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A young couple chat as they drink beer and smoke cigarettes, in Moscow, Russia, on August 8, 2004.

A Gender Levy for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Health-Harming Products

by Kent Buse, Jeni Klugman, Elhadj As Sy

Industries hijack gender norms to sell harm—let's flip the script and fund gender-smart health with sin tax revenue

Governance
A worker smokes as he harvests tobacco leaves in a field.

Advancing Global Tobacco Control as New Challenges Arise

by Sungkyu Lee

The most recent meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control confronted persistent problems and new threats

Men tap ash from their cigarettes while smoking on the balcony of an office building.
Governance

Big Tobacco Is Being Held More Accountable Around the World

by Benoît Gomis

Regulatory regimes beyond public health are targeting Big Tobacco's abuses

Discarded cigarette butts are seen lodged in a sidewalk grating in Manhattan.
Governance

White House and FDA Miss Deadline for Menthol Cigarette Ban

by Clayton Gutzmore

The menthol cigarette ban could save thousands of lives per year but has faced intense pushback

A man smokes a cigarette.
Governance

Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

by Farizal Rizky Muharram

A lack of campaign conversation around the risks of tobacco use worries health experts

A farmer checks marijuana plants before a harvest festival to showcase farms that have been converted to produce medicinal cannabis.
Trade

What Big Cannabis Can Learn from Big Tobacco

by Brooke Worster

The budding cannabis industry should take steps to protect and inform consumers

a woman walks in a field
Food

You Can’t Eat Tobacco

by Louisa Ewald, Gabriela F. Gil, Jeffrey Drope, Hebe Gouda, Kerstin Schotte

Transitioning away from tobacco farming can improve food security

A woman exhales after vaping in Times Square, during the COVID-19 outbreak, in New York City, on March 31, 2020.
Gender

Tracking Tobacco

by Gabriela F. Gil, Louisa Ewald, Marissa Reitsma, Emmanuela Gakidou

New ways to light up tobacco research

Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010.
Governance

Alcohol: A Public Health Blind Spot

Richard Yoast on alcohol consumption and how philanthropies could help curb excess drinking   

A child wears a skull mask at an anti-tobacco awareness rally on World No Tobacco Day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Governance

Beating the Bidi Habit In India

An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India

Small pouches containing nicotine are seen scattered across two black tins on a factory production line in Sweden.
Governance

Nicotine Pouch Use Is on the Rise

by Lynn T. Kozlowski

A longtime tobacco researcher looks at the question of potentially "less harmful" substitutes for cigarettes

Chen Guozhi, 85, and his wife Chen Suzhen, 82, pose during a photo shoot to recreate wedding photos for elderly couples, who have been married for more than 50 years, Tianjin, China, August 16, 2018
Aging

Growing Old in China in the Age of Abundance

by Wang Feng

A rapidly aging population has witnessed China's ascension to economic security, due in part to better health

Julian Melcer (only his lower body can be seen) holds a plastic bag filled with cigarette butts he collected from the shore of the Mediterranean Sea at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 20, 2021.
Governance

Big Tobacco's Big Gains During COVID-19

by Mary Assunta

For the tobacco industry, the pandemic has been a golden opportunity to build influence globally

a spectator smokes a cigarette
Gender

How Tobacco Advertising Woos Women

by Gabriela F. Gil, Luisa S. Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou

The myth of "You've come a long way, baby" and other ploys to lure female smokers