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May 18, 2021 by eurekalert.org

Devices that deliver nicotine without smoke inhalation have potential to help smokers who cannot or do not want to stop using nicotine to reduce dramatically the risk of smoking-related disease and death.

However, for smokers to switch to these alternatives, the products need to provide what smokers expect from cigarettes.

The newest study from Queen Mary University of London evaluates safety and effects of these products and has focused on the most popular "heat not burn" product, IQOS. Author Professor Peter Hajek said: "IQOS is likely to be useful to help smokers quit, particularly in countries like Japan, where e-cigarettes are banned; [...]

May 16, 2021 by youtube.com

University College London Senior Research Fellow, Dr Sharon Cox, discusses relative risk and the harm reduction benefits of vaping, as well as her own research with smokers in disadvantaged groups.

May 16, 2021 by theedgemalaysia.com

PHILIP Morris International Inc is facing a possible import ban of its IQOS heated-tobacco sticks to the US, after it lost the first round of a legal trade battle with British American Tobacco Plc.

Philip Morris and Altria Group Inc infringes two patents owned by BAT’s subsidiary Reynolds American Inc, International Trade Commission Judge Clark Cheney said in a notice on the agency’s website.

The judge’s findings aren’t public to give both sides time to redact confidential information. [...]

May 06, 2021 by filtermag.org

[...] the UK now has an unrelated and probably unintended opportunity: to evolve into the model for tobacco control. No longer under the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive, the country can potentially improve its already-empathetic stance on smoking cessation and transform into the world leader in tobacco harm reduction (THR). The government aspires to be “smoke-free” by 2030—an objective typically understood as getting adult smoking rates below 5 percent—and THR advocates have seized on the chance to push for fresh regulations to arrive at that target. [...]

May 04, 2021 by thesun.co.uk

MPs called on ministers to take advantage of Brexit by slashing tight controls on safer alternatives to ciggies and show what Global Britain is all about. Wonks from the Adam Smith Institute warned ministers they must rip up red tape and restrictions on e-cigarettes or they would sail past goals of a 5% smoking rate by 2030.

And they say Britain's hard-won progress will be put at risk as current low rates may be "reversed by an increase in social smoking after lockdowns".

April 29, 2021 by bbc.com

April 28, 2021 by express.co.uk

ANGRY MPs have called on the Government to defund the World Health Organisation unless it ends its hostile attitude towards vaping as a way of helping smokers quit. A cross-party committee is furious the WHO is considering branding e-cigarettes as dangerous as smoking - even though scientists insist they are 95 percent safer and have helped millions of Britons kick the killer habit. Leaked papers reveal the organisation, which is already under fire for its COVID-19 response, looks set to urge countries to take an aggressive anti-vaping stance at an upcoming summit. [...]

April 19, 2021 by nextstageradicals.net

In Plymouth in recent years we have been developing ways of working that are person centred, asset based and that recognise both the complexity of people’s lives and the failed utility of linear, top down approaches.  This experiment came about because we wanted to try something different with a group of people traditionally characterised by public services as “entrenched” and “hard to reach”. We saw the emergence of vaping as an ideal opportunity to challenge these characterisations and learn more about how people respond to bespoke approaches to prevention and harm reduction. 

April 15, 2021 by bloomberg.com

Some 39% of British smokers aged 18 to 34 said they are now smoking more regularly in a survey commissioned by market researcher Mintel. What’s more, 10% of respondents said they started smoking again after quitting. Overall, the poll found that 30% of smokers are lighting up more regularly.

“Smoking is seen as a small vice, especially during these times when there is little else to distract people,” said Roshida Khanom, who leads the beauty & personal care category at Mintel. She cited loneliness, boredom and concern about the future as drivers.

April 13, 2021 by snusforumet.se

Citing the impact of snus on helping reduce smoking levels in Sweden, Conservative Party MP David Jones has called for the UK to “legalise it now” as part of an expected overhaul of UK tobacco legislation.

Jones, a Tory MP, is the latest politician to join the growing chorus of voices pushing for the UK to legalise snus following Brexit.

A former Welsh Secretary, Jones has represented the Clwyd West constituency in the UK’s House of Commons since 2005. He recently organized a parliamentary debate on how the UK would reach its goal of a smoke-free society by 2030.