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Chinese e-cigarette company Smoore has opened what it is calling the vaping industry’s first laboratory to test for extractable and leachable (E&L) substances
Public opinion is turning against vaping due to misinformation and negative coverage from the media, according to John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA)
Is the present system of peer-reviewed journal publication of scientific papers the best way to get the best science – particularly in the vaping world? There are those who think it may not be
An article in an international news magazine describes what it calls “A damning review of e-cigarettes” – a description that doesn’t do justice to a major piece of academic work that is much more balanced than that suggests
A study warning that vaping may have countered the decline in US youth nicotine usage has been strongly criticised by two professors of health psychology for flawed methods and wrong focus
While synthetic nicotine has become the focus of much controversy, demonised as a public health risk, its currently poor reputation derives more from bureaucracy than from the substance itself
A new report confronts the issues involved in broadening the appeal of tobacco harm reduction products in low- and middle-income countries, where smoking cessation arguably matters even more than it does elsewhere
Beijing has recently announced a set of regulations that will tighten control on the vaping industry, and experts say China’s new and tightened scrutiny on e-cigarettes will likely hurt domestic producers
Health Canada has launched a consultation on the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) asking citizens, experts, vapers and other industry members to share their perspectives about e-cigarettes
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) has published a number of papers which will be of particular interest to the e-cigarette sector. Here are some of the highlights
A study that recently drew attention for concluding that vaping was a less successful cessation method than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or even going cold turkey may be undermined by potential flaws
The headline conclusions of the CDC are not surprising: tobacco products remain a menace to America’s kids, e-cigarettes particularly, flavoured ones most of all. But that is not the whole story
E-cigarettes remain by far the most popular means of nicotine consumption among US high school and middle school students, ahead of combustible cigarettes
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged the UK government to cut value-added tax (VAT) on vaping products as part of a plan to help smokers quit
The news reported on our sister site TobaccoIntelligence that 22nd Century Group is looking to launch its very-low-nicotine cigarettes (VLNCs) in Chicago and South Korea seems on the surface to have little to do with vaping
The percentage of teen vapers in New Zealand rose significantly in 2021, accompanied by a decline in smoking rates among 13- and 14-year-olds
We hear a lot these days, especially from politicians, about “following the science” – which must be a lot better, surely, than merely following the politicians. But it’s not unproblematic
The sale of e-cigarettes has been banned in Argentina since 2011. Vaping is forbidden in the same public places as smoking. Several bills concerning e-cigs are unlikely to pass
The number of authorised prescribers for nicotine vaping products in Australia has skyrocketed since regulations changed. However, critics say this has also led to a booming black market
Austrian legislation regulates both nicotine-free and nicotine-containing e-cigarette products. This report includes the latest updates and proposals for regulation and the result of some court appeals
The European Parliament’s first debate on the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)’s report into how to strengthen Europe’s fight against cancer will take place on 15th February
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of local authorities in England offering e-cigarettes to smokers in a bid to help them quit smoking, according to a new survey
France’s High Council for Public Health has revised its 2016 opinion on e-cigarettes, now saying there is not sufficient evidence to recommend vaping for smoking cessation
INNCO urged policymakers to conduct health impact studies involving consumers and producers if flavour bans are being debated
Califf’s bid to be the first permanent FDA leader under president Joe Biden comes amid ongoing calls by politicians for more regulation of tobacco and the cigarette industry
A new paper successfully replicates three key studies comparing the toxicity of cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapour on lung tissues
Is nicotine really the big baddie when it comes to tobacco products and their alternatives? Some people in positions of authority – people you might think ought to know better – still seem to think so
The Welsh government has launched a public consultation over its long-term tobacco control strategy
Could 2021 be remembered as the year we first started to see some light at the end of the tunnel? Only time will tell for sure, but there were clues
An original and potentially highly significant piece of peer-reviewed research published last week could – and should – have an impact on the way e-cigarettes are regarded and regulated in the US
A new study has concluded that although flavours are an “important motivator” for e-cigarette uptake among young people, there is no evidence to associate them with a move to smoking tobacco
Brazil seems close to clarifying a future legal path for tobacco alternatives in a regulatory process expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022
New Zealand has designated a cohort of young people – those who will be 14 or younger when the government’s proposed law comes into effect – who will never be old enough to smoke
The British public health sector has broadly welcomed the updated guidance from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
It may have originated as an alternative means of administering nicotine, avoiding the dangers of smoking, but vaping technology has many other potential uses – most notably for the delivery of other kinds of drug
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new recommendations on how to help promote quitting smoking, and how to introduce tools such as e-cigarettes into conversations with smokers
Conflict between public health concerns and political-economic interests seems to be the main reason behind an internal dispute between the Philippine delegation to COP9 and officials at the country’s Department of Health
Robert Califf, US president Joe Biden’s choice to take up leadership of the FDA again, has unfinished business with the agency – and with e-cigarettes in particular
The timing, one clear week before the opening of COP9, the latest (virtual) gathering of the parties to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), was interesting
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is backing the idea of e-cigarettes as a licensed therapy, available on prescription for smokers who want to quit
Public handwringing about the alleged “epidemic” of youth vaping has become tantamount to an epidemic itself – and and here’s a striking example from Bangladesh
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