The Medical Journal of Australia
RESEARCH LETTER
VOLUME 215, ISSUE 10
Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia
Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle...
Landmark case gives governments more discretion in health policies
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking & Health
WASHINGTON, DC – ...
Tasmania, an Australian island off the Southern coast, is considering an historic step for tobacco control. The Legislative Council is currently considering a proposal called Tobacco Free Generation (TFG), whic...
Queensland has passed some of the toughest smoking laws in the country.
From September 1, lighting up will be outlawed at or near childcare facilities, bus stops and taxi ranks, public pools, children's spor...
Cigarette company Philip Morris has suffered another defeat in its long-running bid to overturn Australia's plain packaging laws.
An arbitration tribunal based in Singapore has issued a unanimous decision ag...
ASH (UK) news release:
France commits to go ahead with standardised ‘plain’ cigarette packs as Big Tobacco’s UK legal challenge draws to a close
The tobacco industry’s challenge to the UK’s standardised tob...
No final consensus has been reached on whether any exclusion would target only tobacco companies or shield a wider range of government regulations from legal action, but Australia's Andrew Robb is optimistic ab...
The latest ABS National Accounts figures show tobacco consumption fell a further 2.2 per cent in the June quarter.
Tobacco consumption has now plunged 13 per cent over the past 12 months, and a staggering 19...
Australia's legal bill for defending its cigarette plain packaging legislation is set to hit $50 million as it battles to contain a case brought by tobacco giant Philip Morris before a tribunal in Singapore.
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July 20, 2015 - Paris, France -
The Ministers and representatives of Ministers of Australia, France, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the Head of the ...
The tobacco industry has been hit by the heaviest declines on record amid otherwise strong economic growth for the nation, the latest figures show.
Treasurer Joe Hockey may have described the national accoun...
(Reuters) - Ukraine has suspended a case it was pursuing through the World Trade Organization aimed at overturning Australia's strict tobacco packaging laws, a WTO panel of adjudicators said in a statement publ...
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PLAIN PACKAGING FOR TOBACCO WILL BECOME THE GLOBAL NORM
But will the U.S. be last?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 1...
MPs have voted in favour of introducing standardised packaging for cigarettes in the UK.
It means from 2016 every packet will look the same except for the make and brand name, with graphic photos accompanying ...
Plain Packaging Should be Universal
Yesterday, Ireland became the first country in Europe and the second country in the world to pass legislation requiring plain packaging for tobacco products. Under the new r...
Comedian John Oliver took on Philip Morris International (PMI) Sunday night on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." ASH Policy Director Chris Bostic was privileged to see the taping in person. It is a hilarious an...
Those requirements have appeared in previous fast-track bills. They sound perfectly reasonable, right?
Well, consider this: Australia is a party to the TPP and already has a free trade agreement with the Unite...
Australian expertise in tobacco control is helping save lives around the world, but that work could be undone.
Every day, 5500 children in India start using tobacco. If they continue the habit, as many do, the...
Almost 200 countries signed the World Health Organisation’s Tobacco Control Convention and are obliged to take measures to curb tobacco use.
But the industry has hit back. A big tobacco company, Philip Morris,...
The tobacco industry has a long history of flexing its muscles, namely in the area of investor protection schemes, against governments in the name of protecting its own market. TTIP is an opportunity to set a g...
The World Health Organisation says a number of countries across the Pacific are considering following in Australia's footsteps and introducing plain packaging of cigarettes.
The WHO is set to join governments ...
World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevêdo yesterday appointed three panellists to examine the dispute against an Australian public health measure requiring tobacco products to be sold in plain p...
The discussion about New Zealand’s proposed law on plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products, largely followed the earlier debates on Australia’s law.
New Zealand notified its intention to i...
THE NSW government is considering abandoning tobacco investments after a backlash from health experts and anti-smoking campaigners.
It has for the first time admitted to having nearly $30 million invested in...