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The age of the tobacco industry in Australia is approaching 70 years.This means that Australia’s tobacco consumption has risen from a low of 5.5 billion cigarettes smoked in 1974 to a high of nearly 60 billion in 2017, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.But the Australian Tobacco Association, which represents Australian cigarette manufacturers, says…

A US government agency is offering tobacco farmers incentives to reduce the amount of tobacco in their fields and the price of their products.It is the latest example of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) giving preferential treatment to tobacco products in an effort to combat the growing public health problem of tobacco-related disease.The…