Four popular nicotine e-liquids produced dramatically less toxicity in human lung cells than cigarette smoke.
No reactive oxygen species (ROS) - a major marker of oxidative stress - were detected from any flavoured e-liquid aerosol.
Trace metals and microplastics in the e-liquids…
Vaping expenses will rise significantly next year following the tax increase confirmed in today’s Autumn Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her statement to reaffirm that a new excise duty on e-liquids will come into force from October 2025, marking the most substantial…
At a European Parliament hearing last week, the Smoke-Free Partnership (SFP) told MEPs that 29 per cent of Swedish 17-year-old students currently use oral nicotine products. The figure was used to challenge Sweden’s harm-reduction strategy - the same strategy that has helped…
A rising share of MEPs believe novel nicotine products are as harmful as or more harmful than smoking - despite clear scientific evidence that non-combustible alternatives carry far lower risks. The new Ecigintelligence analysis shows that while awareness of vaping, heated tobacco…
Public health communication around nicotine is full of mixed messages. From blurring key scientific distinctions to issuing guidance that treats very different products as interchangeable, several high-profile campaigns risk confusing the very people they aim to inform. Here are six examples of…
Only 51.9 per cent of youth who said they might vape went on to try it within four years.
28.8 per cent of youth who said they definitely wouldn’t vape tried it anyway.
The measure did not reliably identify which young people…
Belgium’s federal government is preparing a sweeping ban on all vape flavours except tobacco, a move Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke says is necessary to stem rising youth vaping. But the announcement lands as Vandenbroucke and his party face mounting questions about stalled…
Stanton Glantz, a high-profile figure in tobacco control, has published a new blog post claiming that vapes “increase harm” and should not be considered a harm reduction tool. The post, titled ‘E-cigarettes increase harm to smokers, so should not be promoted as…
New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has been praised internationally for rejecting what she called a “ridiculous” ranking that penalises the country despite its world-leading decline in smoking rates. Minister rebukes global index Minister Costello criticised the Global Tobacco Industry Interference…
