Background Noncommunicable diseases contribute to over 70% of global deaths each year.
Efforts to address this epidemic are complicated by the presence of powerful corporate …

Background: The global e-cigarette market has proliferated and is increasingly dominated
by transnational tobacco companies. While Southeast Asian countries have received …

Introduction Historical evidence, predominantly from high-income countries (HICs), shows
that the tobacco industry uses a recurring set of arguments and techniques when opposing …

Background Risk factors related to the harmful behaviors, psychosocial wellbeing, and socio-
economic circumstances in the lives of pregnant women can lead to adverse birth outcomes …

For many decades, the international tobacco industry has set its sights on Asia, due to the
large population numbers, the high prevalence of male smokers who might shift to its …

Front-of-pack nutrition labelling is an evidence-based nutrition intervention that is
recommended by the World Health Organization and other health agencies as an effective …

Introduction Raising tobacco taxes is considered the most effective strategy to avoid
smoking initiation and discourage its use, especially among vulnerable groups. However …

In January 2022, after New Zealand announced a lifetime ban from purchasing combustible
cigarettes for those born after 2008, Malaysian health minister Khairy Jamaluddin declared …

Objective This systematic review aims to identify marketing elements of flavour capsule
variants (FCVs), cigarettes that release flavour when a capsule (s) embedded in the filter is …

Background Ultra-processed food industry (UPFI) actors have consistently opposed statutory
regulation in health policy debates, including at the WHO. They do so most commonly with …