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New proposal in Tobacco and Vapes Bill to align status of vapes with traditional tobacco
14 Feb 2026 13:17 GMT
… cigarettes with traditional tobacco. Since October 2015, it has been illegal to smoke cigarettes … E-Cigarettes: All nicotine and non-nicotine vaping devices.
Heated Tobacco Products … lobbying from the pub and restaurant industry. The bill also exempts smoking …
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Aurora mulls new licensing, inspection tools to curb youth tobacco access
13 Feb 2026 23:53 GMT
… tobacco use obtained products directly from retailers. National research showing most smokers … underwent amendments requested by industry lobbyists and small businesses, as well … -night issues with crime.
Premium cigar lounges would face fewer restrictions …
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'Stop the supply': NZ needs to stop seeing smoking as an individual problem, expert says
11 Feb 2026 17:47 GMT
… Zealand missed its smokefree target and a tobacco control advocate says … ;When you can buy cigarettes or vapes at any corner … , getting rid of our smoked tobacco is a really good start … efforts to curb tobacco industry influence and lobbying.
Labour' …
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India Rules Out E-Cigarette Ban Relaxation, Dealing Blow To Philip Morris' IQOS Push: Report
11 Feb 2026 16:33 GMT
… as Davos, to discuss how smoke-free products can greatly advance … conventional cigarettes.
It remains unclear whether any other tobacco companies are lobbying against … benefit public health if smokers switch completely from cigarettes. However, the World …
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Philip Morris' Expansion Plans For Smoke-Free Products Hits Roadblock As India Upholds E-Cigarette Ban
11 Feb 2026 15:21 GMT
… of lobbying efforts.
Philip Morris aimed to launch its heated tobacco … smoking alternatives like heated tobacco and vaping face market resistance while conventional cigarettes … Philip Morris' cigarette and HTU (Heated Tobacco Units) shipment volume for …
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India rejects lifting e-cigarette ban, dealing setback to Philip Morris
11 Feb 2026 15:07 GMT
… e-cigarettes, including heat-not-burn tobacco products, delivering a blow to lobbying … ’s seventh-largest cigarette market by volume, and tobacco use kills more … with governments globally to discuss smoke-free products.
Philip Morris holds …
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India sticks to e-cigarette ban in snub for Philip Morris
11 Feb 2026 09:08 GMT
… details of Philip Morris' lobbying.
In an interview with Reuters … to smoking alternatives such as heated tobacco and vapes, but not cigarettes.
It … company is lobbying India against the ban on e-cigarettes. Philip Morris …
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How Far Does $1,000 Take You on a Trip to Paris? We Found Out
14 Feb 2026 15:49 GMT
… a hotel. Armed with a lobby coffee and croissant (the rate … latte prepared with a smoky Indonesian “Coffee & Cigarettes” blend ($6). I …
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Donald Trump’s cannabis policy is fuelling an American disaster
14 Feb 2026 10:47 GMT
… a vigorous year-long lobbying campaign by the $33bn … proving the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
I … fully into public consciousness. Cigarette smoking had only begun to decline … the mid-1970s. The tobacco companies fought back furiously and …
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Seeking Refuge
14 Feb 2026 06:34 GMT
… , I stood in the hospital lobby, unable to take the elevator … to wake up. I smoked a cigarette and looked at the hills … street, I watched curls of smoke rising from a chimney. I … the bay, ribbons of smoke unfurling from my cigarette. I remembered how …