Nicotine Science & Policy

Letter from 53 scientists to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan generates biggest ever global media coverage on e-cigarettes

Letter from 53 scientists to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan generates biggest ever global media coverage on e-cigarettes

June 9, 2014

The Reuters story ran strongly throughout the US and across Europe and the Agence France-Presse story circulated widely in the Asia Pacific region from Australia though to Thailand,(Bangkok Post) ...

World Health Organization needs to see e-cigarettes as part of the solution, not the problem, say leading specialists in nicotine science and public health

World Health Organization needs to see e-cigarettes as part of the solution, not the problem, say leading specialists in nicotine science and public health

May 28, 2014

In their letter to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, the 53 signatories argue that tobacco harm reduction products could play a significant role in meeting the 2025 UN objectives to reduce non-c...

Statement from specialists in nicotine science and public health policy

Statement from specialists in nicotine science and public health policy

May 27, 2014

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes proposed deeming regulations for e-cigarettes

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes proposed deeming regulations for e-cigarettes

April 28, 2014

For further details from FDA see the links here: FDA Press release: As part of its implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act signed by the President in 2009, the U.S....

Remarkable rise in e-cigarette use in Britain

Remarkable rise in e-cigarette use in Britain

April 28, 2014

Nearly two thirds of electronic cigarette users are smokers, and a third are ex-smokers. This suggests that around 700,000 Britons are smoke-free and using electronic cigarettes. Gerry Stimson, Em...

Update - Global Forum on Nicotine, 27-28th June 2014, Warsaw: Conference topics, speakers, and outline programme announced

Update - Global Forum on Nicotine, 27-28th June 2014, Warsaw: Conference topics, speakers, and outline programme announced

March 24, 2014

This impacts upon on a wide range of stakeholders including: consumers – who now have a wider range of sources of nicotine;researchers – a new research agenda and new methods for studying the use ...

Global Forum on Nicotine – the first conference to focus on the science, policy and regulation of nicotine

Global Forum on Nicotine – the first conference to focus on the science, policy and regulation of nicotine

Feb. 23, 2014

Consumers – now have a wider range of sources of nicotine; researchers – a new research agenda and new methods for studying the use of nicotine containing products; public health and tobacco contr...

New research shows electronic cigarettes better for quitting, than no aid; over the counter NRT worse than no aid

New research shows electronic cigarettes better for quitting, than no aid; over the counter NRT worse than no aid

Feb. 7, 2014

The study was conducted on a large representative sample of the English population, and was based on people who had smoked during the last 12 months. It looked at those who had made at least one q...

Further exchanges between the European Commission and Scientists

Further exchanges between the European Commission and Scientists

Feb. 3, 2014

European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General, Brussels,Dear Dr Le Houezec and colleagues,Subject: Scientific declaration on TPDThank you for your mail of 17 January addressed to Co...

Scientific Errors in Proposed EU Tobacco Products Directive

Scientific Errors in Proposed EU Tobacco Products Directive

Jan. 17, 2014

Madam, Sir, We are among the key scientists in the field of tobacco and e-cigarettes whose research is cited by the EU Commission and other public bodies interested in tobacco control. We underst...