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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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Expert debunks claims that vaping slowed smoking declines down under

A new expert analysis has challenged claims that vaping has slowed progress in cutting youth smoking rates in Australia and New Zealand. Recent academic papers from the University of Sydney’s Professor Becky Freeman and her team argue that the rise of vaping…

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Vapes more effective than other quit smoking aids, landmark Cochrane review finds

Nicotine vapes help more people quit smoking than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches or gum People using nicotine vapes are also more likely to quit than those using non-nicotine vapes or no support at all Rates of side effects and serious…

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Four countries leading the way in harm reduction

New evidence shows that four countries are proving safer nicotine alternatives can cut smoking rates, prevent disease and save lives. The findings come from The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a new report that tracks how products such as nicotine…

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Safer nicotine products saving lives, experts say in call to WHO

International health experts are calling on governments to embrace safer nicotine alternatives as proven tools to cut smoking, prevent disease and save lives. The appeal comes in The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a landmark new report published ahead of…

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Rapid switch from smoking to vaping helping close New Zealand’s major health gaps, expert says

New Zealand’s rapid decline in smoking rates - driven by a rapid switch to vaping - is helping to narrow some of the country’s starkest health inequalities, according to a public health expert. “A Pākehā [New Zealander of European descent] boy born…

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Australia’s vape crackdown fails as black market surges

Australia’s crackdown on vaping is failing, with new official figures showing only a trickle of legal sales through pharmacies while the black market thrives. Since October, ‘therapeutic vapes’ - legal, regulated products with limited flavours - have only been available to buy…

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