Although they are quit funny and aimed at young people who have never smoked, the ads quote flimsy statistics and are misleading for smokers trying to quit. Truth Initiative (formerly the American Legacy Foundation or Legacy) is a nonprofit tobacco...
To date, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the USA has taken a very conservative stance on vaping. However, today the CDC dropped its warning against adults vaping saying Adults using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes or vaping products as an alternative...
San Diego's public school schools have filed suit against Juul Labs, Inc., the largest U.S. producer of e-cigarettes, accusing the company of deliberately marketing its vaping products to young people. The school district, the second-largest in California, is seeking monetary...
President Donald Trump made the announcement late last week that all flavoured e-cig cartridges (like those used in JUUL and NJOY) would be banned, ending social media speculation of a total flavour ban. Vapers in the USA were concerned that...
Smoking, of course, damages the lungs and blood vessels, and contributes to an array of health problems, but nicotine — the calming chemical that cigarettes deliver — might actually be good for the aging brain. Smokers, for example, are less...
Vaping products are now being sold on pharmacy shelves throughout New Zealand. Vapix is a sub-brand of Kiwi vaping company Alt New Zealand, co-founded by Ben Pryor and Jonathan Devery. The pair of entrepreneurs say that the arrival of the...
Last week Associate Minister of Health Hon. Jenny Salesa made a statement to media that fired up the vaping community. On flavours she said: “The legislation that I am about to introduce ahh to the house will ban most flavours,...
NZ Regulations are coming, what should we expect? Big tobacco’s ‘non profit’ groups and special interests are proceeding with their assault on the vape industry in the USA. The FDA has accelerated their timeframe for vape products to apply for...
Experts and consumers gathered in Seoul last week to discuss risk-proportionate regulation in the region at the third Asia Harm Reduction Forum. The meeting was organised by Korean and Indonesian organisations; Korea Harm Reduction Association and Yayasan Pemerhati Kesehatan Publik...
