The nicotine in e-liquids for e-cigarettes has encouraged many smokers to take up vaping, but still causes concern as reflected in numerous regulations and policies. Studied for decades, this alkaloid continues to drive political and scientific debate.
Tag: Nicotine
Fontem Ventures in the race of Ecig emission analysis
Fontem Ventures, a branch of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, recently renamed Imperial Brands, and the owner of the e-cigarette Blu, announced that it has developed, in partnership with...
Ecigs help British smokers quit
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the last figures for adult smoking and e-cigarette patterns in Great Britain.
British vapers are 2.2 million and represent...
Belgium: A drug will not be refunded to nicotine users
"Good and bad patients?"
In Belgium, patients with lung fibrosis will not get reimbursed for a treatment if they have smoked in the last 6 months....
Anti-vaping arguments help Swedish vapers win a battle
Yesterday, at the same time as I was preparing an article on the Swedish transposition of the EU TPD, the Supreme Administrative Court of...
Sweden: Women are threatened by the European ecig regulation
Sweden, through the accession treaty to the EU, obtained a derogation for snus that has not been proven to represent a significant risk for health over...
Petition: Tell Facebook vaping products are not tobacco products
The petition initiated by Kevin Price has already received more than 9,000 support testimonies and will probably reach the 10,000 in the coming hours.
It attracts...
Ecigs: Potential health threats build up
To get insights in the risks associated to the use of the New and Emerging Tobacco Products the organizer Daniel Conklin (University of Louisville)...
Fisticuffs around vaping at the Clinic
A pilot survey conducted by the department of Anesthesiology reveals that the use of e-cigarettes is feasible and well-accepted in surgical patients. The study was...
