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Vape Flavor Bans Spread
European governments continue to tighten restrictions on vaping products, with flavor bans spreading across the region and creating growing pressure on manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
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Ex-Health Deputy Calls for Tobacco Tax Cut
Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis has prompted a rare call from a former senior public health official to reduce cigarette taxes, intensifying debate...
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Vietnam Eyes Generational Tobacco Ban
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has proposed a “tobacco-free generation” policy that would permanently bar anyone born on or after January 1, 2010 from buying or using tobacco products.
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Japan Reexamines Heated Tobacco Risks
A Japanese health ministry review has renewed scrutiny of heated tobacco products (HTP), concluding that some devices may emit higher levels of certain carcinogens than combustible cigarettes.
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Cuba’s Cigar Industry is Running on Sunlight and Hope
The lights go out in Havana, but in the cigar factories, the rollers keep rolling. That’s not a metaphor. It’s the operating model.
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Policy vs. Reality: Europe’s Tobacco Debate Intensifies
Europe’s tobacco and nicotine policy debate is entering a decisive phase, as policymakers in Brussels move to reshape the regulatory framework governing...
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Industry Mourns Dr. Iqbal Lambat
Dr. Iqbal Lambat, founder of Star Agritech International and a longtime figure in the global tobacco industry, has passed away.
Vape Flavor Bans Spread
European governments continue to tighten restrictions on vaping products, with flavor bans spreading across the region and creating growing pressure on manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
May 26, 2026
Ex-Health Deputy Calls for Tobacco Tax Cut
Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis has prompted a rare call from a former senior public health official to reduce cigarette taxes, intensifying debate...
May 26, 2026
Vietnam Eyes Generational Tobacco Ban
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has proposed a “tobacco-free generation” policy that would permanently bar anyone born on or after January 1, 2010 from buying or using tobacco products.
May 26, 2026
Japan Reexamines Heated Tobacco Risks
A Japanese health ministry review has renewed scrutiny of heated tobacco products (HTP), concluding that some devices may emit higher levels of certain carcinogens than combustible cigarettes.
May 26, 2026
Cuba’s Cigar Industry is Running on Sunlight and Hope
The lights go out in Havana, but in the cigar factories, the rollers keep rolling. That’s not a metaphor. It’s the operating model.
May 26, 2026
Policy vs. Reality: Europe’s Tobacco Debate Intensifies
Europe’s tobacco and nicotine policy debate is entering a decisive phase, as policymakers in Brussels move to reshape the regulatory framework governing...
May 26, 2026
Industry Mourns Dr. Iqbal Lambat
Dr. Iqbal Lambat, founder of Star Agritech International and a longtime figure in the global tobacco industry, has passed away.
May 19, 2026
Malaysia Defends Nicotine Delisting
Malaysia’s former health minister, Dr. Zaliha Mustafa, defended her 2023 decision to remove liquid nicotine from the country’s Poisons Act...
May 19, 2026
Illicit Tobacco Drains ASEAN
ASEAN’s six largest economies lost an estimated US$13.1 billion in tax revenue to the illicit tobacco trade during 2024 and 2025, according to a new report from the EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) and Euromonitor International.
May 19, 2026
WHO Scrutiny Hits Pouches
The World Health Organization intensified its scrutiny of nicotine pouches and renewed calls for tighter oversight of nicotine pouches, citing concerns...
May 19, 2026
Makary Resigns from FDA
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary resigned on May 12 following mounting political pressure, internal disputes, and controversy surrounding the agency’s recent shift on flavored vaping products.
May 19, 2026
Australia’s Illicit Tobacco and Vape Crisis
Australia’s tobacco control policies have long been among the strictest in the world. Through a sustained strategy of steep excise tax increases and tough regulations, the country has pushed cigarette prices to the highest levels globally.
May 19, 2026
China’s Five-Year Plan Points to a Health Pivot as Nicotine Rules Tighten Quietly
Nicotine never appears by name in Beijing’s latest Five-Year Plan. Yet what’s being signaled is hard to miss. China’s newly approved 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030)...
May 19, 2026
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