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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…

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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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The EU’s Bloomberg Report Part 1

The corruption behind the group providing policy guidance against tobacco harm reduction Brussels has today received a report evaluating whether the EU needs to update its rules on tobacco and nicotine. Far from a dispassionate review of the evidence, what we have…

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Illegal vape trade “everywhere” despite bans, undercover film finds

Undercover filming shows illegal vapes being sold in shops, on social media and from car boots Young people say it is easy to access banned products, often via Snapchat or friends One in five stores visited sold illegal vapes despite strict rules…

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Nearly half of Europe’s vape market comes from irregular sources, study finds

A new study has found that almost half of the vapes sold across Europe come from irregular sources, highlighting the scale of the illicit and grey market for the products. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS say around 48…

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Consumers urge Sweden to veto EU Tobacco Tax

Nine organisations representing users of safer nicotine products have called on the Swedish Government to veto Brussels plans to impose huge tax increases on vapes and nicotine pouches, calling the plans “fundamentally flawed” and “a direct threat to the Swedish Model”. The…

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Vape manufacturers signal co-ordinated price increase

The largest vape manufacturers in China, where almost all of vaping hardware is manufactured, have issued a joint letter - seen by Clearing the Air and posted to social media - indicating their intention to raise export prices by up to 13%.…

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Interview: David Zaruk, The Risk Monger

David Zaruk (aka the Risk Monger) has been an EU risk and science communications specialist since 2000, active in EU policy events from REACH and SCALE to the Pesticides Directive. He is the editor of The Firebreak. He recently published an investigation…

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