
Not content with merely educating people as to the health risks associated with tobacco, anti-smoking campaigners and politicians in Australia are considering a ban on under-25s being able to smoke, and even a rolling blanket ban. The latest front in the
by Sarkis Zeronian22 Dec 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

By spooky coincidence at the exact moment I read in the newspaper that the World Health Organisation has declared processed pork products to be in the same cancer risk category as asbestos, tobacco and plutonium, I was eating a big
by James Delingpole27 Oct 2015, 3:51 AM PST0

A new study finds that more college-age kids are now smoking pot than they are tobacco.
by Warner Todd Huston1 Sep 2015, 6:56 PM PST0

British doctors are calling for a 20 percent tax to be levied on sugar in a bid to cut the obesity epidemic. But low tax campaigners have said that such a tax would “hit the poorest hardest” and have accused
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Jul 2015, 8:58 AM PST0

The introduction of smoking rooms in pubs and private members’ clubs would be welcomed by a majority of the British public, according to a new Populus survey. The poll for smokers’ rights group Forest found that a majority of adults also oppose bans on smoking in
by Sarkis Zeronian10 Jun 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

Australians are facing the prospect of having to visit sex shops to buy cigarettes, in a bid by lobbying groups who say ‘adult only’ premises should get a monopoly on selling tobacco products. The Australian Sex Party, which has one member
by Oliver Lane2 Jun 2015, 11:14 PM PST0

California State Senators voted Tuesday to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21, by a vote of 26-8.
by Michelle Moons2 Jun 2015, 4:23 PM PST0

A bill that would make Hawaii the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 cleared the Legislature on Friday and is headed to the governor.
by Breitbart News25 Apr 2015, 2:30 AM PST0

In 2009 I witnessed a massive illegal cigarette haul. 120 million cigarettes, smuggled into Northern Ireland by the IRA. The seizure, in the heart of ‘bandit country’, was the largest ever seen in Europe, with an estimated street value of nearly
by Brian Binley MP11 Mar 2015, 7:27 PM PST0

On March 10 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) halted their proposed AR-15 ammo ban to reconsider the “framework” on which the ban rested.
by AWR Hawkins10 Mar 2015, 12:16 PM PST0