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Vietnam to ban vapes from 2025
Vietnam is to introduce a blanket ban on vapes from the new year. Co-incidentally, the largest Tobacco company in Vietnam is state owned.
Vapes could help save up to 616,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya, new report shows
According to the study ‘Saving 600,000 Lives in Nigeria and Kenya’ by global health group Smoke Free Sweden, 9.4 per cent of Nigerians currently smoke.
Switching to vaping from smoking improves respiratory health, new study finds
The paper, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research by Oxford University Press, observed a group of adult smokers in the U.S. who had reported a baseline cough or wheeze.
New Zealand HALVES smoking rates in five years thanks to vapes
Smoking rates in New Zealand are set to dip below five per cent, putting it on the brink of being declared officially ‘smoke free.’
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.
Better access to vapes could save 880,000 lives in Malaysia and Uzbekistan, new report reveals
Contrary to global trends, smoking rates in the two countries - where lawmakers have heavily regulated vapes alongside far more dangerous cigarettes - are set to rise over the next few years.
5 scientific studies that prove vaping is FAR LESS harmful than smoking
The risks of smoking are clear: cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than eight million people per year worldwide.
Vaping should be endorsed in tobacco legislation NOT banned, says new report
The article in scientific journal The Lancet - published ahead of crunch COP10 talks next week - calls on the WHO to recognise the central part vapes and similar products can play in reducing tobacco use.