Denmark’s strict new limit on the maximum strength of nicotine pouches will take effect in July.
The executive order will make it illegal to sell nicotine pouches, a product placed between the lip and the gum, above the low strength of 9mg. …
European commissioner Wopke Hoekstra made the false claim that “vaping kills” in a public address to parliament.
Speaking at the Subcommittee on Tax Matters on February 6, Hoekstra inaccurately stated that vaping kills in the same way as smoking.
He said: “700,000…
Nicotine is not carcinogenic and does not cause heart disease, a leading cardiologist has told a doctors’ convention.
Professor Reuven Zimlichman, Director of the Institute for Quality in Medicine at the Israeli Medical Association, explained that nicotine is addictive but does not…
A new documentary lifts the lid on how Sweden became the first country in the world to be declared officially “smoke-free.”
Sweden’s smoking rate of just 4.5 per cent (and falling) of its population is just a fraction of the European average…
South Australia has become the first state in Australia to ban the sale of nicotine pouches - but health experts warn the move will “cost thousands of lives”.
The pouches, which release nicotine when placed between the gum and lip, have been…
Smoking is the leading cause of early and preventable death, killing eight million people globally every year.
The world is on a mission to stamp out the deadly habit - but most countries are far behind their targets of becoming ‘smoke free’. …
Smoking rates in Sweden have dropped dramatically since the 1980s while snus use has risen steeply, a new study has found.
The paper, published in science journal BMJ Open, reported a “substantial decline” in cigarette smoking from 1986 to 2022 of 26.3…
Bangladesh has implemented a strict ban on all imports of vapes and nicotine pouches.
“It is necessary to take urgent measures to ban these products and ensure the public health and safety of future generations,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare…
Latvia has implemented tough new restrictions on vapes and other safer nicotine alternatives to smoking.
From January 1, vape flavours are banned in the Baltic country, with the exception of tobacco. Pouches also have a limit on the level of nicotine they…