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Is Britain beginning to fall out of love with vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 17th July 2020

There have been a few signs lately that some in the world’s most vape-friendly nation may be experiencing a frisson of doubt ...

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

Written by Aidan Semmens | 10th July 2020

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 ...

Has Netherlands health minister Paul Blokhuis got it right on vape flavours?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 3rd July 2020

Netherlands health secretary Paul Blokhuis is a committed opponent of smoking and vaping. But has he got it right in his plan to ban all e-cig flavours except tobacco? There are reasons to think he...

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

Written by Aidan Semmens | 26th June 2020

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...

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

Written by Aidan Semmens | 22nd June 2020

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 –...

Are people vaping more or less during the COVID-19 emergency?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 12th June 2020

Q: Are people vaping more or less during the COVID-19 emergency? A: It’s complex ...

Eight months in, what lessons might be learned from India's e-cig ban?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 5th June 2020

India’s blanket ban on e-cigarettes, summarily imposed by the federal government last September, is proving somewhat ineffective ...

Juul puts on a friendlier, more responsible-looking face

Written by Aidan Semmens | 1st June 2020

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

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...

What have LGBTQ youngsters in particular got against vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 17th January 2020

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...

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

Written by Aidan Semmens | 16th January 2020

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...

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Is Britain beginning to fall out of love with vaping?

Written by Aidan Semmens | 17th July 2020

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

Written by Aidan Semmens | 10th July 2020