UK supreme court denies tobacco firms permission for plain packaging appeal
Final legal decision in UK means that all cigarettes sold after 20 May must come in standardised packaging Wednesday 12 April 2017 – The guardian … Read More
Apr 13, 2017
Big Tobacco Attacks Sensible F.D.A Rules on Vaping
Apr 20, 2017
Standardised Packaging of Tobacco to be signed into law in Ireland, to come into force in September
Part of efforts to have Ireland tobacco free by 2025 Minister for Health, Simon Harris and Minister of State, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy today (Wednesday) announced… Read More
Mar 30, 2017
United Kingdom, Ireland and Iceland top new European ranking on tobacco control, while Austria, Germany and Luxembourg are at bottom
Porto – Portugal, March 23 2017: The new Tobacco Control Scale launched today at the 7th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECToH) shows United… Read More
Mar 30, 2017
Bank of New Zealand’s nuclear free investment
New Zealand Herald, Rebecca Howard Bank of New Zealand has developed a responsible investment policy which excludes companies involved in the production of cluster munitions,… Read More
Mar 23, 2017
The Lancet Public Health: The global tobacco control treaty has reduced
smoking rates in its first decade, but more work is needed The Lancet — Despite worldwide progress since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control… Read More
Mar 22, 2017
Philippines’ Dramatic Drop in Tobacco Use Shows Tobacco Control Efforts Are Working and Must Remain a Priority
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Mar. 20 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The government of the Philippines today reported that adult… Read More
Mar 21, 2017
BAT loses major case against printing gory images on cigarette packets (Kenya)
The Star – Kenya. A court has dismissed an appeal seeking to stop tougher tobacco control measures that include graphic warning and annual levies to… Read More
Feb 21, 2017
Slovenia passes law enforcing plain tobacco packaging from 2020
Slovenia’s parliament on Wednesday passed a law imposing plain tobacco packaging from 2020 and clamping down on tobacco advertising in an attempt to reduce smoking… Read More
Feb 21, 2017
Smoking costs the world economy $1 trillion per year, World Health Organization says
Smoking and its side effects cost the world’s economies more than $1 trillion and kill about 6 million people each year — with deaths expected… Read More
Jan 23, 2017
