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Shahedul Alam, Sadia Galiba Prova, Farhat Lamisa, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Md. Hasan Shahriar, and ABM Zubair. Bangladesh’s already long-drawn-out amendment process of its tobacco control law, namely the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2013, has dragged itself into its third year in July 2024.The preliminary draft, rooted in the WHO FCTC […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Company interference thwarts progression of tobacco control law in Bangladesh' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/11/07/tobacco-company-interference-thwarts-progression-of-tobacco-control-law/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1740 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-human-rights category-illegal-trade category-tobacco-industry category-ukraine" id="post-1740"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/no-ceasefire-for-tobacco-how-the-industry-thrives-amid-war-and-conflict/" rel="bookmark">No Ceasefire for Tobacco: How the Industry Thrives Amid War and Conflict</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/no-ceasefire-for-tobacco-how-the-industry-thrives-amid-war-and-conflict/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-02T10:40:53+00:00">October 2, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='No Ceasefire for Tobacco: How the Industry Thrives Amid War and Conflict' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/no-ceasefire-for-tobacco-how-the-industry-thrives-amid-war-and-conflict/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Mary Assunta, Dmytro Kupyra In war, there are no winners, only horrifying suffering, devastation and deaths. Yet, even in the face of human adversity and humanitarian turmoil, some harmful industries exploit these crises to continue profiting. Among them is the tobacco industry, which continues to operate and profit in warn-torn areas while its customers are […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/no-ceasefire-for-tobacco-how-the-industry-thrives-amid-war-and-conflict/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='No Ceasefire for Tobacco: How the Industry Thrives Amid War and Conflict' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/no-ceasefire-for-tobacco-how-the-industry-thrives-amid-war-and-conflict/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/human-rights/" rel="category tag">Human rights</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/illegal-trade/" rel="category tag">Illegal trade</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/tobacco-industry/" rel="category tag">Tobacco Industry</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/ukraine/" rel="category tag">Ukraine</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1739 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-australia category-end-game category-tobacco-free-generation" id="post-1739"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/lifeline-for-a-young-healthy-generation-south-australia-considers-tobacco-free-generation-age-restrictions-on-product-sales/" rel="bookmark">‘Lifeline for a young, healthy generation’: South Australia considers Tobacco-Free Generation age restrictions on product sales</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/lifeline-for-a-young-healthy-generation-south-australia-considers-tobacco-free-generation-age-restrictions-on-product-sales/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-10-02T10:27:58+00:00">October 2, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='‘Lifeline for a young, healthy generation’: South Australia considers Tobacco-Free Generation age restrictions on product sales' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/lifeline-for-a-young-healthy-generation-south-australia-considers-tobacco-free-generation-age-restrictions-on-product-sales/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Joshua Trigg, Jacqueline Bowden, Richard Edwards, Billie Bonevski The Australian state of South Australia is currently considering legislative reforms that will put in place a Tobacco-Free Generation (TFG) policy, precluding the sale and supply of tobacco products to people born on or after 1 January 2007. This tobacco control policy approach aims to bring the […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/lifeline-for-a-young-healthy-generation-south-australia-considers-tobacco-free-generation-age-restrictions-on-product-sales/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='‘Lifeline for a young, healthy generation’: South Australia considers Tobacco-Free Generation age restrictions on product sales' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/10/02/lifeline-for-a-young-healthy-generation-south-australia-considers-tobacco-free-generation-age-restrictions-on-product-sales/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/australia/" rel="category tag">Australia</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/end-game/" rel="category tag">End Game</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/tobacco-free-generation/" rel="category tag">Tobacco Free Generation</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1738 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1738"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/" rel="bookmark">Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-06T08:16:27+00:00">September 6, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Ellen Huan-Niemi, Hanna Ollila, Eeva Ollila The WHO FCTC is regarded as a significant achievement in global public health efforts to control tobacco use since its adoption in 2003, currently with 183 Parties covering more than 90% of the world population. The implementation of FCTC measures has contributed to significant reductions in tobacco use prevalence, […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Time to close the loopholes in the free trade of tobacco' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/09/06/time-to-close-the-loopholes-in-the-free-trade-of-tobacco/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1735 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-australia category-plain-packaging category-uncategorized" id="post-1735"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/" rel="bookmark">Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-27T15:03:43+00:00">August 27, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Thomas J. Kehoe and colleagues* *Other contributors listed at end of the article. August 2024 marks 40 years since Professor Mike Daube AO started work in the Western Australia Department of Health, in Australia. It is an opportune time to acknowledge his continuing and tireless contribution to international tobacco control over more than 50 years. […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Professor Mike Daube: 50 Years of Service to Public Health' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/08/27/professor-mike-daube-50-years-of-service-to-public-health/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/advocacy/" rel="category tag">Advocacy</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/australia/" rel="category tag">Australia</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/plain-packaging/" rel="category tag">plain packaging</a>, <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1727 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" id="post-1727"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/" rel="bookmark">E-cigarette and cannabis influencer marketing on social media despite regulations</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-06-03T09:01:38+00:00">June 3, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='E-cigarette and cannabis influencer marketing on social media despite regulations' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/06/03/e-cigarette-and-cannabis-influencer-marketing-on-social-media-despite-regulations/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Julia Vassey, Julia Chen-Sankey, Jennifer B. Unger Cannabis and nicotine are two of the most commonly used substances among youth in the United States. In 2023, 11.4% of eighth graders and 23.2% of 12th graders (15-17-year-olds) vaped nicotine, while 6.5% of eighth graders and 19.6% of 12th graders vaped cannabis in the past year. 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Selected by the Senior Editor team, these awards recognise those reviewers who go above and beyond – by not only accepting review invitations promptly […]</p> <p><a class="btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/">Read More…</a></p> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Tobacco Control reviewers of the year 2023' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/26/tobacco-control-reviewers-of-the-year-2023/' data-app-id-name='index_below_content'></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article class="post-1725 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-australia category-end-game category-vaping" id="post-1725"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/19/senior-researchers-present-their-case-for-why-pharmacists-should-be-able-to-dispense-nicotine-vapes-without-a-prescription-in-australia/" rel="bookmark">Senior researchers present their case for why pharmacists should be able to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription in Australia.</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/19/senior-researchers-present-their-case-for-why-pharmacists-should-be-able-to-dispense-nicotine-vapes-without-a-prescription-in-australia/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-04-19T12:27:45+00:00">April 19, 2024</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/author/kevansreeves/">Karen Evans-Reeves</a></span></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Senior researchers present their case for why pharmacists should be able to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription in Australia.' data-link='https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2024/04/19/senior-researchers-present-their-case-for-why-pharmacists-should-be-able-to-dispense-nicotine-vapes-without-a-prescription-in-australia/' data-app-id-name='index_above_content'></div><p>Coral Gartner, Kathryn Steadman, Lisa Nissen In Australia, nicotine-containing vape products are only available on prescription, and reforms to further restrict the availability of vaping products are planned which will make the country’s vaping laws among the most restrictive in the world. 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