Policy decision regarding vape should be well informed, say traders

19 March 2021 The Independent A total of 153 members of parliament in Bangladesh in an unprecedented letter to the prime minister last week asked for a ban on vape, also known as e-cigarette, products. [...]

Kids Are Big Tobacco’s “Replacement” Customers

3 December, 2020 Author: Tobacco Free CA While the tobacco industry claims they no longer target kids, they still use tactics to attract kids to use their products. They use enticing flavors, colorful packaging, and [...]

New WHO report reveals that while smoking continues to decline among European adolescents, the use of electronic cigarettes by young people is on the rise

2 December, 2020 Author: World Health Organization Europe Tobacco use among young people in the WHO European Region remains a public health concern. Despite the overall downward trend, several countries of the Region observed an [...]

Tobacco Industry: Manipulating the Youth into a Lifelong Addiction

November 2020 The tobacco industry causes a net loss to the global economy, annually costing USD 1.4 trillion in economic losses  and killing 8 million people; with a disproportionate impact in developing nations as over [...]

History Repeats Itself: Role of Characterizing Flavors on Nicotine Use and Abuse (2020)

Authors: Theresa Pattern and Mariella De Biasi Abstract The popularity of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years, and most vapers use flavored e-cigarette products. Consumption of flavored e-cigarettes exceeds that of combustible cigarettes and other [...]

Countering Tobacco Industry Tactics on the Economic Costs of Restricting Menthol Tobacco (2020)

Authors: Kristen Ackert et al. Localities around the country have begun to restrict the sale of menthol tobacco products, which are easier to start, disproportionately used by young people and are more difficult to quit.1 In 2017, [...]

PMI’s Heated Tobacco Products Marketing Claims of Reduced Risk and Reduced Exposure May Entice Youth to Try and Continue Using these Products (2020)

Authors: Karma McKelvey, Michael Baiocchi and Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Abstract Importance: Philip Morris International (PMI) is seeking Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorisation to market IQOS as a modified risk tobacco product and to make marketing claims [...]

Point-of-Sale Marketing of Heated Tobacco Products in Israel: Cause for Concern (2019)

Authors: Bonnie Halpern-Felsher Abstract Understanding how PMI markets IQOS at the point-of-sale in Israel is critical to determining whether marketing practices adhere to regulations and appeal to groups most at risk at initiating new tobacco products, [...]

A Conflict of Interest is Strongly Associated with Tobacco Industry–favourable Results, Indicating No Harm of E-cigarettes (2019)

Authors: Charlotta Pisinger, Nina Godtfredsen and Anne MetteBender Abstract Researchers reach contradictory results when trying to assess the potential harm of e-cigarettes. This study investigated whether the findings and conclusions in papers published on e-cigarettes and [...]

Tobacco Industry Tactics Influential in E-cigarette Policy (2016)

Authors: Stanton Glantz et al. Summary By employing the same tactics it used to drive policymaking from the 1970s-1990s, the tobacco industry has become successful in influencing pro-industry e-cigarette laws at the state level, according to [...]

JUUL and the Guinea Pig Generation: Public Health Concerns about Use by Young People (2018)

JUUL. The recent rapid rise in popularity of this flavored, potent, nicotine-based e-cigarette product, particularly among youth and young adults, as well as the apparent ease of access, use, and ability to open and custom‑fill [...]

E-Cigarette Ban & Regulation: Global Status as of February 2020

41 COUNTRIES1 BAN SELLING OF E-CIGARETTESThe sale/distribution of e-cigarettes2 is banned in the following forty-one (41) countries:Antigua and Barbuda*, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain**, Barbados**, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica**, Ethiopia*, Gambia, India, Iran, Japan, [...]

E-CIGs: The Future of Addiction (2019)

Studies show the use of e-cigarettes/ experimental products, or vape Causes harms to heart, lung, blood vessels, immune system, and airways Can lead to breathing problems, pneumonia, and wet lung Affects brain development of babies [...]

E-CIGs: Myths (2019)

Heated Tobacco Products The tobacco company claims that heating instead of burning tobacco is safer. If this is to be believed, the government, as a consumer safety measure, can demand a recall or ban of [...]

E-cigarettes do not help reduce cancer, World Health Organisation warns

Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette firms about their latest products. The seventh “WHO [...]

E-cigarettes—New Product, Old Tricks (2018)

Tobacco smoking cessation represents one of the most successful public health initiatives in the world, with smoking prevalence at its lowest during the past decade according to recent WHO estimates. However, since the introduction of e-cigarettes [...]

Association Between Initial Use of E-cigarettes and Subsequent Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents and Young Adults (2017)

Authors: Samir Soneji et al.             Abstract Importance: The public health implications of e-cigarettes depend, in part, on whether e-cigarette use affects the risk of cigarette smoking. Objective:  To perform a systematic review [...]

Transnational Tobacco Companies and New Nicotine Delivery Systems (2019)

Authors: Annalise Mathers , Ben Hawkins , and Kelley Lee  Request a copy [...]