No Smoking Without FireHow Tobacco Companies Target Children While Promoting Cigarettes in Middle‑Low Income Countries Advertising near playgrounds, placing products near sweets and sugary drinks, are some of the tactics employed. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Up in the AirHow Advertising Loopholes Allow Celebs to Endorse Harmful Products There is an urgent need to amend the law regulating tobacco substances, as companies continue to use surrogate advertising. By Saumya Kalia
No SmokingNew Zealand Plans to Outlaw Smoking for Future Generations "[W]hen the law comes into effect... people [currently] aged 14... will never be able to legally purchase tobacco." By Devrupa Rakshit
Stone Age HighNew Research Shows Humans Have Been Using Tobacco Since the Stone Age What the researchers don’t know yet is whether our ancestors chewed the tobacco or smoked it. By Devrupa Rakshit
Money MattersStudy Shows How Corporate and Political Interests Threaten Public Health Progress in implementing health policies is slower in low-income countries -- especially those with the weakest democracies. By Devrupa Rakshit
Would Hurt a FlyScientists Find a Carnivorous Tobacco Plant That Could Act as Natural Insecticide The plant may potentially serve as a "biological control agent" for killing fungus gnats and other undesirable insects in greenhouses. By Devrupa Rakshit
