Nicotine alternatives such as vapes do not cause cancer, a leading French oncologist has said.
Dr David Khayat said nicotine itself does not cause cancer, as carcinogens come from the burning of tobacco. The combustion that occurs in conventional cigarettes produces thousands…
Taxing safer nicotine products at rates comparable to cigarettes could have devastating consequences for public health, a leading health agency has warned.
The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) is urging governments to use taxes to ensure cigarettes are significantly more…
Here are some well-known celebrities who vape, with many attributing it to helping them quit smoking.
Katy Perry
Pop sensation Katy Perry is often spotted enjoying a vape in her downtime.
In 2013, she was photographed vaping while enjoying a bottle of…
Trump’s tariffs look set to ruin the US vaping industry and send consumers back to cigarettes en masse thanks to sky high price rises. To understand why, and in particular why this is so acutely bad for vapes in particular, we need…
Spain has made “no progress in the fight against smoking” and should switch to Sweden’s more effective approach, a leading psychologist has warned.
Karl Fagerström, clinical psychologist and creator of the widely-used nicotine dependence test, said Spain’s current prohibitive strategy is likely…
A new report from global health advocacy group Smoke Free Sweden compares the prohibitive tobacco control policies of France with the Swedes’ more regulatory approach. It highlights how Sweden’s embrace of nicotine alternatives, such as vapes and snus, has resulted in the…
Over half of smokers who used vaping products successfully quit or cut down
Countries that embrace harm reduction have fewer smokers
Based on it’s current trajectory, the EU won’t be smoke free until the year 2100
