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Four Officials Who Decide Which Drugs, Vaccines and Vapes Reach Americans Now Hold Permanent FDA Appointments

HHS named permanent directors for the FDA centers governing drugs, biologics, and tobacco after a year of turnover. What each office controls.

Medical Daily

Peach and Watermelon Vuse Pods Reach U.S. Stores Without FDA Authorization Raising Fresh Youth Access Concerns

Reynolds American is selling four new flavored Vuse Pro pods the FDA never authorized. What the enforcement shift means for parents and teens.

Medical Daily

HHS Names Permanent Leaders of FDA Drug and Vaccine Centers, Setting the Direction for Future Reviews

HHS has named permanent directors for the FDA centers that regulate drugs, vaccines, and tobacco, plus a first deputy commissioner for AI.

Medical Daily

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The government has proposed new laws for tackling illegal tobacco, but they likely won’t do much

The federal government has introduced a new bill to parliament intended to make it easier to prosecute people involved in the illicit tobacco trade.

The Conversation

Each party's plan to crush the illegal tobacco market

The market for illicit tobacco continues to drive crime across the country, with the major parties creating different strategies to tackle the scourge.

AAP

5 Self-Examination Techniques That Catch Cancer and Skin Disease Early in Just Ten Minutes a Month

Why Your Hands Are the First Line of ScreeningA 2022 study published in The Lancet Oncology found that in low- and middle-income countries, a category India still partially occupies for cancer infrastructure, over 60 percent of breast cancer cases present at stage three or four. The gap between early and…

Times Life

Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Selling cheap or concealed cigarettes could be enough to land retailers in hot water under proposed laws aimed at smashing the illegal tobacco trade.

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Three More Juul Vaping Products Clear Federal Review with Less Nicotine Than the Versions Approved Last Year

FDA authorized the Juul2 device and two flavored pods carrying roughly half the nicotine of its 2025 clearance. Pediatricians have objected.

Medical Daily

R.J. Reynolds Is Now Selling Four Flavored Vuse Pods the FDA Has Never Authorized for Sale

Vuse Pro pods in peach, berry, watermelon, and mint reached US shelves without FDA authorization. Here is what federal law actually requires.

Medical Daily

Albanese leaves door open to cutting tobacco excise

Labor's leader is now declining to guarantee the government won't cut the levy, as One Nation says keeping it unchanged will funnel money to the "mafia".

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FDA fills four senior roles, including top officials for drugs, vaccines and tobacco

The Trump administration named four officials to take over senior roles at the Food and Drug Administration, including the agency’s top leaders for drugs and vaccines

The Independent UK

Smoking Fell in Austria While Total Nicotine Use Rose and the Starting Age Dropped to Fifteen

Austrian smoking fell from 24% to 16%, but alternative nicotine use climbed to 17%. Researchers say the epidemic changed shape rather than shrinking.

Medical Daily

Organised crime driving illicit cigarette factory boom ‘in almost every EU state’

Bloc losing €13bn in revenue with one in 10 cigarettes illegal, watchdog reports

The Guardian - UK

Deaths due to passive smoking in India up 50% compared to 1990: Lancet study

Deaths from second-hand smoke in India rose nearly fifty percent by 2023. This occurred even as overall death rates improved by about thirty percent. The population exposed to passive smoke also increased significantly over these years. Children accounted for over twelve percent of the global health burden from this exposure.…

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Alleged 850kg coke smuggler 'told it was tobacco'

A young Lithuanian man on trial with four other people for allegedly importing almost a tonne of cocaine says he thought he was trafficking tobacco.

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Gang violence fuels calls for action on cigarette tax

The federal government is coming under increased pressure to act on links between the tobacco excise and a thriving black market fuelling organised crime.

The Conversation

Cutting the tobacco excise won’t stop the illegal trade. This is how other countries solved the problem

The Coalition has proposed slashing the tobacco excise, the federal tax on tobacco products, by 80%. It claims cheaper legal cigarettes will draw people who smoke away from the illicit market and deprive organised crime of its profits.

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'Selfish race': former cop skeptical on tobacco tax cut

A retired police veteran has suggested most smokers will still reach for a pack of illegal cigarettes if legal alternatives are made cheaper.

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Taxes, toddlers, tobacco and top-ups in the crosshairs

Social media controls and childcare funding will be on the parliamentary agenda as several major bills come up for debate.

The Guardian - AU

Big tobacco is back in town as cigarette tax fight lights up Australian politics

The industry has been pushing for cuts to excise for decades. With the explosion in illegal cigarette sales, those calls have grown louder

The Economic Times

ITC’s tobacco business is going cheap but Kotak Institutional Equities thinks market has it wrong

Kotak Securities estimates ITC’s tobacco business is valued at just 11X forward earnings, suggesting potential undervaluation. The brokerage sees stronger growth in non-tobacco businesses and believes splitting ITC’s tobacco and non-tobacco operations could unlock significant shareholder value.

The Guardian - AU

Experts weigh in on how to tackle illicit tobacco – and why an 80% excise cut is not on their list

Tougher enforcement and better monitoring products coming into Australia should be considered before lowering taxes, experts say

The Conversation

Meta’s $18b settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits – and how they avoided harsh penalties

Reading the details of tech giant Meta’s landmark US$18 billion (A$25 billion) settlement with US state attorneys-general brought an intense sense of déjà vu.

The Canberra Times

Cutting tobacco tax to fight crime is a deadly mistake we can't afford to make

Cheaper cigarettes can't be a solution.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition tobacco plan lambasted, Queensland coal project approved by new EPA, and EVs v holidays

Health experts and Labor reject Angus Taylor’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80%

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