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Vapes may be easier to quit than cigarettes, new Vietnamese study suggests

Smokers who previously failed to quit cigarettes were more likely to successfully quit vaping People who perceived vaping to be more harmful than smoking were more likely to try quitting Dual users - those who vape and smoke - were less likely…

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OPINION: If vaping kills, what else are they lying about?

Olivér Varhelyi’s appointment as EU Commissioner for Health wasn’t a slam dunk. Members of the European Parliament - wary of the Hungarian nominee’s close ties to the country’s autocratic leader Viktor Orban - wanted assurances that his views on abortion (it’s often…

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WHO faces severe budget cuts. Will that mean less disinformation around safer nicotine?

Officials at the World Health Organisation - whose anti-vaping messaging border on disinformation to the point where they are routinely called out on Twitter/X - are staring down the barrel of 25% staff cuts in the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to…

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Court overturns vaping ban on Barcelona beaches

A vaping ban on Barcelona’s beaches has been overturned after a successful appeal from anti-smoking campaigners. The Former Smokers Association appealed against the local legislation that has been in force since July 2022. Being caught vaping or smoking on the seafront of…

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Spain risks undoing smoking success with vape ban, report warns

Spain is set to undo its recent drop in smoking rates by heavily restricting safer alternatives, a new report has warned. Last year, Ministry of Health statistics revealed an impressive 22 per cent decline in Spain’s daily smoking rates, which dropped from…

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Spain has made “no progress” in fight against smoking, leading psychologist warns

Spain has made “no progress in the fight against smoking” and should switch to Sweden’s more effective approach, a leading psychologist has warned. Karl Fagerström, clinical psychologist and creator of the widely-used nicotine dependence test, said Spain’s current prohibitive strategy is likely…

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Luxembourg criticised for proposing de facto ban on nicotine pouches

Luxembourg has been widely criticised for its proposed ‘de facto’ ban on nicotine pouches. The European Commission, Greece and Sweden have all raised several objections to the draft Bill, which limits the strength of nicotine pouches to a very low 0.048g and…

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France’s vape and nicotine pouch bans could trap millions in smoking, report warns

A new report from global health advocacy group Smoke Free Sweden compares the prohibitive tobacco control policies of France with the Swedes’ more regulatory approach. It highlights how Sweden’s embrace of nicotine alternatives, such as vapes and snus, has resulted in the…

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Bulgaria’s proposed vape laws will harm fight against smoking, warns global health body

Bulgaria’s proposed regulations on vapes and other nicotine alternatives are a “significant backward step” in Europe’s fight against smoking, a global health body has warned. Smoke-Free Sweden says that if made law, the “short-sighted measures” will deprive adult smokers of crucial tools…

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