The ingredients permitted in cigarettes are also changing, with ingredients that enhance the flavour of tobacco being now banned. The long list of prohibited ingredients includes everything from ...

Retailers have a three-month grace period to sell any old stock already in their stores. Here’s what’s behind these changes – and what needs to happen next.

Both the U.S. and Sweden aim to be "smokeless" within 10 years. In Sweden, that transition is happening thanks to smokeless ...

Phillip Morris had just launched legal action to try to force the government to back down on introducing plain packaging for cigarettes. But the government did not waver, moving to ensure all ...

A shop has had its licence revoked after a large number of illegal items including e-cigarettes, illicit tobacco and cannisters were found ...

New Zealand's current goal is to reduce smoking prevalence to no more than 5% (and as close to zero as possible) among all ...

The cigarettes can be purchased almost 10 million at a time in 12-metre shipping containers. Some retailers stock them in counterfeit Australian plain packaging. Brisbane Times was told at the ...

“Cancer Council research on the impact of plain packaging found a significant drop in cigarette brand appeal, more noticing of health warnings and an increased likelihood of smokers making quit ...