If the US FDA fails quickly to come to a decision over Swedish Match's General Snus modified risk application, it’s time the agency gave its application process a decent burial.Read More
While Icelandic men seem to become more circumspect as they get older, Icelandic women seem to become more self-indulgent.Read More
The bans and restrictions on tobacco products imposed by a new law in Ethiopia arguably comprise a good initiative. The ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes is a bad one.Read More
Altria has positioned itself for a significant move into non-traditional products as its cigarette shipments continue to decline.Read More
A report by the World Health Organization that casually dumps all smokeless tobacco products in a basket marked nasvay will do more harm than good.Read More
So many people enjoy shisha in Egypt that the Government was bound to find another way of making money out of its use.Read More
Some smokers in Kenya are using banned shishas reasonably safe in the knowledge that the ban isn't really a ban.Read More
By including different types of smokeless tobacco products in one prevention campaign, the US Food and Drug Administration is in danger of undermining its aim of 'education'.Read More
Years ago, a study showed that pipe smokers in one Western country suffered fewer heart problems than did non-smokers. Of course, their healthier hearts had nothing to do with their smoking.Read More
If the use of medwakh and shisha pipes is riskier than smoking cigarettes because these pipes have no filters, the question arises as to why they don't have filters. Is this a market failure?Read More