The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is calling on the public to report any signs of illicit tobacco cultivation as the growing season for tobacco ramps up, following a major bust in Victoria that led ...

Illicit tobacco operations are not run by genuine farmers but by organised crime syndicates. These activities divert vital funds from the community ...

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard ...

In several experiments, the wearable accurately identified the presence of hydrogen peroxide in groups of plants exposed to a ...

Plants send distress signals when under attack from pests, drought, or disease, but these signals are often invisible to the ...

Some commercials target women by suggesting that white snus offers a discreet “clean” way to feel the benefits of a nicotine ...

Environmental conditions can cause damaging stress to plants, posing challenges for home gardeners and farmers. Therefore, ...

The biohydrogel-enabled microneedle sensor can “achieve direct measurements in under a minute for less than a dollar per test ...

Their project, called Phytogene, harnesses the power of “biopharming” — a method that transforms plants into living drug ...

Kutsaga Research has warned farmers against Fusarium wilt and root rot disease (FWRR), a soil borne fungal disease which can ...

While there is little evidence for tobacco being inherently medicinal, its harmfulness was observed even in the 18th century. A lot of our modern medications come from plants, like the cancer ...