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…
Cigarette smoking in the United States has fallen to its lowest level on record, as vape use continues to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The report found that 9.8 per cent of U.S.…
A new proposal in the European Parliament could see vapes taxed across the EU to help fund future cancer programmes.
According to a report by Romanian MEP Vlad Voiculescu, the bloc should raise €2 billion through new levies on nicotine products and…
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…
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…
Russia has taken a major step toward banning vapes, after a government commission backed plans to prohibit their production, import and sale.
The State Commission for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Industrial Products, chaired by Denis Manturov, supported the proposal on March 25,…
Swedish Socialists in the European Parliament have demanded that MEPs not travel to Strasbourg while French law levies potential five year prison terms for anyone found in possession of nicotine pouches. The French plan was first reported by Clearing the Air.
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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…
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…