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Survey on e-cigarette flavor use by US vapers

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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

Coming up Trumps?

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Donald Trump may seem like an improbable ally of harm reduction, but his US administration has done vapers a favour by delaying impending enforcement of a rule finalised last year that imposed strict supervision over e-cigarettes. The government has pressed ‘pause’ on the “deeming rule”, so called after a US

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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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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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"... 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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"The difficulty in quitting smoking is related to the nicotine addiction that people have to go through when quitting," she said. "If you are getting a higher level of nicotine from the ENDS, the withdrawal and nicotine craving is completely alleviated." - Joan Burnham, MSN, RN, an oncology nurse navigator at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, Texas.#vaping #ecigarettes #smokefreelife ... See MoreSee Less

Vaping May Help People Quit Smoking Cigarettes After All

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Study shows cigarette smoking discontinuation rates increased for e-cigarette users over time

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3 weeks ago

A lot of money is generated by cigarette sales. India’s government holds big stakes in the country’s biggest tobacco company. And then there are tax revenues. A packet of cigarettes today costs around 350 rupees—from which 150 rupees will go to the government in tax.This steady income from smoking means the government is not truly interested in keeping people from smoking, and has no real smoking cessation plan: It’s “quit or die.”Association of Vapers India (AVI)#vaping #ecigarettes ... See MoreSee Less

Our Ban Has Failed: Time for India to Regulate Vapes

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The first Indian state to ban vapes was Karnatataka, in 2016. The reason for this is that Karnataka, in the ...

Survey on e-cigarette flavor use by US vapers

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