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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Australia’s peak oncology groups are supporting a campaign to raise the legal age at which a young person can buy cigarettes in Australia from 18 to 21.
The Medical Oncology Group of Australia...
