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Can Ozempic Help You Quit Smoking? A Cardiologist Explains
We sat down with Dr. Rohan Sequeira, a cardio-endocrinologist, at the recent World NIcotine Congress, to discuss his involvement in Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) and its potential synergy with GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for addressing public health challenges. The conversation covers the…
Taxes & Organized Crime: The Hidden Cost of EU Nicotine Policy
When it comes to taxing reduced-harm products, is the EU prioritizing public health, or just ignoring its own rules?
We recently sat down with former EU tax official Donato Raponi, at the inaugural World Nicotine Congress, to unpack the complex and often…
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Vape metals scare: what the latest study doesn’t tell you
A new vape study is fuelling fresh fears about toxic metals - but experts say the science behind the headlines is far less clear.
Published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, the research explored whether metals from vape aerosol can build up in…
Smoke-free by 2040 within reach – but only with wider access to safer nicotine alternatives
A global smoking rate below 5% by 2040 is described as “a realistic, measurable and equitable target”
Current tobacco control measures alone are unlikely to reduce smoking fast enough
Wider access to “regulated smoke-free nicotine alternatives” could accelerate declines significantly
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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…
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‘Banning disposable vapes will fuel illicit market’ – action groups speak out against UK ban
The UK’s disposable vape ban will put children at greater risk by fuelling the black market, action groups have warned.
Summer refresher: we KNOW that vaping is much less harmful than smoking. Here’s how.
7.69 million deaths are attributable to smoking every year, so finding safer alternatives to smoking has huge potential to improve public health. Alternatives like vaping.
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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…