Labour party leader Ed Miliband has vowed to increase taxes on tobacco giants to boost NHS funding at the annual Labour party conference this week, placing...
Cynthia Robinson, who lost her husband in 1998 to lung cancer, has been awarded $23.6 billion (£13.4bn) in punitive damages after launching a lawsuit against R.J....
The Australian government has recently announced a 15% reduction in the amount of people smoking, as recent policy measures enforce plain cigarette packaging laws. Figures show...
American Reynolds and Lorillard are in ongoing talks this week regarding a merger that would redefine big tobacco as a global industry. The move, which would...
Scientists have urged regulators not to introduce restrictions on the use of electronic cigarettes, arguing that limiting the use of such products could cost millions of...
At a recent sustainable investment event, I inadvertently launched into unscripted criticism of the tobacco industry. This led one delegate to accuse me of dictating “how...
It may be unethical and immoral to profit from companies that sell addictive, cancer-causing drugs to children in places with little or no public health or...
This week, another naughty Big Energy company has had its wrist gently slapped for viscously ripping off customers. EDF is fighting its own battles. At some point,...