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1.3 Billion People Lack Access to Smoking Cessation Services in Developing Countries

The authors call for low-cost national quit services with government or insurer coverage of proven cessation medicines to close the gap.

FDA Authorizes Four Flavored Nicotine Pouches as Health Groups Raise Alarms

Spain Cabinet Approves Final Draft to Extend Smoking and Vaping Bans

Coalition Orders Bigger Tobacco Tax Rise as Packs Could Cost Nearly €12 by 2030

Study Finds Vaping Cuts Young Adults' Fitness and Blood‑Vessel Function as Much as Smoking

Illicit Tobacco Market Moves Online and Now Supplies Most of Australia’s Smoking Products

UK Launches 12‑Week Consultation to Put Vapes in Plain Packaging

Japan Delays Equal Rules for Heated Tobacco and Will Require Smoking-Only Venues to Register

Germany to Raise Spirits, Sekt and Alcopop Taxes by 20% From January 2027

Argentina Requires Prominent Health Warnings on Cigarettes, Vapes and Nicotine Pouches

France’s Health Insurer Proposes Ban on Cigarette Sales to People Born After 2009

FDA Authorizes Zyn to Market Reduced‑Risk Claims for 20 Nicotine Pouch Products

Cross-Party MPs Urge Heated Tobacco Ban in Dining Areas

FDA Allows Zyn to Be Marketed as Lower Risk Than Cigarettes

Youth Tobacco Use Falls to Multi-Year Low, But Vaping and Pouches Keep Risks High

Brazil Seizes More Than 25,000 Illegal E-Cigarettes in National Crackdown

Germany Proposes Four‑Year Tobacco Tax Hike to Raise €8.5 Billion

Spain Says Nearly Half‑Million Used State‑Funded Stop‑Smoking Drugs in 2025

Meloni Told G7 She Quit Smoking One Month Ago

Teen Vaping Normalized in Andalusia, 15-Year-Old Tells of Early Use