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Inside the Lab with Chris Allen: What Is Actually in Your Vape?
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Nicotine vapes linked to higher quit rates and lower cigarette use, major new review finds
Nicotine vapes were associated with significantly higher quit rates than no vaping at multiple time points
People using vapes also smoked fewer cigarettes per day, with consistent reductions across studies
Evidence from randomised controlled trials was rated “high” for both quitting and…
Dutch flavour ban pushed some vapers into smoking, study suggests
40% of vapers reduced use after the ban, including 22% who quit entirely
6% started smoking cigarettes and linked this to the policy
10.8% reported using alternative products more, “predominantly cigarettes”
Most quitters (73%) did not switch to another product
A major…
State backing may be key to vape-assisted quitting, commentary says
England’s “Swap to Stop” scheme was linked to a rise in vape-assisted quit attempts
Around 125,000 additional attempts were estimated in the first year
Researchers suggest government backing may influence perceptions and behaviour
The programme may act both as a practical intervention…
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Inside the Lab with Chris Allen: What Is Actually in Your Vape?
What exactly is inside the vapes and nicotine pouches millions of adults use every day? In our latest episode of Clearing the Air, toxicologist Chris Allen takes us inside the lab to reveal the complex science of harm reduction and the shocking…
Have your say in the Australian Senate Vaping Inquiry
Vapers are being urged to send a submission to the Senate Vaping Inquiry in Australia to oppose a new national vape ban.
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The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 2
Conflicts of interest, a pervasive bias and corruption at the heart of the European Commission’s tobacco and nicotine policy guidance document
In Part 1, we looked at how the European Commission tender for a Single Framework Contract for Support Actions in the Field…
The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 1
The corruption behind the group providing policy guidance against tobacco harm reduction
Brussels has today received a report evaluating whether the EU needs to update its rules on tobacco and nicotine. Far from a dispassionate review of the evidence, what we have…