Tag: tobacco
Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode
Authorities should take a ‘harm reduction’ approach, removing excise for a period and making vapes more available, experts argue Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia is now waging a “de facto war on nicotine” that is doomed to fail in the same way as previous prohibition-style policies, experts say,…
Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies
Opinion Google, X and Facebook Are Modern-Day Tobacco Companies Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit By David Robert Grimes From Facebook to X to TikTok, today’s social media giants position themselves as bastions of free speech.…