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New WHO report pushes tougher crackdown on nicotine pouches

The WHO is urging governments to consider strict regulation - and potentially bans - on nicotine pouches, warning they risk creating “a new generation” addicted to nicotine The report argues nicotine pouches are being marketed with “youthful themes”, sweet flavours and “discreet”…

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New Zealand’s smoking rate has halved in six years – with vaping a major reason why

New Zealand has cut its smoking rate almost in half in just six years, with vaping playing a central role in one of the world’s fastest declines in cigarette use. A major new report on global tobacco harm reduction says New Zealand’s…

Advocacy

The $4.2 Trillion Illegal Empire: How Illicit Tobacco Funds Terrorism | Hayley van Loon

In this insightful interview, Hayley van Loon, CEO of Crime Stoppers International, details the alarming convergence of organised crime and state actors across global illicit trades, particularly focusing on the illicit tobacco industry. She highlights how this $4.2 trillion "Illegal Empire" is…

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Canada’s vape flavour ban stalls as evidence mounts against smoking ‘gateway’ fears

Five years after Canada first pledged to crack down on flavoured vaping products, the federal government still cannot say when - or even if - national restrictions will happen. The delay is becoming increasingly awkward for Ottawa. Not only has the Liberal…

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Why some vape studies miss the people who actually quit smoking

A major new review of US vaping research is raising uncomfortable questions about how some of the most influential studies on vaping and smoking cessation are designed - and whether they may be systematically overlooking people who successfully stop smoking by switching…

Science News

Smoke-free by 2040 within reach – but only with wider access to safer nicotine alternatives

A global smoking rate below 5% by 2040 is described as “a realistic, measurable and equitable target” Current tobacco control measures alone are unlikely to reduce smoking fast enough Wider access to “regulated smoke-free nicotine alternatives” could accelerate declines significantly Evidence from…

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Why do so many vape risk studies fall apart under scrutiny?

For years, headlines have warned that vaping may cause heart attacks, stroke, liver disease, cancer and now even chronic kidney disease. The claims are often sensational - and widely shared. Once they are published in peer-reviewed journals, they can look like hard…

News Science

Vaping overtakes smoking for the first time in UK, CoEHAR analysis shows

Vaping has surpassed smoking in Great Britain for the first time on record 10.0% of adults now use vapes, compared with 9.1% who smoke Smoking has halved since 2011, falling from 20.2% to 10.6% The vast majority of people who vape are…

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The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 2

Conflicts of interest, a pervasive bias and corruption at the heart of the European Commission’s tobacco and nicotine policy guidance document In Part 1, we looked at how the European Commission tender for a Single Framework Contract for Support Actions in the Field…

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