http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The prevalence of tobacco smuggling in Europe is lower than industry figures suggest, reveals the largest study of its kind, published online in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-tobacco-smuggling-europe-industry-figures.html Addiction Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:30:06 EST news274381846 Claims that replacing alluring designs on cigarette packs with a plain standardised look will increase illegal tobacco production are baseless - according to a new report published today (Friday) by an international expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-tobacco-industry-cigarette-packaging-nonsense.html Addiction Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:20:01 EST news272880074 The rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs sold around the world, with China the biggest source of fake medicines, pharmaceutical experts said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-internet-global-explosion-fake-drugs.html Medications Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:16:33 EST news258876949 Negotiators from 135 nations sealed Wednesday a global deal to stem the illegal tobacco trade that could net governments $50 billion more annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-states-anti-tobacco-trafficking.html Health Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:44:17 EST news252751442 Negotiators will hold final talks next week for a global deal to stem illegal tobacco trade that could net an extra $50 billion annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-anti-tobacco-trafficking-accord.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:01:13 EST news252071875