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Percentage adult smokers According to the Australian Department of Health 13.3% of adults18 years or older smoked every day in 2013. WHO statistics suggest the figure for “current smokers” was 18% in 2012. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that in 2011-12 there were 2.8 million Australians aged 18 years

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30 Apr

AUSTRALIA: Vaping prohibition has failed, experts say
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26 Apr

Is the FDA misinformed about THR, or are they deliberately working to undermine this effective public health strategy
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19 Apr

Combining electronic cigarettes and counseling helps more smokers quit - Harvard Health
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17 Apr

New research reveals vapes have become more effective as smoking cessation tools

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5 days ago

"... when demand for an illicit good is high, as is the case with non-prescription vapes in Australia, it is not possible for law enforcement interventions to be mounted at such a scale as to sufficiently undermine the profitability of groups engaged in supply,” Dr Martin explained.#vaping #prohibition #ecigarettes ... See MoreSee Less

Vaping prohibition has failed, experts say - Dr Colin Mendelsohn

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HARSH GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS on vaping products amount to prohibition and have created “an extraordinarily large, uncontrollable, and dangerous black market”. Attempts to restrict the market furt...

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1 week ago

"Fifteen years ago the British Royal College of Physicians, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical societies, clearly and unequivocally said '…that smokers smoke predominantly for nicotine, that nicotine itself is not especially hazardous, and that if nicotine could be provided in a form that is acceptable and effective as a cigarette substitute, millions of lives could be saved… Harm reduction is a fundamental component of many aspects of medicine and, indeed, everyday life, yet for some reason effective harm reduction principles have not been applied to tobacco smoking.' "#tobaccoharmreduction #smokefreelife #vaping #ecigarettes ... See MoreSee Less

Tobacco Harm Reduction Saves Smokers’ Lives

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At a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing on April 11, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf testified that “tobacco harm reduction product is an industry term.” He also said that “I saw

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2 weeks ago

While e-cigarettes contain fewer toxic chemicals than regular cigarettes, they should not be used as a replacement for smoking. However, as this study showed, they offer an additional option to help smokers wean themselves off tobacco use. #ecigarettes #vaping #SmokeFreeLife ... See MoreSee Less

Combining electronic cigarettes and counseling helps more smokers quit - Harvard Health

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Smokers were more successful at quitting when they used both electronic cigarettes and smoking-cessation counseling rather than only relying on counseling, according to a 2024 study....

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3 weeks ago

Study “underscores the importance of considering contemporary data and circumstances when making public health decisions in a changing environment.” - Karin Kasza, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center#vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction #smokefreelife ... See MoreSee Less

Vapes Seem to Have Become More Effective as Smoking Cessation Tools

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People in the United States have become increasingly likely to find that nicotine vapes help them quit cigarettes, according to ...

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3 weeks ago

"... there's increasing evidence suggesting that e-cigarettes can help adults who smoke to completely transition away from cigarettes, they said. Recent large-scale studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine showed that e-cigarettes helped people to stop smoking."#FDA #vaping #ecigarettes U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... See MoreSee Less

Health care providers should talk with adult smokers about relative risks of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes

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Health care providers who are working with adult patients struggling to stop smoking should consider discussing e-cigarettes as a potential tool if they've already tried FDA-approved medications, say ...

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