Tag: NRT
US Survey Reveals Doctors’ Misconceptions About Nicotine Risks
83% of the doctors inaccurately believed that nicotine directly contributed to heart disease and 81% said that it contributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Nicotine Inhaler Voke, Finally Launched in the UK
Called Voke, the device has been in the making for years. It has been licensed as a medicine and a safer alternative to smoking...
Singapore: Smokers to Get Subsidies for NRTs
Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health, Mr. Amrin Amin, shared details about the initiative during the MOH...
GFN 2019: “It’s Time to Talk About Nicotine”
The theme of last year’s GFN was “Rethinking Nicotine”, and the main goal of the conference was to examine changing patterns and methods of...
US Scholar: Accurate Information About E-Cigs Could Save Lives
In a paper titled, Regulatory Obstacles to Harm-Reduction: The Case of Smoking, Jonathan H. Adler, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of...
Asia steps up anti-vaping enforcement; US academics jump the shark
Feds waste $200,000 on Twitter vaping study
Despite the US government moving to cut public spending in the face of a spiralling deficit, the National...
Prohibition or Harm Reduction
In their piety, the people who wanted to control smoking had prayed for an effective intervention.
A very high percentage of the population kept on...
UK : A third of asthma cases linked to cigarette smoke...
An article by health policy editor Denis Campbell published yesterday on The Guardian, said that these findings have prompted “renewed concern” about parents smoking...
Anti-vaping groups intimidate scientist, PA vapers step up protests
Pennsylvania vaper protests continue as state considers tax climb-down
Vaping advocates in Pennsylvania continued their protests against the state’s planned 40% tax this week. Hundreds...
Philip Morris International to launch their own NRT
Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust Ltd released the study about this new device which was developed by Professor Jed Rose, co-inventor of the nicotine patch....
