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The war on drugs comes for nicotine: Brussels lobbyists, failed Australian prohibitionists and a tiny island lobby the UN to treat vapers like meth addicts
A tiny archipelago with a population of just 18,000, has asked the UN to put nicotine on the same list as crystal meth, ecstasy and the date-rape drug GHB in an audacious move co-ordinated by European tobacco control bigwigs.
6 ways public health messaging is missing the mark
Public health communication around nicotine is full of mixed messages. From blurring key scientific distinctions to issuing guidance that treats very different products as interchangeable, several high-profile campaigns risk confusing the very people they aim to inform.
Teenagers turn to black market for vapes
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.
