The involvement of big tobacco in the cannabis industry is dividing opinion around the world. As its major players circle, Cannabiz chief correspondent Steve Jones takes the temperature in the local market.

Among the roll call of sponsors at the United in Compassion (UIC) symposium in February, one name caught the eye.

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Steve has reported for a number of consumer and B2B titles over a journalism career spanning more than three decades. He is a regulator contributor to health journal, The Medical Republic, writing on...

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  1. This is an excellent piece of detailed journalism, balancing a number of sensitive issues. It raises the red flag that big public health will come after cannabis legalisation if there is any sniff of big tobacco. I would hate to see the misinformation propaganda that has been wheeled out against vaping by big public health and the tobacco control industry turn its attention to undermining the legalise cannabis movement.