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Global: The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday released its “report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke”, which examines progress made by countries in tobacco control since 2008. The report also analyses the relationship between emerging tobacco and nicotine products and tobacco control measures, concluding that “with new and emerging threats such as those posed by electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and the ongoing presence of an ever-shifting industry, we still have so much work to do”. The report claims that “the full extent of risk posed by new and emerging products like ENDS and electronic non-nicotine delivery systems (ENNDS) have not yet been quantified and are not fully understood. In the meantime, we must not let the tobacco industry repeat their lies and no credit should be given to their false claims.”
17th July 2023
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World: Asked at a global online media briefing about the recent move in Malaysia that has left e-cigarettes unregulated, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries “to do their best to protect their citizens” through vaping regulation. He said: “When the tobacco industry introduced electronic cigarettes, one narrative they tried to really sell is that this is part of harm reduction. It’s not true. It actually is a trap. A trap meaning kids are being recruited at early age to do vaping because they think it’s cool, because it comes in different colours, different flavours and so on. Then they get hooked for life. And most actually move into regular cigarette smoking. That’s why it’s a trap.”
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Russia: Sholban Kara-ool, deputy speaker of the State Duma, from the governing United Russia faction, has told the Tass news agency that a ban on e-cigarettes would not work. He said what was needed was public recognition of the harmfulness of substances contained in vapour products.
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