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Lab study’s passive vaping claims don’t match real-world exposure, say experts

Experts say a lab study on “passive vaping” does not reflect what bystanders actually breathe in real life. The experiment used a machine to pump vape aerosol into a tiny sealed chamber, which critics say can exaggerate exposure levels. Roberto A. Sussman…

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Tech startups stock free nicotine pouches as productivity perk

Tech startups are increasingly stocking offices with free nicotine pouches. The products are being framed as a workplace perk as companies chase sharper focus and stamina in an AI-driven, high-pressure environment. The Wall Street Journal reports that a growing number of startups…

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Scary headlines, shaky science: why some vaping studies don’t add up

Some recent studies linking vaping to heart disease and cancer rely on weak or inconsistent methods. Experts say “adjusting for smoking” is often done too crudely to separate vaping risks from decades of past smoking. Reviews that combine flawed studies can give…

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Switching from cigarettes to vapes improved heart and lung measures in COPD trial

Two weeks of vaping instead of smoking did not make any heart or lung test results worse in people with COPD. Diastolic blood pressure (the “bottom number”) was lower after the vaping phase than after the smoking phase. In people who really…

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EU Health Commissioner doubles down on tobacco-harm stance

EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi has declared that new nicotine products such as vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches are “one hundred per cent” as harmful as traditional cigarettes. Commissioner rejects harm reduction distinction In an interview with Euractiv, Várhelyi was asked…

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Spain’s proposed vape crackdown sparks tourism industry backlash

Spain’s planned crackdown on vaping is facing pushback from regulators and hospitality groups, with warnings that a disposable vape ban could damage competition, confuse tourists and yield little public health benefit. Regulator urges alternatives to vape ban Concerns intensified after the National…

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Restricting vape options makes dual users more likely to choose cigarettes, new U.S. study finds

In a lab study of 41 adults who both smoke and vape, limiting vape flavour and device options made cigarettes more likely to be chosen When only a tobacco-flavoured vape was available, people chose cigarettes more often and vaped less Even when…

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Study challenges ‘gateway’ claims finding vapes involved in only 5% of teen smoking starts

New review finds vaping involved in just 5.3% of teen cigarette experimentation in analysed cohorts Most ‘gateway’ studies excluded nearly two thirds of teen vapers and three quarters of new smokers from their main analysis Study design prevents detecting any potential ‘diversion’…

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YouTuber’s viral video shows vaping less harmful than smoking

A viral video has shocked millions after YouTuber Chris Notap demonstrated, in stomach-turning detail, the difference between what cigarettes and vapes leave behind inside a pair of makeshift “lungs”. The simple but brutally visual experiment has already prompted many smokers to say…

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