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Experts explore nicotine’s broader applications

Medical experts are studying the broader applications of nicotine on human health amid changing public perceptions and the rise of harm reduction products such...

WHO FCTC’s current approach inadequate to abate smoking—study

Health advocates called on the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) delegates to explore other solutions as the current strategies...

Tobacco smoking drops

The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other such products, the...

Villar: Tobacco on list of agri products in proposed economic sabotage law

Sen. Cynthia Villar has reiterated that tobacco is included in the list of agricultural products covered by her proposed  “Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act of 2023.” She...

Study says Filipinos spend an average of P800 on sari-sari stores each month

Filipinos spend an average of P800 a month on sari-sari stores, with alcohol and tobacco getting the bulk of their budget. The consumer habit study...

WHO asked to avoid tobacco accord blunders in drafting pandemic treaty

International public health experts asked the World Health Organization to examine and avoid duplicating the defects of the existing accord on tobacco control in...

Misplaced amendment of the law

“It may be prudent to leave RA 10845 alone as tobacco is not an essential agricultural product” Flummoxed, or perplexed, is how one would feel...

Group slams bid to push tobacco amid agri-smuggling drive

A consumer group on Wednesday urged the government to focus its efforts on curbing the smuggling of agricultural food staples rather than use rising...

Factory groundbreaking

Executives and employees of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. Inc. (PMFTC) join local officials to break ground on an expansion in the company’s state-of-the-art...

Stop these tobacco company-sponsored ‘scientific forums’

By Edwin Lim "Guarding the people’s health is also our job as a people, and we must call out tobacco companies for continuing to spread...

Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products

Heated tobacco products have soared in popularity as a “smoke free” alternative to cigarettes in recent years, but a peer-reviewed report has suggested their...

US seeks to drastically cut nicotine content in cigarettes

By Issam Ahmed President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels...

More ASEAN countries eye tobacco option

More countries in Southeast Asia are considering tobacco harm reduction as state policy, looking at regulating smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes to address the smoking...

Altria says it won US antitrust ruling on Juul stake

Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday it prevailed over a US regulatory agency that challenged its investment in vaping company Juul on antitrust grounds. An administrative...
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