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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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Smoking hits record lows in the U.S. and Nordics as vapes and nicotine pouches take over

Smoking is reaching historic lows across Finland, Iceland, and the United States, with new data showing rapid declines driven by the rise of alternative nicotine products such as vapes and nicotine pouches. Across all three countries, traditional smoking is being displaced by…

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Trump promised to ‘save vaping’ – now industry says DOJ raids could wipe it out

Donald Trump’s pledge to save vaping is under scrutiny after federal authorities seized hundreds of thousands of products in what industry leaders say could devastate U.S. manufacturers. Two weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi, working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…

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Dark money at WHO raises fresh concerns for vaping policy

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is facing renewed scrutiny after a new report revealed its foundation has taken tens of millions in undisclosed corporate donations. Experts say the rise of “dark money” raises questions about conflicts of interest - and what this…

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Health risk markers improve when smokers switch to HTPs, new review reveals

A new review of randomised controlled trials found some health risk markers improved when smokers switched to heated tobacco products (HTPs). One cancer biomarker and two cardiovascular biomarkers showed statistically significant signs of harm reduction. For many other biomarkers, results pointed in…

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OPINION: Brussels must learn, disinformation is still disinformation when it’s politically convenient

On Wednesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told Members of the European Parliament of how “appalled” she had become by the “disinformation that threatens global progress on everything from measles to polio”. “We need more capacity to…

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Major decline in U.S. smoking as vaping rises, new national data shows

Daily cigarette smoking among young adults (19 to 30) has dropped to just three per cent in 2024. Smoking in the past 30 days among young adults has fallen by nearly three quarters since 2004. At the same time, one in four…

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Israel moves to ban flavoured vapes

Israel is set to ban the production, marketing and sale of non-tobacco flavoured vapes. The legislation passed its first legal hurdle at a preliminary hearing in the Israeli Knesset (a unicameral parliament, where there is just one chamber). The proposed private members’…

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Tobacco-flavoured vapes least likely to help smokers quit

It’s a difficult balance to strike - reducing the appeal of vapes to young people while acknowledging their role in helping adult smokers to quit. An answer for an increasing number of countries has been to ban all vape flavours except tobacco…

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