The federal government is unsure about the scope of tobacco smuggling in Canada, according to records tabled to the House of Commons. “The excise reporting gap was estimated to be on average $400 million of federal excise revenue for the tax years 2014 to 2018,” said an Inquiry of Ministry document tabled to Parliament on…
Multiple High-Ranking Officials in China’s Tobacco Industry Probed for Corruption
June 7, 2023
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Since the start of this year, several executives and senior officials in China’s tobacco industry have been under investigation by China’s top disciplinary watchdog. Zhu Shaoming, former general manager of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Yunnan Tobacco”), is “suspected of serious violations of discipline and law” and is currently “undergoing disciplinary inspection,” the Central…
Big Tobacco Faces Big EU Counterfeit Problem
MADRID—Spanish police raided three clandestine tobacco factories early this year, seizing nearly 40 million euros ($44 million) worth of tobacco leaf and illicit cigarettes. At one, in the northern town of Alfaro, they found 10 Ukrainian workers, five of them war refugees, who’d been put to work with no contracts and scant pay, police said….
Ministers to Close Loophole That Allows Free Vape Samples for Children
Ministers want to close a loophole that allows retailers to give free samples of vapes to children in England, amid concerns an increasing number are being tempted to smoke e-cigarettes. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government will crack down on vape marketing to prevent the “unacceptable” targeting of children and young people. The…
Scientists Call For Stricter Controls on Tobacco Products
Scientists are calling for the federal government to adopt stricter controls around nicotine after the federal government banned recreational vaping. This comes after Health Minister Mark Butler announced on May 1 a massive new smoking crackdown, emphasising that vapes, which were introduced as therapeutic products, have now become the “biggest loophole in Australian healthcare history.” “Vaping was…
Tobacco Company Settles With US Over Business in North Korea
WASHINGTON—A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than $629 million to settle allegations that it did illegal business with North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department said Tuesday. British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department,…
California Tobacco Ban Would Treat Adults Like Children
March 15, 2023
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Commentary Every now and then I get together with some friends and smoke cigars. Of course, I’m aware of the health effects of tobacco. In 1967, when I was 12, the first political thing I ever wrote was a speech against tobacco use, given before my seventh-grade class at Franklin Junior High School in Wayne,…
Supreme Court Refuses to Block California Law Banning Flavored Tobacco
December 12, 2022
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The Supreme Court refused an emergency application in a Dec. 12 ruling to block California’s enforcement of a voter-approved ban on flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that takes effect next week. Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had asked the high court for an emergency injunction preventing enforcement of California Senate Bill 793 while it…
Smoking Marijuana More Harmful to Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
A recent study suggests that smoking marijuana might cause more harm to the lungs than smoking tobacco. The Canadian study was published in mid-November in the peer-reviewed journal Radiology. The research looked at CT examinations that were taken between October 2005 and July 2020 at The Ottawa Hospital and its affiliate hospitals to investigate the…
New CDC Report: 1 in 9 Students in Middle and High School Use Tobacco
About one in nine students in middle and high school reported using tobacco products in 2022, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The just-released annual National Youth Tobacco Survey suggests 16.5 percent of high school students and 4.5 percent of middle school students use tobacco. It’s against…
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