An annually rising legal smoking age aims to prevent the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes.

Alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest threat to human health around the world, while illegal drug harms “don’t even come close”, a major report on addictive substances has found.

Big tobacco is forced to run advertisements saying that smoking kills, and cigarettes are intentionally designed to get people addicted. The companies will also pay for television ads running between 30 and 45 seconds with the same message to air on major television networks at prime time, five nights a week for a year.

Philip Morris International is using its vast resources against efforts to reduce smoking. Internal company documents reveal details of the secretive operation. By Aditya Kalra, Paritosh Bansal, Duff Wilson and Tom Lasseter.

It’s not smoking. It’s platform-agnostic nicotine delivery solutions. By Felix Gillette, Jennifer Kaplan, and Sam Chambers.