Big Tobacco has fought taxes on cigarettes for decades. Its own documents say price is what scares it because it makes people quit. So it should worry us that so many seemingly sensible people want to cut tobacco tax to fight black markets.
Why their arguments fall apart under scrutiny: https://harrisroxashealth.com/2026/05/cheaper-cigarettes-wont-stop-black-markets/
Nearly 80% of tobacco bought by young Australians is illicit – fully branded packs, no health warnings, sold openly at the corner shop. A new Cancer Council NSW study shows weak enforcement is unravelling decades of public health progress
#IllicitTobacco #TobaccoControl
https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/en/news/australian-youth-hooked-on-illegal-smokes
Pakistan proposes higher tax on cigarettes in federal budget
Burning Tobacco Identified as Key Driver Behind Rising Cancer Risk
#BaaghiTV #Health #CancerAwareness #TobaccoControl #PublicHealthPakistan #LungCancer #HealthEducation
https://en.baaghitv.com/burning-tobacco-identified-as-key-driver-behind-rising-cancer-risk
Join the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education’s annual It’s About a Billion Lives Symposium on Friday, April 17, 2026. Co-hosted by the Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center and the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, this in-person event will be held at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
This year the symposium will center on the theme “Together for Health Equity.”
Space is limited- register today at https://billion-lives-2026.eventbrite.com/
Myanmar Bans Sale and Possession of Vapes - Vaping360
Myanmar has banned the sale, import and possession of vaping products. The prohibition was announced Feb. 20 by the Ministry of Health, which received authorization from the cabinet two days earlier...
#vaping #myanmar #health #Vapes #vapebans #VapeNews #ecigarettes #publichealth #smoking #tobaccocontrol
https://vaping360.com/vape-news/myanmar-bans-sale-and-possession-of-vapes/
Plan to Combat Illegal Tobacco by Reducing Prices Meets Resistance
A plan to cut cigarette prices to stop illegal tobacco sales is being discussed. Some think it will help, but others worry about public health.
#IllegalTobacco, #CigarettePrices, #PublicHealth, #TobaccoControl, #GovernmentPolicy
https://newsletter.tf/lower-cigarette-price-fight-illegal-tobacco/
Some people suggest lowering cigarette prices to make illegal tobacco less popular. However, others are worried this could harm public health goals. The idea is being debated.
#IllegalTobacco, #CigarettePrices, #PublicHealth, #TobaccoControl, #GovernmentPolicy
https://newsletter.tf/lower-cigarette-price-fight-illegal-tobacco/
Paper Alert! Using the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, authors investigate the role of trade associations in managing conflict between the US cigarette and smokeless tobacco industries. #TobaccoControl #PublicHealth #archives
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2025/11/25/tc-2025-059521
Objective The merging of US smokeless tobacco (SLT) and cigarette industries in the early 2000s was highly predictable based on cigarette manufacturers’ long-standing interest in developing SLT products. Yet, conflicts preceding the merger have not been examined, thus, warranting an investigation of how trade associations managed industry relations. Methods Materials from the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents Library were searched using names of the two trade associations, the Tobacco Institute (TI) and Smokeless Tobacco Council (STC). Names of committees, US state legislation and influential personnel employed by TI, STC and tobacco manufacturers formed the basis for additional searches. A total of 290 internal documents from the 1980s and 1990s were analysed for content. Results The cigarette industry’s power over the SLT industry dictated how trade associations managed relations. While STC depended on TI for legislative support, TI depended on STC to align with its policy positions. Otherwise, any unresolved difference, notably the younger minimum age for sampling SLT, could lead US state legislators to enact indiscriminate policy affecting SLT and cigarettes (ie, complete sampling ban). Policy differences at the state level created a greater rift between trade associations than more consequential issues such as marketing SLT as a cigarette alternative. Conclusion TI’s quest for STC to align with its policy positions was intended to minimise restrictive measures on cigarettes, akin to transnational tobacco companies’ acquisition of e-cigarette companies to influence tobacco control policy. Based on recent events, acquisitions of non-cigarette tobacco companies may be scrutinised by the US Federal Trade Commission. All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. The data for this study were derived from online archives accessed through the University of California, San Francisco’s Truth Tobacco Industry Documents (<http://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco>).
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