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More than $1.1m in illegal nicotine products seized in Sydney

Retailers across Sydney have been targeted in a recent crackdown on the illegal sale of nicotine e-cigarettes. Last week, between 29 January and 2 February, NSW Health inspectors and NSW Police officers, working...

NZ bans the sale of cigarettes for next generation

World-first laws have passed in New Zealand banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says the Smokefree Environments and Regulated...

Stress smoking on the rise

The stress of Covid-19 has fuelled Britain’s smoking habit, according to research from Mintel. It found 30% of smokers are smoking more regularly since the start of the pandemic, while 51% of...

NRA outline vaping plan to reduce harm

The National Retail Association (NRA) is outlining a different approach to legalising the sale of vaping products, in its submission to the Senate Inquiry. Previously the NRA have expressed concern with the current...

Many tobacco retailers would prefer not to sell tobacco

New research has revealed that one in five tobacco retailers would prefer not to sell tobacco products. Cancer Council NSW and Western Sydney University carried out the research. Together they sampled a range...

Smokers want better alternatives to cigarettes, poll finds

At least eight in ten Australians believe adult smokers should have access to alternative products – if they have the potential to reduce the risk of smoking compared with cigarettes. So says a...

Australians want e-cigarettes legalised

Sixty-one per cent of Australians support the government making e-cigarettes and other smoking alternatives available alongside cigarettes in retail. The poll, carried out by Crosby | Textor Group on behalf of the Australian...
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