'VAPING ME IS LIKE SMOKER ME REBOOTED'

I have brought myself to a level of nicotine addiction my younger self wouldn't have got up early enough for... READ MORE›

NEW LAWS IN UK 'STIFLING VAPING'S SUCCESS' IN CURBING SMOKING

On Friday the New Nicotine Alliance, led by Professor Gerry Stimson, a public health expert, protested against the new measures outside the Department of Health... READ MORE›

FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON

An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›

VAPING DOES NOT HELP PEOPLE STOP SMOKING SAYS WHO REPORT

But for some in the public health community, WHO's report is a backward step that will hamper the fight to cut tobacco-related deaths... READ MORE›

FEARS OVER E-CIGARETTES LEADING TO SMOKING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UNFOUNDED - STUDY

Young people who try e-cigarettes are not more likely to take up smoking as a result, according to a substantial new study... READ MORE›

'EXTINCTION THERAPY' COULD HELP SMOKERS KICK HABIT, STUDY SUGGESTS

After a month, the treatment group were smoking significantly fewer cigarettes on average each day seven, compared to 10 for the control group ... READ MORE›

MEXICO RECAPTURES DRUG CARTEL KINGPIN EL CHAPO AFTER HUMILIATING PRISON ESCAPE

Pena Nieto and federal officials came under heavy criticism for refusing to extradite Guzman to the United States, despite shortcomings in the Mexican prison system... READ MORE›

E-CIGARETTES CONTAINING NICOTINE LINKED TO RAISED HEART ATTACK RISK

The tests found in the 30 minutes after smoking the e-cigarettes containing nicotine, there was a significant increase in blood pressure, heart rate and arterial stiffness... READ MORE›

IS THIS THE FIRST CHILD'S DEATH DUE TO E-CIGARETTES?

First 'e-cigarette child death' New York baby dies after drinking liquid nicotine... READ MORE›

FDA PLANS TO REDUCE NICOTINE IN CIGARETTES TO NON-ADDICTIVE LEVELS

Nicotine levels in cigarettes could be reduced to non-addictive levels, according to new plans set out by the US regulatory body... READ MORE›

NORWEGIAN MASS MURDERER ANDERS BREIVIK GIVES NAZI SALUTE AT COURT HEARING

Speaking for the state, Fredrik Sejersted said the government's view is that Breivik's prison conditions don't violate his human rights in any actual or legal sense... READ MORE›

VIDEO SHOWS EL CHAPO'S DARING ESCAPE

The escape marks the second time since 2001 that Guzman managed to flee a maximum-security prison... READ MORE›

DRUG LORD JOAQUIN (EL CHAPO) GUZMAN'S BIOPIC PLAN HELPED LEAD TO CAPTURE

Guzman has been returned to the Altiplano maximum-security prison, from where he escaped in July, via a tunnel dug beneath the shower stall in his cell... READ MORE›

INSIDE A PRISON IN FALLUJAH WHERE THE ISLAMIC STATE TORTURED AND KILLED

Iraqi police from the emergency response division, known as SWAT, inside one of the houses in Fallujah turned into a prison by the Islamic State... READ MORE›

'CHAPO' GUZMA?N'S PRISON GUARDS REPORTEDLY PLAYED SOLITAIRE WHILE HE ESCAPED

Guzman's escape, a year after he was imprisoned, was a massive embarrassment for the Mexican government... READ MORE›

HULL JAIL'S POLICY TO ISOLATE INMATES WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES COULD BE 'CATASTROPHIC'

Justin Piche, an associate professor criminology, said putting inmates with mental health issues in solitary confinement is absolutely the worst possible thing for their well-being... READ MORE›

"DIRTY MONEY GOES IN AND SLIGHTLY CLEANER MONEY COMES OUT"

Tabcorp required no independent identity verification and money could be deposited and withdrawn from the accounts immediately effectively circumventing Australia's anti-money laundering regulations... READ MORE›

AMERICAN MAN RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 43 YEARS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

Juan Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, said the indefinite solitary confinement imposed on Mr Woodfox clearly amounts to torture and it should be lifted immediately... READ MORE›

CONGRESS APPROVES BILL TO REQUIRE CHILDPROOF PACKAGING FOR E-CIGS

Other researchers are worried that e-cigarettes, which are sold in flavors such as cotton candy, are getting kids addicted addicted to nicotine... READ MORE›

BATTLE BETWEEN GANGS IN BALI'S KEROBOKAN JAIL LEAVES THREE DEAD

Two members of Baladika Bali, which reportedly has a membership of about 25,000, were killed at Kerobokan prison... READ MORE›

REGENCY ATTACK MACHINE GUNS 'STOLEN FROM AN IRA ARMS DUMP'

Gardai have identified most of the six-man gang involved in the Regency Hotel attack and the four-man mob involved in the Hutch murder... READ MORE›

'DIRTY MONEY GOES IN AND SLIGHTLY CLEANER MONEY COMES OUT'

Underworld figures and drug traffickers are exploiting Tabcorp betting accounts to launder the proceeds of crime and avoid detection by law enforcement agencies... READ MORE›

MEXICAN PRISON OFFICIALS JAILED OVER 'EL CHAPO' ESCAPE

Mexican investigators say that Guzman, Mexico's most powerful drug lord, had inside information to ease his escape, as well as support or acquiescence from prison insiders... READ MORE›

AMERICANS' RELEASE SPARKS HOPE FOR CANADA-LINKED PRISONERS IN IRAN

Iranian-born engineer Saeed Malekpour immigrated to Canada in 2004 and was awaiting Canadian citizenship as a permanent resident... READ MORE›

PRISON OFFICERS CRITICISED FOR SAVING INMATE FROM 'BEING HACKED TO PIECES'

Speaking ahead of the Prison Officers Association's annual conference in Athlone today, POA president Stephen Delaney... READ MORE›

LOW-NICOTINE CIGARETTES CUT USE, DEPENDENCE, STUDY FINDS

A new study might help the push for regulations to limit nicotine in cigarettes. Smokers who switched to special low-nicotine ones wound up smoking less an... READ MORE›

CHELSEA MANNING COULD FACE PUNISHMENT FOR SUICIDE ATTEMPT

If Manning is convicted of administrative offences related to her July 5 suicide attempt, she could be placed in indefinite solitary confinement... READ MORE›

We can't think of the criminal justice system in isolation... READ MORE›

"DIRTY MONEY GOES IN AND SLIGHTLY CLEANER MONEY COMES OUT"

Tabcorp required no independent identity verification and money could be deposited and withdrawn from the accounts immediately effectively circumventing Australia's anti-money laundering regulations... READ MORE›

ALLEGED STOCCO VICTIM DEAD FOR THREE WEEKS

Magistrate Andrew Eckhold ordered that both Gino and Mark Stocco return to Dubbo Local Court in January and be held in custody until then... READ MORE›