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
Belgium: Minister of Health urged to take action against smoking
"If the law allows young people to have sex at 16, why prohibiting cigarettes? At 16, they are adult." -M. De BlockThe opposition is...
US regulation: Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
The Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 bill has passed different steps for approbation, from the House to the Senate, before ending on President Obama's desk for signature,...
USA: A ban on advertising in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma State Representative Mike Brown, a Democrat, has introduced on January 14, 2016, a bill to be presented to the House in first reading...
An Australian plea for deregulating nicotine vaping products
The Australian laws state that it is illegal to sell, advertise, and import for resale electronic cigarettes and related products that contain nicotine. Therefore,...
Promising insights in the treatment of nicotine dependence
Historically, the increase of nicotine consumption is tightly linked to the expansion of the tobacco market. The adverse addictive effect of nicotine, as a...
Despite fears, Ecig advertising doesn’t attract teenagers to smoking
A research team from the University of Cambridge, Behaviour and Health Research, has tested the hypothesis that the marketing of e-cigarettes may increase the appeal of...
Belgium: Will nicotine e-liquids be legalized?
The Belgians currently get supplied nicotine e-liquids from abroad
The legislation concerning the electronic cigarette is not really clear in Belgium. The owner of several stores, Didier...
ECLAT highlights the benefits of the e-cigarette: Blood pressure and heart...
An article recently published by Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos reinforces the evidence of the beneficial effects of switching from smoking to e-cigarette use, as quoted...
