Czechia (Czech Republic) In 2026, Czechia legalized personal adult use, continuing its reputation as one of Central Europes more progressive cannabis jurisdictions
The evidence is clear that increasing the price of cigarettes is one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking, especially among children and pregnant women

Goff encouraged the New Zealand Parliament: We should not lack the courage to confront the vested interests that promote for their own material benefit the peddling of tobacco as a lethal product. He emphasized that the regime is aligned with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control : We should not be frightened to bring this legislation in on the date that we consider appropriate and to take on those corporates, because we would have the support of the World Health Organization. He was rightly sceptical of challenges to Australias plain packaging regime under the World Trade Organization: I do not believe for a moment that another international body, the World Trade Organization, would in the end defend the right of companies to kill people with their products. Goff highlighted the need to ensure that tobacco control measures such as the plain packaging of tobacco products were not undermined by the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Natural smoke is still smoke
A data set for the IQOS tobacco heating system, a heated tobacco product manufactured by Philip Morris International, indicated that out of 24 biomarkers of potential harm, there was no statistical differences between people using the IQOS and tobacco cigarettes in 23 of 24 biomarkers (6)