Vaping Hailed as “Miracle” of Public Health in Iceland
Most health associations and anti-tobacco experts in the US see vaping as a threat to public health, but in Iceland, it is regarded as a miracle that's slowly but surely rendering smoking obsolete. Guðmundur Karl Snæbjörnsson, a doctor from Iceland's National Institute of Health, recently sat down with reporters to discuss the effect that vaping has had on smoking smoking cessation in the the...
Read More...American Cancer Society Changes Position on E-Cigarettes, Media Stays Silent
The American Cancer Society recently issued a statement updating its position on electronic cigarettes. In light of the current available scientific evidence, the ACS acknowledges that e-cigarettes are less harmful to human health than tobacco cigarettes and that they have proven successful in helping smokers quit. Furthermore, it recommends that physicians encourage all smoking cessation aids, including electronic cigarettes.
Read More...E-Cigarettes Prove Major Success at English Prison That Adopted Them on Trial Basis
A pilot scheme between April and October 2017 that allowed inmates at the Island of Man prison, in England, to purchase a weekly supply of vaping devices as an alternative to smuggled tobacco cigarettes and nicotine patches has proven a big success according to an official report, making the prison a "calmer and safer" place. In 2008, the Island of Man prison became the first in Europe to...
Read More...European Commission Opposes Excise Tax on E-Cigarettes and Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Products, for Now
EU diplomats have been expressing their desire to set excise taxes for electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products ever since 2016, when they unanimously agreed to call on the European Commission to come up with a proposal on the best way to tax these products. However, in a recent report to the EU Council, the Commission opposed the harmonized taxation of e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products until more information becomes available.
Read More...After Making E-Liquids More Expensive Than Cigarettes, Italy Prepares to Tax E-Liquid Ingredients As Well
I've long referred to Italy as an example of how excessive taxation can destroy the vaping industry, but even I could never have imagined how far the European state could go to achieve its sinister goal. After adopting new tax laws that make e-liquid refills more expensive that packs of tobacco cigarettes, Italy will...
Read More...JUUL Becomes Best-Selling E-Cigarette on the US Market
With so many e-cigarette brands owned and promoted by tobacco companies available on the American market these days, it seemed next-to-impossible for an independent player to ever claim the title of best selling electronic cigarette. But that's exactly what the upstarts at Pax Labs have achieved with their popular JUUL pod system.
Read More...E-Cigarettes Should Be Part of Support for Smokers Suffering from Mental Illness, Experts State
The Mental Health & Smoking Partnership, an initiative of some of the most important anti-smoking and mental health organisations in the UK, recently put out a statement on electronic cigarettes, asking health professionals to consider them as support to help smokers suffering from mental illness quit. Research shows that tobacco smoking is much more prevalent among people with...
Read More...E-Cigarettes Should Be Promoted As Quit Smoking Aid, British Psychological Society Says
You can now add the British Psychological Society to the long list of UK-based health organizations that support electronic cigarettes as a healthier alternative to tobacco cigarettes and as a way to help smokers quit the habit. In a briefing titled Changing behaviour: Electronic cigarettes, the British Psychological Society (BPS) recently made a series of...
Read More...Scotland’s National Health Service Acknowledges That Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking
Despite what e-cigarette opponents and the biased media want you to believe, scientific evidence clearly shows that vaping is orders of magnitudes safer than smoking tobacco. Health specialists have known this for a while now, and they are finally coming out and acknowledging that e-cigarettes are a much less dangerous alternative to cigarettes. The latest to admit this fact is NHS Scotland. At...
Read More...Study Claims That E-Cigarettes Could Cause Bladder Cancer
A report presented at the recent American Urological Association’s Annual Meeting claimed that the use of electronic cigarettes can lead to increased risks of bladder cancer. In a small pilot study, researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville found two of the five compounds linked to bladder cancer in the urine of e-cigarette users. News of the potential link...
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