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Finland: A tobacco-free future in 2030

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Eradicating smoking or eradicating smokers? Finland in not the only country to envision a smoke-free future but it may really the first one to achieve this...

NNA asking for permission to intervene on the SNUS ban

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An article published on the NNA's website last week, pointed out that the tobacco alternative which is very popular in Sweden and Norway, is...

Japan: The fear of secondhand smoke to propagate to heat-not-burn cigarettes?

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A revision of the law may prohibit smoking in public places Japan is currently revising its Health Promotion Law to include provisions against passive smoking. The...

USA: Trump issues administration’s freeze on pending regulations

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An administrative freeze - a review period In a communicate signed by Reince Priebus the chief of the presidential staff, says that a 60-day freeze...

Estonia: INNCO react to overzealous measures against Ecigs

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The price of tobacco products recently rose by 6.4% due to a hike in excise duty introduced earlier in 2016 but money is not the only...

Battery explosions hit the headlines, while New York pushes for tax

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Idaho vaper injured in e-cig explosion Andrew Hall, a 30-year-old vaper from Pocitello, Idaho, suffered serious facial injuries on Sunday when his electronic cigarette exploded...

Clearing the Air: Ecigs have a “Very Encouraging” tobacco harm reduction potential, concludes the...

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The University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) just released a scientific report, "Clearing the Air", around e-cigarettes. The report is...

BAT agrees to pay $49 billion to take over Reynolds

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After being in discussion for months, British American Tobacco (BAT), and Reynolds American, have agreed on a price for the merger that will create...