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Tobacco harm reduction explained in five points, this short video was produced for the launch of a declaration: "Less Harm: international declaration for a smoke-free Spain", released in October 2022.
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Long-term use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, can significantly impair the function of the body’s blood vessels, increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the use of both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes may cause an even greater risk than the use of either of these products alone. These findings come from two new studies supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Despite Thailand's ban on e-cigarettes, they are easily available online. Worse, consumers are subject to heavy lobbying from the vaping industry, which spreads disinformation in its bid to end the ban. The government must put a stop to this dirty business. The ban on e-cigarettes has been in effect since 2014. The Public Health Ministry says the vapour from e-cigarettes contains nicotine, which is highly addictive and harmful to health. The ban also applies to refills and other vaping equipment with punishment to both vendors and vapers if the law is enforced.
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Long-term use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, can significantly impair the function of the body’s blood vessels, increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the use of both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes may cause an even greater risk than the use of either of these products alone. These findings come from two new studies supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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A group composed of tobacco harm reduction advocates called on Asian countries, including the Philippines, to support the use of alternative modalities and instruments that can help reduce the harms of combustible and unsafe tobacco products.
During the 5th Asia Harm Reduction Forum at the Manila Hotel on Saturday, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) signed “The Manila Declaration-2022” urging the governments in Asia to adopt science-based regulatory frameworks on the manufacture, importation, sale, and consumption of devices and ingredients that are safer alternatives to tobacco such as vapes and other electronic devices.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday rejected a company's application to sell menthol-flavored vaping products, citing a lack of public health benefit and potential risk to youth vapers.
The FDA said Logic Technology Development didn't show its menthol products are more likely than non-flavored products to help people quit or reduce smoking. Combined with the risk of enticing youth vapers who like menthol vapes, the agency rejected the company's marketing of Logic Pro and Logic Power menthol e-liquid packages.
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Adults who regularly used electronic nicotine delivery devices, or e-cigarettes, displayed worrisome changes in heart and blood vessel function and performed significantly worse on exercise stress testing than people who did not use any nicotine products, according to two separate analyses of preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022. [...] Researchers from the Cardiac and LUng E-cig Smoking (CLUES) Study will present two abstracts that compared outcomes among people who vaped, those who smoked traditional, combustible cigarettes and people who reported not using any nicotine products.
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Authorities have requested importers and manufacturers of vape products to review the nicotine concentrations, with the potential for products to be withdrawn if they exceeded limits.
This comes as TVNZ's Fair Go reported the Ministry of Health may have been given false or misleading information about the amount of nicotine in some products.
The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act required products to be accurately labelled with the concentration of nicotine in mg/mL.
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Health campaigners are calling for a loophole to be closed that allows a nicotine product to be sold over the counter and online to under-18s.
Nicotine pouches - small parcels of nicotine that fit under the lip - are sold in most UK supermarkets.
But while the sale of cigarettes and e-cigarettes is forbidden to under-18s, pouches are not regulated in the same way.
Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) says the lack of rules is a "Wild West".
Nicotine pouches are not regulated under rules that cover tobacco or vaping products, or as a medical product.
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A new study at Dalhousie University is looking into whether vaping can cause permanent lung damage in young adults. According to the researchers, nearly 15 per cent of youth in Canada use vapes regularly. Vaping requires users to inhale an aerosol mist created by an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. The e-juice in the cartridges typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol, chemicals and flavourings. Dr. Sanja Stanojevic, an assistant professor at the university’s Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, was prompted to research the topic while working with a colleague who was visiting high schools to discuss the harmful effects of vaping.
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New research in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science [...] finds a 10% increase in TV product placement for cigarettes increases sales by 2% for the tobacco brand shown on-screen. Furthermore, it has the same effect on its direct competitors’ sales as well.
“When people see product placement for a particular brand like Marlboro, retail sales of Marlboro products go up. However, what's more surprising is that sales of other competitor cigarette brands (Camel, Parliament, Newport, etc.) also go up,” says Pradeep Chintagunta [...] “This indicates that product placement isn't just about getting people to shift the brands of cigarettes they use – but to get people to smoke more overall.”
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A health expert has revealed the consequences of vaping, and how e-cigarettes could affect your health in the future.
Vaping researcher Lynne Dawkins said that “harmful compounds” had been found in the vapour, though their levels were much lower than the toxic elements found in tobacco smoke.
Dr Dawkins said: “If cigarettes were introduced to the market today, we'd know straight away that these are extremely harmful because technology and methods have improved so much.
“We now know that there are 7,000 different compounds in tobacco smoke, 70 of which are known to cause cancer.
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[...] the FCTC treaty specifically states that “harm reduction” – the reduction of the well-known harms of smoking by substituting safer alternatives – is one of the main pillars of global tobacco control. Yet, the WHO refuses to endorse any of the many safer nicotine alternatives to combustible tobacco. Dr Tedros recently claimed on Twitter that “[a]ll forms of nicotine, incl. vaping, are harmful to health” before going on to say that “it's best to use proven cessation tools” which also contain nicotine. The WHO is also a prolific purveyor of misinformation about reduced harm alternatives, including an online Q&A which is full to the brim with cherry-picked science, [...]
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Germany on Wednesday set out plans to legalise cannabis, in a move promised by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government that would make it one of the first countries in Europe to make weed legal.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a cornerstone paper on planned legislation to regulate the controlled distribution and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes among adults.
Acquiring and possessing up to 20 to 30 grams of recreational cannabis for personal consumption would also be made legal.
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‘Highly addictive substance…’ ‘A naturally occurring toxic chemical…’ ‘A stimulant drug…’ This and much more have been said about nicotine, writes Asanda Gcoyi. But what is it really? And why is it such a hot topic for everyone, from politicians to clean-living gurus? If nicotine is a naturally occurring substance, is classifying it as “highly addictive” simply a marketing ploy? To understand the buzz – and why nicotine is seen as the enemy for many in the public health sector – it’s important to understand how we got here. [...] Nicotine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring organic compound, produced by the nightshade family of tobacco plants.[...]
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October 2022. ETHRA wrote to the Belgian government to highlight the important role safer nicotine products can play in its upcoming inter-federal strategy for a smokefree generation. The letter was co-signed by 19 independent experts in tobacco and nicotine science and policy.
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Spain has a vocal and well-funded tobacco control establishment. But the data suggest its traditional approach is failing. 170 national and international experts call for a rethink and make the case that Spain embraces tobacco harm reduction as a real-world public health strategy.
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A new study from University of Louisville researchers in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models -; both in the form of premature and skipped heart beats. [...] The researchers tested the cardiac impacts of inhaled e-cigarette aerosols solely from the main two ingredients in e-liquids (nicotine-free propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin) or from flavored retail e-liquids containing nicotine. They found that for all e-cigarette aerosols, the animals' heart rate slowed during puff exposures and sped up afterwards as heart rate variability declined, indicating fight-or-flight stress responses.
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Hong Kong may reverse its ban on the re-export of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products by land and sea transport by the end of this year as part of efforts to ignite growth, the Post has learned.
But an economist on Monday warned the move would undermine the credibility of city authorities if they backtracked on their promise to curb tobacco use and also weaken the promotion of public health.
“Senior officials are mulling over the relaxation of the transshipment ban on re-exporting the alternative smoking products from Hong Kong, given the significant values of the re-export,” a government insider said.
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The Department of Health has denied suggestions that smoking will be banned in public parks and beaches.
It was reported in the Irish Independent on Friday that the move was being considered by the Government as part of its bid to make Ireland tobacco-free. The Tobacco Free Ireland annual report for 2021 was published earlier this week.
One recommendation in the report says that the Government should “promote tobacco-free environments and in particular parks and beaches in conjunction with the local authorities by voluntary measures or by the introduction of bye-laws”.