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Biden Administration moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes to “non-addictive” levels.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule to limit nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels six years after it first said it intended to do so and five days before President Biden leaves office.
Fruit flavoured Pouches more effective than mint at helping smokers quit, new study finds
The research, published in the journal BMC Health, shows that a higher proportion of smokers who used fruit or other flavoured vapes had quit cigarettes after six months (15.4 per cent) compared to those who used mint flavoured vapes (11.6 per cent).
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on blocked flavoured vapes
The crux of the legal battle is whether the FDA failed to correctly consider the requests of two manufacturers - Triton Distribution and Vapetasia - to sell flavoured e-liquids, putting it in violation of a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act.
Smoking and vaping rates among U.S. youth hits 25-year low
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analysed data from the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey to assess nicotine product use among middle school (ages 11 to 13) and high school students (ages 13 to 18).
It’s not illogical for vapers to follow populists. That should be a wakeup call for the centre left.
Donald Trump says vapers should back him because he “saved flavoured vaping in 2019” and he will do it again. Why has the centre left decided it doesn’t want vapers in its coalition?
Trump vows to “save vaping”
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to save flavoured vapes if re-elected.
Flavoured vapes best at reducing smoking, new study finds
Flavoured vapes, including fruit and sweet options, are more effective at reducing smoking than traditional tobacco flavour, a new study has found.
Teen vaping in U.S. hits 10-year low
Half a million fewer school-aged children vaped this year than last, according to the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey.
New study: in America, more vaping = less smoking
A study in the Harm Reduction Journal has highlighted the impact of increased vaping prevalence on reducing smoking rates among US adults.