EU ombudsman sounds alarm on tobacco lobby influence
Veteran European ombudsman Emily O'Reilly has cautioned about the risks of tobacco lobbying's influence on the European Commission.In an op-ed ...
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Young people took up smoking during the pandemic – how tobacco has been used for stress relief for more than a century
In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But ...
How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
Dr. Carl Shy, a public health researcher, cooks on his electric stove at his home. In 1970, he published a ...
Fresh stink around former EU chief in tobacco affair
Knives are back out for José Manuel Barroso, the former European Commission chief, after a Belgian court found his top ...
‘Forever Chemical’ Lawsuits Could Ultimately Eclipse the Big Tobacco Settlement
It was the dead cows on Wilbur Tennant’s farm that shaped most of Rob Bilott’s professional life. Tennant’s farm was ...
WHO Seeks to Switch Farmers From Tobacco Cultivation
By: Shoba ShuklaThe World Health Organization is calling on governments and policymakers to support tobacco farmers to switch to alternative, ...