Canada’s nicotine pouch ban is “deadly error defying science,” health experts warn
Canada’s new ban on nicotine pouches is a “deadly error” and “backward step” in the global fight against the toll of tobacco, health experts have warned.
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Smoking rates in Sweden plummet to under six per cent, new report shows
Smoking rates in Sweden have plummeted from 16.5 per cent to under six per cent in less than a decade, a new report reveals.
Smoking rates flatline in EU countries not promoting nicotine alternatives
Smoking rates have stagnated in European Union countries where less harmful nicotine alternatives are not readily available, new data reveals.
EU Urged to Ban Flavoured Nicotine Products by Member States
Friday, 21st June, Luxembourg. As previously reported by Clearing the Air, a meeting of the Council of the European Union was held today where a ban on flavoured nicotine products was discussed, and supported by a number of key EU Member States.
ETHRA Urges Health Ministers to Reject Flavour Ban, Citing Potential Harms
ETHRA, which represents nicotine consumer organisations in Europe, has written to health ministers across Europe urging them to reject a flavour ban at tomorrow's European Council meeting.
Summer of sport: beware vape bans
From the Olympics to the Euros to two cricket world cups, the summer of 2024 is set to be a bumper season for sport.
EXCLUSIVE: European Union countries push for EU-wide flavour ban
The European Council - the most powerful legislative body in the European Union - will debate proposals for an EU-wide flavour ban for all nicotine products in a session on 21st June.
Europe’s cancer league wants a tobacco free Europe, but doesn’t talk about tobacco at all. Why?
That headline isn’t a rhetorical question: it was what we were genuinely thinking after we watched a YouTube replay of a conference call organised by the European Cancer League.
The European Elections are this week; what can vapers expect from the results?
Europeans will go to the polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament. From 6 to 9 June, eligible voters in 27 EU Member States will cast their ballots, determining who represents them in the world’s only transnational Parliament.
6 EU countries with tough vape restrictions
Member countries of the European Union (EU) have been subject to rules on vaping since May 2016, but member countries are free to set their own rules on their sale and use. In the last few years, new regulations on vapes in individual countries have been moving at pace.
Ireland raises smoking age limit to 21 - but holds vaping at 18.
Ireland aims to become the first country in the European Union to ban smoking among under-21s.
Newly voted MEPs may change Europe’s hardline approach on vapes
Changes to the make-up of the European Parliament may favour a more lenient approach to vaping as a key tool to help smokers quit, an MEP has said.