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No softening likely in WHO’s antagonism to e-cigs and HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th October 2018

The rhetoric coming out of the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) in Geneva suggests the World Health Organization is unlikely to give vaping products or HnB a role in its anti-tobacco policies any time...

ENDS and means up for debate at WHO’s COP8 gathering

Written by ECigIntelligence | 27th September 2018

The role of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco will again be discussed next week at the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ...

Experts urge transparency, independence for PMI’s foundation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 25th November 2017

Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, the controversial research endowment fund initially endowed for $1bn by Philip Morris International (PMI), has committed to instituting “almost all” good-governance suggestions put to it by harm reduction...

Tedros Adhanom handed influential role of WHO director general

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th May 2017

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been named as the next director general of the World Health Organization, a role with huge influence on governments around the world, and therefore on the potential future of e-cigarette...

Long-term health effects: the good news and the bad news

Written by ECigIntelligence | 15th February 2017

Two new real-world studies of the (relatively) long-term health effects of vaping come to very different conclusions: one very positive about reduced cancer danger, the other sounding a warning about possible cardiovascular...

WHO continues focusing on risk, suggests stringent regulation

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th November 2016

The World Health Organization has recommended wide-ranging restrictions on the sale and promotion of electronic cigarettes, even suggesting countries should consider a total ban – and immediately come under fire for doing...

WHO report on e-cigs to be presented at COP7 conference

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th June 2016

Tobacco control leaders from around the globe will be presented with the latest findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes and public health at a meeting in India this...

U.S. transportation secretary finally bans e-cigs on planes

Written by Jim Myers | 3rd March 2016

U.S. transportation secretary Anthony Foxx announced a final rule Wednesday to ban the use of e-cigarettes on all commercial flights in the U.S., aiming to avoid confusion over the legal position. “This final rule is...

Innovation and intellectual property rights for the e-cig industry

Written by Jon Bruford | 1st March 2016

Contents1 Executive summary2 Patent wars3 General trends in IP law4 E-cigarettes’ IP landscape     Executive summary   The growth of e-cigarette popularity has been accompanied by a growing number of patent applications and disputes....

Flavour important for under-age U.S. vapers

Written by Jon Bruford | 29th November 2015

Most underage vapers in America prefer the taste of mint, clove, fruit, chocolate, or alcohol to plain nicotine juice. More than 80 per cent of the 1,450 teenage respondents who had experimented with e-cigs said...

Dual users experience significantly lower CO levels

Written by Marc Beishon | 29th November 2015

It sounds like common sense: if people smoke fewer conventional cigarettes because they are using e-cigs as well, you would expect them to be exposed to fewer harmful substances. And that’s what a study has...

E-cigs can be a force for good, says doctor who crafted FCTC

Written by Barnaby Page | 23rd February 2015

One of the main architects of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has expressed his strong support for e-cigarettes, starkly separating himself from the position adopted by the FCTC at...

In depth: the e-cig industry’s strengths and weaknesses

Written by Barnaby Page | 24th December 2014

The e-cig industry is driven by rapidly growing consumer demand, splintered by diverse technologies, threatened by regulation, and niggled at by medical doubts. So the team at ECigIntelligence has drafted a SWOT analysis for the...

Prevalence of tobacco smoking isn’t declining everywhere

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th November 2014

This article, republished from Tobacco Journal International exclusively for ECigIntelligence readers, takes a look at changes in smoking prevalence and smoking populations around the world – and explains some surprising apparent...

Good COP, bad COP? WHO FCTC urges ad ban, more research

Written by Barnaby Page | 19th October 2014

The final recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes allow for a wide range of regulatory regimes but single out advertising as a prime candidate for controls, as expected, as well as hinting...

Public health leaders debating e-cigs behind closed doors

Written by Barnaby Page | 14th October 2014

As the world’s nations sit down at the Moscow World Trade Centre this afternoon to debate e-cigarette regulation, relations between the public health community and vaping activists appear likely to grow even...

NGOs say WHO should prioritise further study, not regulation

Written by Barnaby Page | 10th October 2014

An international group of NGOs has tried to identify middle ground between the die-hard opponents and supporters of e-cigarettes in the run-up to next week’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on regulating...

Media release misrepresented researchers’ cancer findings

Written by Marc Beishon | 29th September 2014

          A science publisher’s own publicity for a research article on e-cigarettes and cancer has been criticised for suggesting conclusions unjustified by the data. For a recent paper in the John...

As WHO tobacco meeting nears, e-cigs’ supporters strike back

Written by Barnaby Page | 6th September 2014

Leading European public health figures have this week spoken out against reports to the World Health Organization (WHO) which seem likely to push the international body toward recommending strict regulation of...

Ban indoor vaping, restrict ads, says World Health Organization

Written by Barnaby Page | 26th August 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) looks increasingly likely to recommend stringent restrictions on e-cigarettes, following an internal report which suggests measures including a blanket ban on indoor use and tight controls on...

FDA, WHO petitioners advised to focus on public health

Written by Barnaby Page | 2nd July 2014

Comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its proposed e-cigarette regulations should focus on public health and skip business issues, an industry organisation has...

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