By Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos A 2017 study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology reported that aldehyde emissions from e-cigarettes are derived from thermal degradation of flavoring compounds rather than the main liquid ingredients (propylene glycol and glycerol). The study found non-detectable levels of aldehydes in unflavored liquids, but
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The World Health Organisation has been under a lot of pressure recently; first with the issuance and eventual revision of its Q&A Detail on E-Cigarettes and then with the Coronavirus outbreak in China that is spreading globally. For the purposes of this blog, we are going to focus on the
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DELHI: One of India's leading consumer advocacy groups has slammed the government following the passing of ordinance prohibiting the manufacture and sales of e-cigarettes in India, stating that it is a black day for 11 crore (approximately 110 million) smokers in India who have been deprived of safer options. The
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Little evidence that e-cigs are prompting young people to start smoking: researchers The pace of the fall in smoking prevalence among teens and young adults in the US has mirrored the rapid rise in popularity of e-cigarettes, suggesting that the two may be linked, finds research published online in the journal
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Prohibition policy counterproductive to harm reduction The Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam Wednesday announced the Government decision to prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes in her latest policy address. The announcement which represents a 180 degree turn on the part of the Government has drawn international criticisms. Heneage Mitchell, founder of
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GENEVA: Seventy-two specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice have written to WHO and its stakeholders asking that they "adopt a more positive approach to new technologies and innovations that have the potential to bring the epidemic of smoking-caused disease to a more rapid conclusion". The letter coincided with the start
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[gallery link="file" ids="1538,1539,1540,1541,1542,1545"] GENEVA, Switzerland - Consumer advocates gathered in Geneva to pressure FCTC COP8 delegates to accept that Harm Reduction and access to less harmful alternatives to conventional tobacco products is a basic human right and a proven, effective way to tackle and mitigate the death and disease caused
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LONDON: The FCTC’s COP8 summit in Geneva presents a great opportunity for UK delegates to promote the UK’s dramatic success with e-cigarettes. The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) is calling on UK delegates to communicate to global public health representatives the clear and unequivocal message that e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine
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The Food & Drug Administration announced recently an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for flavors used in tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. The FDA then allowed public comments where commentaries, opinions, proposals and data could be submitted. Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, a research fellow at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, is
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Regional delegates were treated to an often-lively debate in which compelling scientific evidence and pressing regulatory imperatives were presented by internationally-recognized expert speakers at the factasia.org Regional E-cigarette Symposium, held in Hong Kong last December 12, 2015. Factasia’s John Boley and Heneage Mitchell chaired a distinguished panel of speakers including
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