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Health and science
The family doctor who gives cigarettes to his 14-year-old son to stop him vaping
6th December 2022 - Blogs |
Should e-cigarettes be prescribed to help smokers quit? One Australian family doctor has bizarrely turned the question on its head, asking: Should cigarettes be prescribed to help vapers quit?
Health secretary proposes further measures for smoke-free generation…
5th December 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Netherlands |
Riyadh Health Cluster tweets against e-cig use…
28th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Saudi Arabia |
Health ministry faces criticism over vaping…
25th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Australasia, New Zealand |
US e-cig stakeholders database
25th November 2022 - Regulatory databases |
This directory of stakeholders in US e-cigarette markets will allow you to find the most relevant organisations in 50 states
European e-cig stakeholders database
25th November 2022 - Regulatory databases |
This directory of stakeholders in European e-cigarette markets will allow you to find the most relevant organisations in 37 countries, including all EU member states
International e-cigarette stakeholders database
24th November 2022 - Regulatory databases |
This directory of stakeholders in international e-cigarette markets will allow you to find the most relevant organisations in over 50 countries around the globe
Vaping ‘within five minutes of waking’ – the truth behind the click-bait headlines
23rd November 2022 - Blogs |
The magazine headline said: “More Teens Are Vaping Within 5 Minutes of Waking”. So where does that attention-grabbing line come from, what does it really reveal – and whose line is it anyway?
Parliament talks on e-cig regulation leading up to vote…
17th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Lithuania |
Key stats on smoking and vaping behaviour published…
17th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Australasia, New Zealand |
Federal study considers e-cigs among smoking cessation methods…
16th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Germany |
Addicted teens feature in anti-vaping campaign…
10th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Israel |
WHO expresses concern over high tobacco use rate…
7th November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Jordan |
Updated list of notified e-cigs and refill containers…
3rd November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Scandinavia, Sweden |
E-cigs could help smokers quit or reduce tobacco intake…
3rd November 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, France |
Ministry launches new campaign against tobacco and vaping products…
28th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Spain |
Lambeth Council to provide free e-cigs to pregnant women or caregivers…
24th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Study published on impact of vaping prevention ads…
14th October 2022 - Daily news alerts | North America, United States |
E-cigs and weed – gateway to confusion between correlation and causation
13th October 2022 - Blogs |
Another study has confused correlation and causation when it comes to youth vaping and the supposed gateway effect – this time linking vaping and later cannabis use
Why ‘wellness’ vapes just might be less healthy than the wicked nicotine kind
6th October 2022 - Blogs |
In demonising nicotine, have many of vaping’s bitterest opponents across the globe got their sights trained on the wrong enemy?
Annual update on vaping health harm evidence published today…
30th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
FDA’s CTP launches resource on vaping and nicotine addiction for US schools
30th September 2022 - News analysis |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has launched an online resource centre providing science-based, standards-mapped materials that teachers can use to help their students understand the dangers of vaping and nicotine addiction
‘Schools without nicotine and tobacco’ awareness campaign…
23rd September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Ukraine |
The disposable truth: what you see on the label may not always be what you get
21st September 2022 - Blogs |
Scientists studying nicotine levels in disposable e-cigs found claims weren’t always backed up by facts. In fact, if their sample is truly representative and their methods accurate, vapers may be getting sold short
Health experts call for a changed public and political mindset on harm reduction
13th September 2022 - News analysis |
US scientists need to communicate more effectively with politicians and the public to ensure the country overcomes a prohibitionist mindset on tobacco harm reduction, according to some public health experts
Child Rights bill: no vaping in presence of children…
12th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Jordan |
Report finds novel products a threat to tobacco control progress in the Americas
8th September 2022 - News analysis |
New and emerging nicotine and tobacco products such as e-cigarettes are becoming increasingly available in the Americas and now pose a threat to the progress of tobacco control, a new report says
Minister states concerns over vaping…
8th September 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Belgian Health Council recommends e-cigs to quit smoking and reduce risks
19th August 2022 - News analysis |
Belgian authorities have embraced harm reduction, with the country’s Superior Health Council advocating for the use of e-cigarettes as both a safer alternative to smoking tobacco and an aid for quitting
Report rubbishes ‘reduced harm’ claims…
17th August 2022 - Daily news alerts | Central America, North America, South America |
20,000 authors of published research on vaping – but who and where are they?
10th August 2022 - Blogs |
Research into e-cigarettes is dominated by American scientists and a few names emerge as clear leaders in the field, despite the involvement of thousands of scholars over the last decade
Still studying e-cigs as harm-reduction tool…
22nd July 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Malaysia |
The news on e-cigarette research may seem relentlessly bad – but do you buy it?
21st July 2022 - Blogs |
Bad news is like sex – it sells. And not every scientist is as rigorous as they might be – those who write their press releases even less so. Which leaves the question of who to believe
Study suggests big rise in mistaken belief about e-cig harm keeps people smoking
11th July 2022 - News analysis |
The number of US adults who think e-cigarettes are more harmful than traditional tobacco products has effectively doubled year on year from 2018 to 2020, according to new research – and that has affected smoking rates
We know the UK is vape-friendly – but can Khan influence the rest of the world?
7th July 2022 - Blogs |
Could the UK’s Khan review of tobacco policy have lessons for the rest of the world in its enthusiastic endorsement of vaping, even for countries where there is far more hostility toward novel tobacco products?
Which side is the e-cig science really on – does it support your tribe or mine?
24th June 2022 - Blogs |
As far as we can tell, God has no opinion on the subject of vaping. Science, almost equally unhelpfully, has plenty of opinions – and they don’t all agree
Khan report receives a largely warm welcome from UK vaping advocates
15th June 2022 - News analysis |
Recognition of the role vaping can play in the future of public health in England has been welcomed, though there is some criticism of proposals to continually raise the legal age for the purchase of smoking products
Dutch health and environment body wants ban on flavours, including tobacco
9th June 2022 - News analysis |
In a first, Dutch health authorities are looking to ban tobacco flavourings on top of those more usually prohibited, such as sweet and fruit flavours
US FDA bends to external pressures and lobbying over following science, says VTA
8th June 2022 - Blogs |
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions in the name of public health threaten to have the opposite effect by leaving the vaping sector in the hands of big tobacco, a vaping association claims
Secretary for environment says vaping helps people to quit smoking…
8th June 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, United Kingdom |
Health, environment damage: e-cigs and vaping products ‘are not the solution’
3rd June 2022 - News analysis |
Next-generation tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco alternatives are not the solution to damage caused by the tobacco industry to both public health and the environment, according to speakers at a World Health Organization (WHO) conference
The WHO’s World No Tobacco Day campaign sparks mixed reactions
2nd June 2022 - News analysis |
On international World No Tobacco Day vaping industry representatives called out the WHO and governments for not supporting smoking alternatives as a cessation tool, but the campaign was celebrated by many charities and health organisations from across the world
E-cigarettes called as dangerous as combustibles…
2nd June 2022 - Daily news alerts | Asia, Indonesia |
Committee wants e-cigs to be equated to tobacco products…
1st June 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Spain |
Harm-reduction strategies: how much action lies behind the talk?
1st June 2022 - Blogs |
Most tobacco companies are keen to be seen supporting the concept of harm reduction, especially through reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn and pouches. But how far is their support for the idea actually having an effect on their activities right now, as well as their future direction?
ISS publishes tobacco consumption report…
31st May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe, Italy |
MEPs Against Cancer highlight link between tobacco and beating cancer…
31st May 2022 - Daily news alerts | Europe |
Today is World No Tobacco Day…
31st May 2022 - Daily news alerts | World |
Canadian vaping survey shows habits and preferences across age groups
27th May 2022 - News analysis |
The age of 25 is a stark divider among Canadian vapers, with differences in ever-use, recent use, flavour preferences and reasons for vaping, according to the recently released 2021 Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) that studied nearly 10,000 Canadians aged 15 and older
