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Vaping influencer marketing is misunderstood
Truth Initiative, a prominent tobacco control group in the United States, released a study about Juul-related posts on Instagram earlier this month.
“Findings reveal a...
Good news from the UK; very bad news from Vermont
UK vaping rate up 70% in two years – smoking at new record low
E-cigarette use continues to grow rapidly in the UK, as vaping...
Smokers May Have Reduced Neuroimmune Function
In the study titled, “Imaging dynamic neuroimmune responses to LPS in tobacco smokers: a PBR28 PET study”, researchers looked at baseline scans of 16...
How is vaping 95% safer than smoking?
In 2015, Public Health England (PHE) had officially declared that "vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking". A statement which the health organisation...
Britain’s Vapers May Benefit From Brexit
In 2017, health experts in the UK grew concerned, as the rapid growth in the numbers of people switching from smoking to vaping started...
Switzerland Proposes the Legalization of Medical Marijuana
Marijuana has a number of medical uses, such as helping cancer patients manage certain symptoms, and reduce the spasticity associated with conditions such as...
UK Experts: The San Francisco Vape Ban Could Cripple War on Smoking
Last month, San Francisco’s supervisors approved a total e-cig ban in a unanimous preliminary vote. “We spent the 90s battling big tobacco, and now...
Mongolia: Tobacco Tax did not Increase Illicit Cigarette Trade
In May 2017, the Mongolian government had increased the import tobacco tax by 30%, followed by a 10% excise tobacco tax increase in January...
