Nicotine pouches are becoming increasingly popular in Wales, with new figures showing sales volumes rose by 92 per cent between 2023 and 2024.
A study reported by the South Wales Argus found that 59 per cent of people who started using nicotine…
A UK-wide ban on disposable vapes was supposed to curb environmental damage and ease pressure on the UK’s waste system. But just three months on, a leading waste firm says the policy is having the opposite effect.
Roger Wright, strategy and packaging…
On Wednesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told Members of the European Parliament of how “appalled” she had become by the “disinformation that threatens global progress on everything from measles to polio”.
“We need more capacity to…
State flavour bans cut vape use among 18 to 24-year-olds by around two to three percentage points
But cigarette use rose by a similar amount in the same group, creating a net health loss
Young people aged 14 to 17 showed little…
Australia’s crackdown on vaping is failing, with new official figures showing only a trickle of legal sales through pharmacies while the black market thrives.
Since October, ‘therapeutic vapes’ - legal, regulated products with limited flavours - have only been available to buy…
Most under-18s who vape are sourcing vapes through the black market, new polling suggests - a warning sign that restrictions and bans are failing to keep products out of young people’s hands.
A survey of 2,000 adults and 500 youths aged 15…
Confusion among U.S. doctors about nicotine may be costing lives, with nearly half mistakenly believing it causes cancer, a new study has found.
According to a survey of 1,565 medical professionals conducted by Povaddo Research, 47 per cent of doctors, nurses, and…
Health experts say Brussels is putting Sweden’s smoke-free success at risk, warning that a huge EU tax hike on nicotine pouches could dismantle the world’s leading harm reduction model.
Smoke Free Sweden, a global public health initiative, submitted its response to the…
Disposable vapes are being given a second life on the Ukrainian front lines, thanks to volunteers in the UK who are recycling the banned products into power sources for soldiers.
The initiative is run by the Leeds Ukrainian Community Association (LUCA), which…