Dutch minister wants vaping as expensive as smoking under new tax plan
The Dutch government is preparing a new excise duty on vaping products that could make vaping about as expensive as smoking.
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EU Nicotine Consultations: The Value of 120,000 Lived Experiences
More than 120,000 responses were submitted to the EU’s tobacco and nicotine consultations. David Zaruk argues that policymakers should listen to the lived experiences of people who quit smoking and the businesses helping them.
Did the FDA overlook evidence that flavours help smokers quit?
The FDA’s decision to authorise fruit-flavoured vapes has reopened debate over whether flavours help adults quit smoking. Evidence on switching and flavour bans suggests regulators should look beyond a single product comparison.
The war on drugs comes for nicotine: Brussels lobbyists, failed Australian prohibitionists and a tiny island lobby the UN to treat vapers like meth addicts
A tiny archipelago with a population of just 18,000, has asked the UN to put nicotine on the same list as crystal meth, ecstasy and the date-rape drug GHB in an audacious move co-ordinated by European tobacco control bigwigs.
