Philip Morris has applied to the FDA to market a product that it says is safer than a cigarette, but its own data show that is not true.
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All you need to know about illegal cigarettes and tobacco.
What if we treated climate change as a health problem rather than an environmental one? There are lessons to be learned from the successful public health campaigns against smoking.
Canada is suing tobacco companies for health costs, should Australia follow suit?
The NHS should reconsider its plan to refuse surgery to smokers and those who are obese.
Maybe it’s time the government listened to the advice offered by its Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
Sure, you have to die of something, but you may not have to die so soon - and you could be healthier, wealthier and happier in the meantime.
Many smokers still think filters make cigarettes safer. But they actually make them more harmful, and the tobacco industry has known about this for a long time.
Studies have found paying people to quit is more effective than other methods, so why are we not considering it in Australia?
Cigarettes are part of the social and economic fabric of prisons.
A longer life for humans and pets means more challenges for doctors and vets.
Brain games, learning languages, rowing? Beware of snake oil salesman claiming we know it all.
A new study reveals the risks of vaping in non-smoking teenagers.
The increase in cases of non-communicable diseases in developing countries has led to an emerging pattern of high levels of multimorbidity.
Do US smokers really know the risks? Research from Australia, Canada and Mexico shows that there are better ways to warn consumers.
Tobacco control policies, like advertising bans, are not top of people’s minds as a reason for quitting smoking. But they create a climate where fewer people want to smoke, with great success.
Young people are three times more likely to smoke if they’ve tried e-cigarettes first.
How stubbing out cigarettes helped to clear the air.
While other cancer rates fall or remain static, liver cancer is on the rise. Here’s why we need to start paying attention.
Fewer young people are smoking, but overall smoking levels remain level. What’s stopping smoking levels in all ages dropping further?
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Research Officer, Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Adjunct researcher, University of Tasmania
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Professor of Economics and Director of the Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Professor of Public Health/Director, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Reader in Social Sciences and Health, Cardiff University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University
