Vapes - Clearing the Air

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FDA authorises JUUL2 as second vape with age-gating technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised JUUL2, making it the second vaping device cleared by the agency to incorporate technology designed to restrict access by young people. The decision adds to signs that technology-based age controls could play a…

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Irish PM backs vape ban and claims vapes are ‘nearly worse than cigarettes’

Ireland’s prime minister has signalled support for an outright ban on vapes, claiming they are “nearly worse than cigarettes” despite evidence that nicotine vaping is far less harmful than smoking. Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the comments at the end of Fianna Fáil’s…

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EU health chief faces call for ethics probe over wife’s role advising MEPs

EU health commissioner Olivér Várhelyi is facing a call for an ethics investigation after a policy commentator raised questions about his wife’s work for Hungarian MEPs and how it was disclosed. Writing on The Risk-Monger on 8 September, David Zaruk alleged that…

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Cancer review puts tobacco smoke at the heart of smoking’s cancer risk

The review identifies tobacco smoke’s toxic chemicals as central to smoking-related cancer. It states that nicotine itself is not carcinogenic. Nicotine remains addictive and can affect cancer-related biological processes. The authors call for smoking cessation treatment within cancer care. A cancer review…

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Vapes make smokers 61 per cent more likely to quit than patches or gum, major Cochrane review finds

Smokers using nicotine vapes were 61 per cent more likely to quit for at least six months than those using patches, gum or other nicotine replacement therapy. Around eight to 10 people in every 100 quit with nicotine vapes, compared with six…

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Doctor, economist and ex-Border Force chief tell Albanese to adopt the Coalition’s tobacco policy

Three Australian experts wrote to the Prime Minister on Thursday urging him to implement his opponent's tobacco policy. The signatories are Dr Nick Coatsworth, deputy chief medical officer through the pandemic; Richard Holden, Vice-Chancellor's Professor of economics at UNSW; and Rohan Pike,…

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UK nicotine pouch sales set to surge 51 per cent to £579m

UK nicotine pouch sales are forecast to climb by almost 51 per cent this year. The market was worth an estimated £384 million in 2025 and is expected to exceed £579 million by the end of 2026, according to Euromonitor figures. That…

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Australian Senate committee calls for wider legal vape sales and tobacco tax freeze

An Australian Senate committee has called for wider legal sales of regulated nicotine vapes and an immediate freeze on tobacco tax rises, warning that the country’s current approach is “facing a breaking point”. The Liberal-led majority report from the Senate Legal and…

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US court overturns FDA vape denials over unlawful rule

A US appeals court has overturned FDA decisions blocking more than 1.2 million flavoured vaping products, ruling that the regulator unlawfully imposed a standard amounting to a “de facto ban”.

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