at a high-level event in Brussels,...
Vaping, or using e-cigarettes, poses only a fraction of the health risk of tobacco smoking and should be encouraged among smokers to reap substantial health benefits,...
A leading academic has refuted claims that obligatory plain packaging of tobacco products has been a “glorious success”, writes Martin Banks. Speaking in Brussels on Thursday...
When the European Commission (EC) published its final draft proposal on a cigarette track and trace (T&T) system, it was quickly criticized for leaving a backdoor...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) has been criticized for its “obsessive and paranoid secrecy” in its refusal to allow representation...