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Russian smokers are growing their own tobacco

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Following a two year recession, Russia’s economy reportedly started growing again in 2017. However Russians’ disposable income has dropped again for the fourth time...

A  journal editor is being accused of fast-tracking an e-cig emissions study

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In May 2015, renowned anti-smoking expert Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos and colleagues published an article in Addiction which reported that e-cigarette emissions only contain alarming...

US Senator urges FDA to regulate e-cigarettes immediately

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The Senator who is a member of the Democratic Party, claimed that he is concerned about the increased popularity of e-cigarettes amongst adolescents, and...

Canada: Proposed bill would impose e-cig marketing restrictions

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A bill that is being proposed by Ontario’s Health Ministry would regulate vaping in the same way as smoking, hence placing restrictions on where...

The Big Vape Lobby strikes again

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The hook for Gross’s article was how badly the E-Cig Summit audience treated one of the speakers, and how this shows that “Big Vape...
New Zealand New Vaping Law

NZ health expert: Endorsing e-cigs is key in fighting smoking

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Following a 0.6% decrease in smoking rates over the past year, Massey University associate professor of public health Marewa Glover, pointed out that smokeless...

Australian MP wants to ban vaping in no-smoking areas

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An article on The Northern Star, pointed out that the legislation, the Smoke-free Environment Amendment (E-cigarettes) Bill 2017, was introduced following a call for...

Farsalinos writes to the FDA about the AHA’s inaccurate HnB study

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Research conducted by the AHA exposed mice to aerosol emitted by PMI’s Heat-not-Burn (HnB) device iQOS, and claimed that this aerosol had the same...