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Harm reduction critics reject Sweden’s success in reducing smoking

A tightly controlled webinar that excluded many consumer voices has mounted a sharp attack on Sweden’s world-leading record on smoking reduction - dismissing the role of safer nicotine products and questioning the science behind harm reduction. The closed-door forum, Sweden: Setting it…

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Youth vaping halves and smoking drops to historic lows in New Zealand, ASH finds

Youth vaping in New Zealand has fallen sharply and smoking among teenagers is at historic lows, according to new national data from the ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey. Health experts say the findings directly challenge claims that vaping acts as a “gateway”…

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EU commissioner claims smoke-free products do not reduce health risks

The European Union’s health commissioner has claimed that smoke-free nicotine products do not reduce health risks compared with cigarettes, contradicting evidence from multiple health authorities. The remarks were made in a response to a parliamentary question from Danish MEP Kristoffer Storm on…

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Study challenges ‘gateway’ claims finding vapes involved in only 5% of teen smoking starts

New review finds vaping involved in just 5.3% of teen cigarette experimentation in analysed cohorts Most ‘gateway’ studies excluded nearly two thirds of teen vapers and three quarters of new smokers from their main analysis Study design prevents detecting any potential ‘diversion’…

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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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Youth vape risk measures may be overstated, suggests new study

Only 51.9 per cent of youth who said they might vape went on to try it within four years. 28.8 per cent of youth who said they definitely wouldn’t vape tried it anyway. The measure did not reliably identify which young people…

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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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