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E-cigarette use is strongly associated with smoking cessation in the European Union

admin_fa_6025 18th June 202018th June 2020
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By Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos A study published recently in the journal Tobacco Control examined the association between e-cigarette use and smoking in the Eurobarometer 2017 survey. Last year, another study analyzed the 2014 Eurobarometer, finding that e-cigarette use prevents smoking cessation in Europe. But the study design and conclusion was

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Things that make you go hmm…

admin_fa_6025 8th February 202026th August 2020
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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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India’s e-cigarette ordinance regressive, will harm millions of smokers, consumer body says

admin_fa_6025 20th September 201918th June 2020
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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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Still blowing smoke in Asia: the region’s failure to embrace tobacco harm reduction efforts continue

admin_fa_6025 18th September 201921st September 2020
vaping in asia - factasia.org

Over half a billion smokers live in Asia, and Asian countries have some of the highest per capita smoking rates – and some of the highest numbers of smoking-related deaths – in the world. Given the staggering damage to its citizens’ health that smoking is responsible for you’d think that

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Pace of US smoking rate decline mirrors rapid rise in popularity of vaping

admin_fa_6025 27th November 201820th September 2019
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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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Hong Kong Govt should legislate rather than ban e-cigarettes, survey shows

admin_fa_6025 2nd October 20185th November 2018
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HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Government should introduce legislation to regulate and allow the sale of alternative tobacco products (ATPs) such as e cigarettes, rather than banning it, according to a latest public opinion survey conducted by leading market researcher Ipsos. Smokers themselves have been asking for years for

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Academics appeal to HK govt not to ban e-cig

admin_fa_6025 2nd October 20185th November 2018
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UPDATE -  Hong Kong will ban e-cigarettes and other new smoking products to protect public health, the territory's Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam announced Wednesday 10 October 2018. A group of consumer advocates and noted professors have appealed to the Hong Kong Govt to resist the "harmful, unethical and unscientific policy

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HK e-cigarette ban contrary to international trend

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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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E-Cigarette Regulation Can Reduce Illness & Death, Harm Reduction Expert Claims

admin_fa_6025 13th June 201714th July 2017
Dr Farsalinos, factasia.org

MAKATI CITY – Appropriate regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or “vapes”) can help prevent serious sickness in and the premature death of millions of cigarette smokers in the Philippines, according to a leading expert on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes. Dr. Farsalinos urged the Philippine government to create a regulatory

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Specialists appeal to WHO for FCTC charter to embrace tobacco harm reduction

admin_fa_6025 11th October 201811th October 2018
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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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