Large-scale surveys show a sharp rise in smokers who think vaping is as harmful, or more harmful, than smoking
In the U.S., 71.3% of smokers now say vapes are equally harmful as cigarettes
In the U.K., 33.7% of smokers believe vaping and…
International health experts are calling on governments to embrace safer nicotine alternatives as proven tools to cut smoking, prevent disease and save lives.
The appeal comes in The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a landmark new report published ahead of…
Reanalysis of gateway studies shows their models predict smoking no better than chance when tested properly.
Most papers never reported how accurate their models were, and many authors refused to share their results.
Using better methods made the models only slightly more…
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…
Daily cigarette smoking among young adults (19 to 30) has dropped to just three per cent in 2024.
Smoking in the past 30 days among young adults has fallen by nearly three quarters since 2004.
At the same time, one in four…
Smoke-free products like vapes, heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches expose users to far fewer harmful chemicals than cigarettes
Chemical exposure from HTPs is estimated to be 40 to 50 times lower than from cigarettes; for vapes, 100 to 500 times…
Leading tobacco control say a Daily Mail article claiming that vapes have a “devastating health impact” on young people is “misleading by design”.
Menthol-flavoured HTPs are twice as effective at replacing cigarettes as regular tobacco flavour, according to new research.
Vapes cut toxic chemical exposure by up to 98 per cent, including major carcinogens
Heated tobacco products (HTPs) reduce harmful substances by up to 91 per cent
Some emissions in vapes and HTPs fall below detectable limits
Alternatives are not harmless, but…