Tobacco and Health Research Paper

Border Force seizes millions of nicotine pouches as concern over use grows

While world-leading tobacco restrictions have reduced smoking rates in Australia, regulators are grappling with the rise of alternative nicotine products.

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Customs: Illicit cigarette cases jump 80%, technology to aid crackdown

Hong Kong has witnessed a huge rise in cases involving illicit cigarettes, with customs reporting an 80-percent increase in related cases last year, and a 94-percent rise in passengers carrying cigarettes over their duty-free limits.

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Authorities seize 9.4 mln smuggled cigarettes at Piraeus port

Authorities seized 9.39 million smuggled cigarettes at Piraeus port on Thursday, officials said. The contraband was found in a shipping container arriving from Thailand and headed for Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Childhood Smoking Ups COPD Risk

FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Young teens might think smoking makes them look cool, but it’s likely to take their breath away in adulthood, a new study says.

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Tobacco firm to pay compensation to family of late COPD patient

In a precedent case, a Turkish court has decided that an international tobacco company will pay 500,000 Turkish Liras (around $14,141) in compensation to the family of a person who passed away due to COPD, a type of progressive lung disease primarily caused by smoking.

February 07, 2025 Download

Nicotine Pouch Use in Great Britain at 1% in Youths and Adults as government plans to regulate

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has found that about 1% of adults (18 and over) and youths (11-18 year olds) report currently using a nicotine pouch.

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Overcoming the hardest new year resolution: quitting smoking or vaping

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - While it is often one of the most popular resolutions, quitting smoking and vaping is also among the most difficult. The American Lung Association says that for people who decide to quit smoking or vaping abruptly, the average success rate is 4-7%.

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Gov. Mills proposes raising cigarette tax, health program cuts to close budget gap

Gov. Janet Mills proposed an approximately $11.6 billion biennial budget on Friday that maintains many of the state’s existing commitments to education and health care, reduces some health programs and raises revenue by increasing the cigarette excise tax.

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