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Vaping vs smoking – what do EU Parliament officials have to hide?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 10th July 2020 || Blog |

EU
Europe
Health
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Blog
The vexed question of the distinction between vaping and smoking, often confused by rulemakers at all levels, has arisen in the very heart of one of the world's largest and most influential rulemaking bodies ...

How has the ban on vaping imports gone down Down Under?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 26th June 2020 || Blog |

Regulation and Legislation
Blog
Health minister Greg Hunt this week announced a ban on all e-cigarette imports except under medical prescription – effectively a total vaping ban in a country where imports were previously the only legal way to get e-cigs...

Could the land that makes e-cigarettes for the world ban them at home?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 22nd June 2020 || Blog |

Asia
China
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Blog
Could China, where most of the world’s e-cigarettes are made, actually be considering banning them? It could have major global repercussions for the whole vaping industry – and so, potentially, for levels of smoking – if it did....

Juul puts on a friendlier, more responsible-looking face

Written by Aidan Semmens || 1st June 2020 || Blog |

North America
United States
Companies
Major brands
Blog
Having grown so rapidly to a position where it was market-leading, cool – and seen by many people as Public Enemy No.1 – it was probably inevitable that Juul had to be seen to change ...

An unwanted faceful of secondhand vapour meant a dash to hospital

Written by Aidan Semmens || 19th January 2020 || Blog |

Europe
United Kingdom
Health
Blog
While feelings run high on both sides of the great debate over e-cigarette flavours, has one vital – potentially even life-threatening – factor been largely overlooked? My sister was recently rushed to hospital after being “vaped over” (her...

What have LGBTQ youngsters in particular got against vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 17th January 2020 || Blog |

Blog
How harmful is vaping to the user’s health? While the global scientific jury is still very much out on that one – and, face it, e-cigarettes haven’t been around long enough for anyone to know for certain what...

Are e-cigs really more dangerous to kids than guns or combustibles?

Written by Aidan Semmens || 16th January 2020 || Blog |

Europe
North America
United Kingdom
United States
Policy and Politics
Regulation and Legislation
Blog
A story published by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (“in partnership with The Daily Mail”, so investigative credentials already perhaps a little tarnished) purports to expose a “loophole” in UK advertising rules that “lets Juul advertise to children...

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