The Food and Drug Administration, the health body that regulates cigarettes and tobacco products in the US, has rejected an application by Swedish Match North America Inc. that would allow tobacco distributors to market snus pouches as less harm...

British American Tobacco, the giants who own Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Rothmans have launched an audacious $47bn bid to buy its US partner Reynolds American. Reynolds American is the second biggest American tobacco company behind the worldâ�...

MPs have been left with plenty to mull over regarding illicit tobacco as the 2016 Smokers’ Anti Illicit Trade Survey revealed that 3.4 million smokers buy tax-free tobacco products. “Because of the tax on tobacco, people see it as a...

Despite already being considered one of the most expensive countries in the world to smoke, Australia are set to raise a packet of cigarettes to $40 (£23) in 2020. In the last six years, tough cigarette regulations have seen the number of smo...

As e-cigarettes have risen in popularity, UK researchers have argued that more people have quit smoking traditional tobacco. The British Medical Journal has scrupulously examined quit rates and smoking cessation in England from 2006 to 2015, and...

With the exception of Norway, Brits pay more than anyone for a 20-pack at £9.35 – four times higher than the cheapest countries. The astronomical cost of 20 cigarettes compared with other European countries is the heavy tax levy on tob...