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New Zealand landscape

Progress for vaping in new Zealand, but USA and Australia stay stubborn

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Meanwhile Montana has become the latest US state to propose a tax on vapour products, as a Democrat senator pushes for a 14% cash...
Tobacco Free Kids Campaign

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids still spreading untrue facts

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A week back, on the 19th of March, professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, Dr....
New Zealand New Vaping Law

Reactions to New Zealand’s vape law review

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"Low income families are being absolutely destroyed by taxes on tobacco; this gives them the opportunity to get nicotine without paying excise tax," said...
View of Dallas, Texas, USA

Smoking age may be raised to 21 in Texas

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This initiative has been a dream of Texas Democrats for over a decade, however this year they are being joined by Republicans via Dr....
JTI

Predictions about Japan Tobacco’s likelihood to opt for a deal

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An article published earlier today on Bloomberg, pointed out that British American Tobacco’s (BAT), $49.4 billion purchase of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), has created...
TakeAStance Mobile App

New Mobile App Could Make Advocating Easier for U.S. Vapers

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Whenever there is a call-to-action, congressional phone lines are often overloaded with callers and the voicemail becomes full, then eventually cleared out. So even...
New Zealand Vaping

Electronic cigarettes will be legalized in New Zealand

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Excellent news for Kiwi smokers wishing to give vaping a try for smoking cessation. Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner said that in legalizing the...

Surgeon General’s unfounded arguments keep reverberating

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“Nearly 6.5 million young people – about one in four middle- and high-school students in the United states – report being exposed to secondhand...