France rejects lifetime tobacco ban and targets health misinformation
French MPs have thrown out a plan to stop the next generation ever being legally sold tobacco.
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Smokers still getting the wrong message on vaping risks, English data shows
New English survey data highlights a persistent gap between smokers’ understanding of vaping risks and the evidence on harm and quitting.
Don’t shut off smokers’ escape route, Labour MPs warn ministers
Labour MPs have urged ministers to protect vaping as a route out of smoking, as the Government targets 1 June 2027 for a UK-wide advertising ban.
Vaping cancer claims challenged by limits of laboratory study
A laboratory study found cancer-like changes in lung cells exposed to vaping extract, but its findings do not establish that vaping causes cancer in people.
INVESTIGATION: Who’s behind the anti-nicotine propaganda?
Pharmaceutical companies selling costly treatments for smoking-related diseases also fund organisations campaigning for tighter restrictions on safer nicotine products. Peter examines whether those relationships deserve closer scrutiny.
Researchers challenge Irish PM’s claim that vapes are ‘nearly worse’ than cigarettes
Researchers have challenged Irish prime minister Micheál Martin’s claim that vapes are “nearly worse” than cigarettes, pointing to evidence that vaping exposes users to fewer harmful substances than smoking.
Children’s anti-vaping event criticised over smoking-damaged lung display
A planned anti-vaping presentation at a children’s Halloween event in the US has drawn criticism over its use of blackened pig lungs previously used to demonstrate smoking damage.