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Op-Ed: Harry Shapiro – Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction

This op-ed is by Harry Shapiro, author and tobacco harm reduction expert at the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). As the new Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report shows, THR inexorably marches on, but the spectre of denial is…

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Youth vaping ‘highly unlikely’ to be major source of premature death, new study finds

New modelling of more than four million young Americans suggests adolescent vaping is highly unlikely to become a major cause of premature death. Even under the study’s most pessimistic main scenario, the average projected impact was equivalent to around 31 days of…

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US defence bill would test vapes and nicotine pouches to help troops quit smoking

A little-noticed provision in a defence bill passed by the US House of Representatives would allow the Pentagon to test whether vapes, nicotine pouches and heated tobacco products can help active-duty troops stop smoking. Section 707 of H.R. 8800, the National Defense…

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Most UK smokers wrongly think vaping is as harmful as smoking, ASH finds

More than half of UK smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as, or more harmful than, cigarettes, raising fears that confused public messaging could stop people switching away from smoking. New analysis by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) found that…

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Vaping has prevented up to 100 billion cigarettes being smoked in Britain, new analysis suggests

Vaping may have prevented up to 100 billion cigarettes from being smoked in Britain since 2013, according to new analysis. Campaign group We Vape said the rapid rise of vaping as an alternative to smoking has coincided with one of the steepest…

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The EU’s ‘Dangerous Tune’: Charlie Weimers on How the Commission is Sacrificing Lives for Ideology

In this episode of Clearing the Air, host Peter Beckett sits down with Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers to dive into the latest friction over EU nicotine regulation. They skip the basics and get straight into why the Commission’s current trajectory is so…

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Swedish MEP warns EU not to undermine country’s harm reduction approach

A Swedish member of the European Parliament has urged the European Commission not to weaken access to safer nicotine alternatives, as debate grows over future EU rules on tobacco and nicotine products. Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) has submitted a formal written question…

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Japan sees smoking halve as heated tobacco use rises

Japan has seen cigarette use fall sharply over the past decade alongside the rapid growth of heated tobacco products (HTPs) - a shift public health advocates say offers lessons for Taiwan’s smoke-free push. In a recent post on X, Smoke Free Sweden…

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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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