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New vaping reforms to end vape sales from general retailers: experts explain
University of Sydney researchers respond to upcoming legislation on the manufacture, sale and advertising of vapes in Australia.
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Free vapes given to smokers at hospitals could help thousands quit, study suggests...
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that about 6.4 million adults in the UK were smokers in 2022, while the NHS says around 76,000 people in the UK die every year from smoking related illnesses....
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Study shows second-hand vaping exposure very low compared to second-hand smoking
Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one seventh the amount of nicotine as children who are exposed to indoor smoking, but more than those exposed to neither, according to a new study led by UCL researchers....
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Hong Kong Mulls New Anti-Smoking Measures
Hong Kong announced several new anti-tobacco policies on June 6, reports The Standard.
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Flavor Bans Threaten Smoke-Free Ambitions
The Tholos Foundation has launched three white papers exposing the risks of banning flavors in vaping products at an event in Brussels hosted by Parliament Magazine and featuring contributions from Swedish MEP Johan Nissinen. The reports cover the impact of flavor bans in the real world and best prac...
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WVA Raises Alarm About Misperceptions
The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) marked World Vape Day with a protest in front of the World Health Organization’s in Geneva today. Participants in the event urged the global health body to listen to consumers and acknowledge the scientific evidence supporting vaping, nicotine pouches and similar...
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Vaping Surpasses Smoking Among European Youth: WHO
Vaping has surpassed smoking among adolescents in Europe, according to a new report by the World Health Organization.
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Spain Urged to Keep Vape Flavors Legal
The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) has asked Spain to refrain from banning flavored vapes.
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British MPs Alerted to Misinformation
The U.K. Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has issued a series of letters to Members of Parliament (MPs) to raise concerns over “misleading, incomplete, unsubstantiated, or incorrect” information, which the group says was presented to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee. ...
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U.S. Vape Market Tops $2.67 Billion
The combined sales of cartridge-based and disposable e-cigarette products to U.S. consumers by nine leading manufacturers increased by approximately $370 million between 2020 and 2021, while the total topped $2.67 billion, according to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) third report on e-cigarette sal...
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Vapers Now More Likely to Quit Cigarettes
Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes are now more likely to stop smoking regular cigarettes, according to a new paper published by Oxford University Press in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. In the past, smokers who began vaping mostly continued smoking....
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Luxembourg to Tax Vapes and Pouches
Luxembourg will start taxing e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches in October, reports RTL Today.
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What are the best retail outlets for selling disposable vapes
Should your shop sell vapes? There are a number of retail outlets that can be effective for selling disposable vapes. We list the top 7 types of retail outlets that can cash in on the booming global disposable vape market. ...
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Protesters Demand End to Mexico’s Vape Ban
Vapers protested in front of Mexico’s Congress of the Union, calling for the country’s vaping ban to be replaced with risk-based regulation. The protest was organized by the World Vapers’ Alliance and All Vape Mexico....
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Consumer Group Against PMTA Registries
U.S. states must recognize the unintended consequences of passing laws requiring premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) registries for alternative nicotine products such as vaping devices, heaters, and nicotine pouches, according to the Consumer Choice Center, an organization claiming to represent ...
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Ireland Prepares Vape Tax
The government of Ireland is working to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes in 2025, reports The government of Ireland is working to introduce a tax on e-cigarettes in 2025, reports The Irish Times. ...
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E-cig Harm Perceptions Worsening: Study
Harm perceptions of e-cigarettes have worsened substantially over the last decade among adult smokers in England, according to a study published by Jama Network Open....
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U.K. Authorities Seized Nearly 10 Tons of Illegal Vapes in 2023
The number of illegal vapes seized at the U.K. border quadrupled last year. Authorities confiscated more than 4.5 million vapes weighing nearly 10 tons over the past 12 months....
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Vaping Altering Senses: Study
Research from the University of Otago shows that a side effect of vaping may be a distaste for “sweet” smells, reports the Otago Daily Times.
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Defending Liberty
The U.K.’s proposed generational tobacco products sales ban was variously described as nuts, insane, ludicrous, mad, illiberal, impractical and petty minded by speakers at a House of Commons reception on Feb. 7. ...
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