First New Zealand,now Malaysia backtracks on pioneering tobacco ban

First New Zealand,now Malaysia backtracks on pioneering tobacco ban

Malaysia’s government have been accused of caving into big tobacco and the vaping industry after unwinding plans to ban future generations from smoking.

  • byChris Barrett

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More of us are turning away from our ‘vices’. But will it make a difference?

More of us are turning away from our ‘vices’. But will it make a difference?

A new counterculture is seeing people push back against the industries that are harming our health.

  • bySarah Berry
What is snus and is it legal in Australia?

What is snus and is it legal in Australia?

Health authorities are keeping a close eye on a new type of nicotine product making its way into Australia.

  • byMary Ward
Smokes and fires:How warring tobacco gangs ship millions of cigarettes in plain sight

Smokes and fires:How warring tobacco gangs ship millions of cigarettes in plain sight

Boxes stacked high in a fully laden shipping container. The Manchester brand looks legitimate,proclaiming itself the “house of quality”,but it is all a ruse.

  • byTom Cowie
The opposition leader,playing politics,misses point of the Voice

The opposition leader,playing politics,misses point of the Voice

The opposition appears to misunderstand the role of the Voice

England’s smoking ban for children of the future a valid blueprint

England’s smoking ban for children of the future a valid blueprint

The proposal to stop the next generation of English children from being able to buy cigarettes is a one of the toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry and a brave reform that should be adopted worldwide. The Albanese government should get on board.

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Crown waiter claims high-roller smoke caused his lung cancer

Crown waiter claims high-roller smoke caused his lung cancer

A Crown casino waiter,who claims he was exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke in the high-roller Mahogany Room,is suing the gambling giant after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

  • byCameron Houston
Surgeon unmasks ‘open secret’ making underworld fortunes
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Surgeon unmasks ‘open secret’ making underworld fortunes

John Crozier is on a crusade to stop criminal syndicates unravelling decades of progress against lung cancer and heart disease.

  • byPerry Duffin
Perth mum sounds alarm on vaping stores’ covert supply chain

Perth mum sounds alarm on vaping stores’ covert supply chain

A former vape store employee claims she was told to lie to health inspectors and police to cover up an under-the-counter black market.

  • byMia Egerton-Warburton
Tobacco crackdown to ban menthols and put taglines on every cigarette

Tobacco crackdown to ban menthols and put taglines on every cigarette

Only 12 per cent of Australians are daily smokers,but the health minister wants that figure to drop below 5 per cent by decade’s end.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Why everything got more expensive over a decade – but your wages didn’t keep up
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Why everything got more expensive over a decade – but your wages didn’t keep up

The price of goods from bread and milk to overseas holidays and vet bills has outpaced incomes for a decade. And over the past 12 months it has become worse.

  • byShane Wright andCraig Butt