DARK SECRETS: 17 - The Real Truth

Demand for oral nicotine and higher cigarette prices boosts Imperial Brands

The company behind brands including Golden Virginia, Winston and Rizla said £10 billion has been handed out to shareholders over the past four years.

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Philip Morris Supplier With Inexpensive Stock Price Surges In Value Rankings

Universal Corp. (NYSE:UVV), the world's largest supplier of leaf tobacco and a vendor to Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM), has surged into the top decile of U.S. stocks by value ranking, underlining its status as an attractively priced company.

Benzinga · Nov 17, 2025

AI firms must be clear on risks or repeat tobacco’s mistakes, says Anthropic chief

Artificial intelligence will become smarter than ‘most or all humans in most or all ways’, says Dario Amodei

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025

Landlords in illegal tobacco, vape store firing line

An illicit tobacco and vape crackdown is expanding to landlords, with jail time threatened for those who don't shut down dodgy shops.

AAP · Nov 10, 2025

NSW shop landlords could be jailed for allowing tenants to sell illicit tobacco and vapes under new laws

Laws being introduced to state parliament will allow fines up to $165,000, a year in prison, or both for owners of commercial premises

The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2025

Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms

Ahead of a meeting later this month where the EU will decide whether to adopt World Health Organization recommendations to cut funding to European tobacco farms, Polish producers are making their voices heard.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 8, 2025

Tobacco tax cut 'no fix' to $4b smugglers' paradise

Public health experts are urging authorities not to get the jitters on tobacco taxes as the economic cost of Australia's black market trade explodes.

AAP · Nov 6, 2025

Illegal tobacco burns $3.3bn hole in Australia’s tax revenue, crime agency says

ACIC report says total impact of illicit trade on economy amounted to $4bn in a year amid debate over cigarette excise

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2025

The RBA predicts inflation will rise faster than wages. Let’s hope it’s wrong

If the Reserve Bank is right, then by the end of 2027 the average wage will only have the same purchasing power as it did at the end of 2011

The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025

Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ – new study

Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24.

The Conversation · Nov 5, 2025