Big tobacco tax tantrums lead to dirty ashtray gongs British American Tobacco’s (BAT) efforts to roll back taxes on tobacco, reframe regulation and rehabilitate its image, has earned it this year’s Dirty Ashtray and Exploding Vape Awards. It’s the first time both...
ACOSH Applauds Lotterywest for Cracking Down on Illegal Tobacco and Vape Sales The Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) has issued a strong warning to retailers engaging in illegal tobacco and vape sales, following decisive action by Lotterywest that has...
Cheap, Addictive, and Everywhere — Outdated WA Tobacco Laws Failing to Stop the Illegal Trade With new data showing the worrying extent of illegal tobacco and vape sales across Perth suburbs, the Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) is calling for urgent...
Failing The Smoke Test — National Scorecard Exposes States and Territories Falling Behind on Tobacco and Vape Reform A nationwide scorecard assessing the performance of each state and territory on tackling tobacco and vapes has been released by the Australian Council...
Coalition vape plan a win for Big Tobacco and loss for Public Health The Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH), representing 33 major health and community organisations across Australia, strongly opposes the Coalition’s plan to introduce an open retail...
Allies of tobacco industry exposed – Dirty Ashtray and Exploding Vape Awards On the 30th anniversary of the Dirty Ashtray Awards, two Australian organisations received dishonourable mentions for attempting to influence public policy while hiding the full extent of...
