Over 25 years anti-opium laws were enacted by three Asian governments in countries where opium use was traditional. Within months, heroin use suddenly appeared; and within a decade, heroin addiction surpassed opium addiction. The laws led to (1) increased price of narcotic drugs, (2) a heroin "indus …

A future Coalition government would slash the tobacco excise by 80 per cent, legalise and tax vapes and nicotine pouches, and bolster law enforcement to shut down the illicit trade.

Quebec showed that sensible tax settings and robust enforcement can reduce organised crime, maintain declining smoking rates and deliver stronger revenue.

Alleged gangland boss Fadi Haddara, the head of his namesake family crime clan, has been shot in Melbourne's inner west.

The world’s worst ‘public health experts’ get their excuses in early

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Australia's smoke reduction policies have failed to reduce smoking while fueling a black market and huge reduction in tobacco excise revenue.

A state government minister has conceded tobacco tax is fuelling rampant illegal trade as his federal Labor counterpart denies a cut would be a silver bullet.

Australia's smoke reduction policies have failed to reduce smoking while fueling a black market and huge reduction in tobacco excise revenue.

Australia's smoke reduction policies have failed to reduce smoking while fueling a black market and huge reduction in tobacco excise revenue.

I was born in 1963 which technically makes me a Baby Boomer but I certainly wasn’t experiencing the scene at Woodstock. I have referred to those born in the early 60s under a generational subset…

A companion publication to ‘Integrating tobacco harm reduction into drug treatment and harm reduction services’, this Briefing Paper reveals the scale and impact of tobacco-related morbidity and morta...

A companion publication to ‘Integrating tobacco harm reduction into drug treatment and harm reduction services’, this Briefing Paper reveals the scale and impact of tobacco-related morbidity and morta...

Big Tobacco is still making a fortune in Australia, even as government revenue plunges – but organised crime will soon snuff this out.

The old car world order is facing demolition and the US president has helped accelerate the process.

Australia’s tobacco crisis is now forcing a confrontation between two very different ways of understanding what has gone wrong.

In the perpetual contest for the dumbest public health conference declaration, the Europeans are going for gold.

The federal government has given $5.9 million to the Northern Territory to "shut down sleazy, ridiculous shops selling illegal tobacco".

In a years-long campaign to eradicate smoking, Australia’s tobacco control establishment has lost all control of the nicotine market. Former law enforcement...

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Aims With recent marked increase in e-cigarette use, potential associations between e-cigarette use and combustible cigarette smoking are an important public health issue. Following AMSTAR 2 and PRISM...

Taxes on smoking, drinking, and sugar should better align with the harm they cause

Early evidence suggests the flood of cheap cigarettes could have pushed Australia’s smoking rates up for the first time since the 1990s.