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STUDY: Flavour bans make things worse

Flavor bans for vaping are associated with increased cigarette use and black-market activity, including the risk of youth access and reduced consumer safety, according to a new policy paper from the Tholos Foundation. The report draws on a combination of academic literature,…

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Public confusion over vaping risks is missed opportunity to help smokers quit, warns ASH

Adult vaping rates have stalled at 10 per cent, while smoking remains unchanged at 13 per cent More than half (56 per cent) of adults now wrongly believe vaping is as or more harmful than smoking Teen vaping has plateaued, but youth…

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Vaping better than NRT at helping disadvantaged smokers quit, Australian study finds

Smokers given flavoured vapes were three times more likely to quit than those using gum or lozenges Nearly one in three vape users stayed smoke-free after six months, versus one in 10 using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) Fewer side effects were reported…

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‘Ethics Abandoned’: Pregnant women given free cigarettes and told to keep smoking in low-nicotine cigarette trial

In a revelation that has stunned public health observers, pregnant women in a government-funded U.S. clinical trial are being given free cigarettes and explicitly instructed to continue smoking as part of research intended to support a federal nicotine reduction mandate. The trial,…

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Vapes could save millions of life years in Ukraine, new study finds

Up to 13.11 million life years could be saved through vaping in Ukraine 88 per cent of scenarios analysed showed a positive impact from vape use Average reduction in smoking-related life years lost was 3.17 million Long-term smoking rates could drop to…

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Flavoured vapes help smokers cut down and lower cancer risk, U.S analysis finds

Higher vape use led to significantly greater reduction in daily cigarette smoking Smokers given fruit or mint flavoured vapes used them more often than those given tobacco-flavoured ones, and were more likely to cut down or quit smoking as a result Use…

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Most teens who try vaping have quit within a year, new national U.S study finds

More than half of teens who tried vaping had quit by the following year, a new U.S study finds Just 5.6 per cent of teens who tried vaping became regular users a year later The most common pattern among teen vapers was…

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Vapes risk “renormalising” smoking, claims major new WHO report

WHO says vapes risk “renormalising smoking behaviour,” particularly among youth The 2025 report warns newer nicotine products may reverse public health gains Vapes are described as “addictive and harmful,” and linked to increased cigarette uptake Harm reduction advocates accuse WHO and BMJ…

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Most HTP users say the product helped them quit smoking, Greek study finds

Most heated tobacco product (HTP) users polled (67.8%) were verified former smokers, confirmed via carbon monoxide breath tests Of these, 90.1% said HTPs helped them quit cigarettes entirely Daily HTP users were nearly seven times more likely to have quit smoking compared…

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