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New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather than smoking leads to a substantial reduction in exposure to toxicants that promote cancer, lung disease and cardiovascular disease.
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Fourth-generation ‘pod’ e-cigarette devices have been driven by technological advances in electronic atomization of the e-liquid. Use of microporous ceramic as a wicking material improves heating efficiency, but how it affects the chemical emissions of these devices is unclear. We assessed the emissions of a pod e-cigarette with innovative ceramic wick-based technology and two flavoured e-liquids containing nicotine lactate and nicotine benzoate (57 and 18 mg mL−1 nicotine, respectively). [...]
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The peak body for Australia's convenience stores wants tougher vaping regulations, including a licensing scheme for retailers. It comes after the Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) introduced a prescription-only model in all states and territories for nicotine-containing vapes and e-cigarettes in October last year. "This decision will both reduce the risk of an on-ramp for teenagers," former health minister Greg Hunt said in December 2020. But Australian Association of Convenience Stores strategy and policy advisor Ben Meredith said the decision had failed to keep the products out of young hands, and more needed to be done. Mr Meredith said the current regulatory model was fuelling the "ever-rising black market".
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It’s no secret that smoking is harmful for our health.
In fact, pictures illustrating the potential consequences are plastered on every packet of cigarettes, along with messages warning us of risk.
We’ve come a long way since the indoor smoking ban of 2007, and the government has pledged for England to be smokefree (meaning fewer than 5% of the population smoke) by 2030.
Yet, despite a wealth of information about tobacco’s effects on the body, the scale of this damage is still not widely known among the public – including how it messes with our reproductive systems.
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The latest evidence update on vaping in England, published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), has again demonstrated that vaping is largely safe and certainly much safer than smoking. The 2022 report is the eighth and final annual update of an initial review from 2015, originally commissioned by Public Health England (PHE) and now by OHID within the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Every year the UK government commissions an independent review of the evidence around the safety of vaping. The review of vaping, now in its eighth reiteration, is already the most solid review of vaping evidence in the world – and this year is the most comprehensive yet. The report reiterated that vaping poses only a small fraction of the risks of smoking. However, that doesn’t mean vaping is risk free.
This year there is particular emphasis on biomarkers of exposure – i.e. markers in the body that show the body has been exposed to certain chemicals or toxins.
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Altria Group has ended a deal that barred it from competing with Juul Labs Inc., opening the door for the Marlboro maker to buy an e-cigarette company or develop its own vaping products.
As part of ending the agreement, Altria reduced its rights to designate Juul board members. The tobacco giant’s shares in Juul are now converted to single-vote common stock, significantly reducing its voting power. “Our decision to terminate our noncompete maximizes our flexibility to compete in e-vapor as it allows us to maintain our economic investment in Juul, to compete organically and through M&A,” Steve Callahan, an Altria spokesperson, said via email.
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While combustible tobacco use in the West continues to fall, catastrophe looms in Africa with exploding smoking rates and growing resistance to safer nicotine products.
*Guest: Chimwemwe Ngoma, Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate, Africa, Assistant Program Manager, Knowledge-Action-Change
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Global tobacco company Japan Tobacco International (JTI) vowed to continue investing in the Philippines, including a substantial capital expenditure for next year, hiring of additional workers for its Global Business Service (GBS) center, and potential production of its heated e-cigarettes at its manufacturing hub in Batangas.
JTI Philippines General Manager John Freda told Manila Bulletin Business they have been investing in the country amid a declining tobacco market and worrying illicit tobacco trade.