European commissioner Wopke Hoekstra made the false claim that “vaping kills” in a public address to parliament.
Speaking at the Subcommittee on Tax Matters on February 6, Hoekstra inaccurately stated that vaping kills in the same way as smoking.
He said: “700,000…
Nicotine is not carcinogenic and does not cause heart disease, a leading cardiologist has told a doctors’ convention.
Professor Reuven Zimlichman, Director of the Institute for Quality in Medicine at the Israeli Medical Association, explained that nicotine is addictive but does not…
France has become the second European Union nation to ban disposable vapes.
The law was passed by the French Senate following a final parliamentary vote on Thursday. It comes after a similar ban in Belgium, which took effect on January 1.
The…
Hong Kong will ban the possession and use of vapes in public from summer 2026, a top health official has announced.
The city, a special administrative region of China, had already banned the import, manufacture and sale of vapes and heated tobacco…
A new documentary lifts the lid on how Sweden became the first country in the world to be declared officially “smoke-free.”
Sweden’s smoking rate of just 4.5 per cent (and falling) of its population is just a fraction of the European average…
Luxembourg will not be imposing a national ban on disposable vapes, the government has said.
The Health Ministry acknowledged the need to reduce harm to the environment and prevent young people taking up vaping, but said it believes “a ban targeting disposable…
Smoking is the leading cause of early and preventable death, killing eight million people globally every year.
The world is on a mission to stamp out the deadly habit - but most countries are far behind their targets of becoming ‘smoke free’. …
Vaping on 38 beaches across Barcelona and the Balearic islands now carries a whopping €2,000 fine.
A recent rule change means vaping is banned on 10 beaches in Barcelona and 28 in the Spanish-owned Balearic islands
Meanwhile, smoking is illegal on 700…
Smoking rates in Sweden have dropped dramatically since the 1980s while snus use has risen steeply, a new study has found.
The paper, published in science journal BMJ Open, reported a “substantial decline” in cigarette smoking from 1986 to 2022 of 26.3…
