Information on the Tobacco industry

The Brazilian tax authorities shuttered Phoenix - an independent cigarette producer in Sao Paulo - last Wednesday, July 16.
This makes five independent plant closings in 14 months - American Virginia’s Rio plant, Sudamax near Sao Paulo earlier this year, Cibahia in Sao Paulo a few months ago and Cibrasa in Rio around the same time, representing [...]

These days you almost can’t talk about lower tar cigarettes without the ensuing argument of compensatory smoking and the misleading intent of the cigarette manufacturers deliberately producing lower tar products and misleading the public.
But the debate raises a fundamental flaw in the public health community’s argument for low tar cigarettes.
Why is it that the original surgeon [...]

As it currently stands menthol cigarettes will be exempted as a flavor additive in proposed FDA regulation.
If you are a supporter of menthol cigarettes, and about 28% of the US smoking population is; this is good news.
If you are against menthol cigarettes or smoking in general - this is not good news. But what’s the big [...]

Graphic health warnings on tobacco products are not mandatory under the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. Yet a growing number of countries plan to introduce such warnings on the premise that by doing so, more smokers will be encouraged to quit than would be the case if existing text warnings were retained. However, according [...]

The UK Department of Health has recently published a consultation on the future of tobacco control. This consultation is seen as the first step in the development of a new UK tobacco control strategy and covers four main areas: Reducing smoking rates and health inequalities caused by smoking, protecting children and young people from smoking, [...]