Ireland: Minister lowers expectations about tobacco use as plain packs start to appear in stores
Goal of using plain packs to reduce tobacco consumption has now vanished.
Goal of using plain packs to reduce tobacco consumption has now vanished.
Pope Francis has ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes inside the Vatican, beginning in 2018.
Consumers of tobacco, alcohol, soft drinks and processed food shouldn’t be the victims of excessive regulations and taxation.
Or what if tax increases on smoking had more to do with lobbying and signalling than with actual science?
And other interesting comments from a tobaccologist during a debate on smoking bans in parks.
Snus should be legalised in order to give smokers more choices; snus shouldn’t be legalised in a push to further control and limit the options of smokers.
While quite liberal on lifestyle laws compared to its European neighbours, 40% of Germany is still under an extreme smoking ban in bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
Because extra-taxation, less freedom, more red-tape and discrimination against the poor and the elderly is what France really needs.
If the tobacco industry is to meet the needs of all its customers, it has to even electronic nicotine delivery systems with tobacco smoking.
In the latest puritanical bout of intolerance, which former head of State or government has been caught out in a major faux-pas this summer?