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PMI CEO talks about phasing out cigarettes in Japan & S. Korea

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PMI’s iQOS device, is a smokeless alternative to combustible cigarettes and works by heating tobacco leaves known as Heets in Korea and HeatSticks in...

BAT accused of irregular practices in Africa once more

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A few big tobacco companies, amongst which BAT “have threatened governments in at least eight countries in Africa demanding they axe or dilute the...

Is the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids deliberately lying to the Public?

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The renowned Cole-Bishop Amendment, is a proposed legislation that would exempt existing vaping products from retroactive approval requirements by moving the grandfather date from...

A new attempt at halting the FDA’s unreasonable rules

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Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), is renowned amongst vapers for actively fighting for their rights to have access to the safer alternatives. He is the...

Bhutan’s tobacco ban disaster

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Bhutan’s tobacco ban was passed in 2004, a move that the World Health Organization applauded. At the time, the Lancet also commended the country,...

Why regulating e-cigs and smokeless tobacco differently is illogical

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The FDA is infamous for having regulated all “tobacco products” including all known safer alternatives such as vaping products, as their combustible counterparts. Dr....

Michigan US : Smoking on decline partly thanks to e-cigs

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“Michigan's number of new cases of lung cancer peaked in 2007 at 8,161. It was down to 7,538 by 2013, which is the most...

Philippines : Vaping may be banned from smoke-free areas

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In December 2016, the DOH had declared that it agreed with the WHO’s position on avoiding potential risks for vapers, even though no such...