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1 day ago

Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said: “Only vape which contains nicotine is considered illegal, but as for whether vaping of non-nicotine products is an offence or not, what I can tell is that, at the moment, there is no law against that,” he told reporters at the launch of a health programme at Aeon Klebang here.

“Unauthorised selling of nicotine is an offence as nicotine is under the Drug Act, We can take action on those premises that provide vaping services with nicotine, but in order to take action on non-nicotine vaping product we don’t have the law to enforce it,” he said. ... See MoreSee Less

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Senator Georgiou described the extremely high cigarette prices in Australia as 'price gouging'. 'We seem more concerned about slugging smokers as much as we can to fatten up the government coffers. Is the government more concerned about its coffers drying up if people switch to vaping?' he asked.

He was puzzled by the ban on selling nicotine in Australia when people are able to simply import it from overseas. This is causing a substantial loss of potential income for Australian businesses.

'Do we genuinely have the interests of Australians at heart?' he asked, and finally concluded that 'Australia must move into the 21st century and give vaping a go'. #ecigarettes #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction ... See MoreSee Less

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1 day ago

Conclusions:

Compared with 2006, past-12-month quit attempts and smoking cessation increased among adults aged 25-44 in recent years. Current e-cigarette use was associated with increased past-12-month quit attempts and successful smoking cessation among established smokers. These findings are relevant to future tobacco policy decisions.

The news/conclusions are more than encouraging. #tobaccoharmreduction #vaping #ecigarettes ... See MoreSee Less

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2 days ago

A study from the University of Athens took four groups of mice from a strain that is susceptible to lung injury, exposed them to 3 days or four weeks of either cigarette smoke, vape without nicotine or flavor, vape with nicotine, or vape with both nicotine and flavor. In the short term, both smoking and vaping appeared to increase the number of inflammatory cells, but after four weeks, it was only cigarette smoke and vape with the flavor that had an increased number of inflammatory cells. Lung tissue examinations revealed it was only cigarettes that caused lung degradation.#vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction ... See MoreSee Less

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2 days ago

Despite some confusion by residents and expats surrounding the personal use of e-cigarettes, "Federal Law No.15 of 2009, the sale of e-cigarettes and e-shishas are prohibited in the country." However, according to the co-authors of the article, "there is no law stating that smoking e-cigarettes here (in the UAE) is illegal."

Note too that It is illegal to enter UAE with e-cigarettes. #ecigarettes #vaping #UAE ... See MoreSee Less