Tag: Tobacco

Many tobacco retailers would prefer not to sell tobacco

New research has revealed that one in five tobacco retailers would prefer not to sell tobacco products. Cancer Council NSW and Western Sydney University carried out the research. Together they sampled a range...

Middle-aged blazing a trail for vaping

Middle-aged people are leading the surge in vaping in the UK, according to new figures from Mintel. The market research company found that the biggest rise in vapers is in those aged 45...

NZ to legalise vaping as Australia lags behind

Vaping and nicotine e-cigarettes will be legalised in New Zealand, Associate Minister of Health Jenny Salesa has announced. The Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 (SFEA) will change next year to give smokers more confidence...

TIC hits back at BATA’s non-compliance claim

Tobacco Imports Company (TIC) has responded to claims by British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) that some of TIC’s brands don’t comply with the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act. In an open letter to Convenience...

Record tobacco bust at Bundaberg

The Australian Tax Office last month seized more than 21 hectares of illegal tobacco with an estimated excise value of $30 million near Bundaberg, Queensland. This is the largest cross-jurisdictional illegal-tobacco seizure in the...

Health Minister’s ban on e-cigarettes faces mounting opposition

The crossbench has put the Turnbull government on notice, stating no bills for which Health Minister Greg Hunt is responsible will pass through the Senate until he reverses the ban on nicotine...

Government steps up fight against illicit tobacco

The first of two bills aimed at closing down the illicit-tobacco market was introduced into parliament last week. The bill will see maximum penalties for excise offences increase to 10 years’ imprisonment and...

Excuses on e-cigarette ban run out of puff

Liberal Democrats Leader David Leyonhjelm says the “spurious argument” put forward by Australian anti-vaping lobbyists – that legalising e-cigarettes would lead to more young people taking up smoking – has been knocked...
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