The UK's black market in tobacco is booming leaving a £2bn hole in government finances as tax revenue has plummeted whilst the number of UK smokers has virtually stayed the same. New figures ...

CO 2 production from soil amended with stem material from unmodified tobacco and tobacco plants with modifications that reduce expression of either cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) or caffeic ...

This is the first plant-produced antibody to be cleared for clinical trials by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (the UK equivalent of the US Food and Drug Administration). Producing the ...

The tobacco plant’s origins can now be traced back to Bolivia, in South America. The people native to this land cultivated the plant and used it as part of their cultural traditions. Between ...

Illicit trade in tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals is often more attractive to organised criminals than, for example, drug trafficking, given that it is a low-risk and high-value activity. The high ...

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 ...