US-based tobacco giant Philip Morris International will sell Vectura Group for less than $300 million almost three years after it bought the respiratory medicine company…
Two medicinal cannabis companies have accused the RACGP of banning them from its national conference after it rejected their exhibition applications. Andrew Heath is the…
One in 13 Australians over the age of 40 are estimated to be living with COPD.1 COPD is one of the ‘big five’ lung diseases.…
When prominent vascular surgeon Dr John Crozier spoke out about the flourishing illegal tobacco trade colleagues were worried for him. Some of it was lighthearted,…
Article 5.3 of the WHO’s convention on tobacco control states that member countries should protect public health policies from the “vested interests” of the tobacco…
Proposed legislation will create a 'smoke-free generation' by banning sale of tobacco to people born in 2009 or later.
A major review on the health effects of e-cigarettes reflects what public health advocates have feared – escalating use of e-cigarettes in school-aged children, early…
The treatment poses no greater risk than nicotine patches, say Australian researchers.
In their splendid 1200-page book (no kidding!) on ethics and the law for the health professions, Professor Ian Kerridge, a Sydney haematologist and academic ethicist…
John Safran takes a look at the strategic shifts of Philip Morris, a company responsible for a global public health catastrophe.
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