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INVESTIGATION: How a mysterious NGO is smearing ordinary people.

The European Commission appears to have found a new tactic when it comes to responding to the views of people who respond to their consultations with opinions they don’t like: call them fake and ignore them. Politico reported this morning that David…

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Sweden takes its ‘quit smoking’ case to UK Parliament

Sweden’s record on smoking reduction has been put before UK lawmakers. Campaigners and experts urged Parliament to follow evidence showing that harm reduction cuts smoking rates while bans fuel illicit markets and slow progress. At a Westminster event organised by Quit Like…

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Teen nicotine use shifts away from cigarettes as smoking continues to fall, global study finds

A WHO-backed analysis found teenagers were more likely to use non-combustible nicotine products than cigarettes in 31 of 57 countries studied Public health authorities say vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, because it avoids tobacco combustion Long-term projections show teen cigarette…

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Mexico threatens eight years of jail in crackdown on vape sales

Mexico is moving to impose some of the world’s harshest penalties on vaping. New legal reforms would criminalise the production and sale of vapes nationwide. The Senate has passed changes to the General Health Law that would allow authorities to impose prison…

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Youth vaping halves in New Zealand

Youth vaping in New Zealand has fallen sharply, with new national data showing regular use has halved in just two years. The findings come from the latest ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey, which polls more than 30,000 students each year. It’s a…

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Europe agreed not to ban safer nicotine products. Now Denmark wants to ban them anyway.

Denmark and the European Commission want to bind the whole of the EU to banning vapes and nicotine pouches, according to negotiating documents circulated this evening and seen by Clearing the Air. The full document is available here. The ban - which…

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NZ health minister commended for science-based vaping stance

New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has been praised internationally for rejecting what she called a “ridiculous” ranking that penalises the country despite its world-leading decline in smoking rates. Minister rebukes global index Minister Costello criticised the Global Tobacco Industry Interference…

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COP Day 3 bulletin: GATC lies about harm reduction and quitting

The Global Alliance for Tobacco Control (GATC) - which coordinates anti-nicotine NGOs at the WHO’s Conference of the Parties on tobacco control - has written to all COP delegates falsely claiming that “the evidence on the use of e-cigarettes as cessation aid…

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COP 11: The “dirty ashtray” award goes to…New Zealand?

New Zealand - which has some of the world’s lowest smoking rates and highest cigarette taxes - has been given the “dirty ashtray” award by the Global Alliance on Tobacco Control (GATC) in a move that brings into stark focus just how…

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