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  • Former health execs join clamor to junk vape bill

    Former health execs join clamor to junk vape bill

    Stressing that it is a huge step backward in protecting the health of Filipinos, health experts, youth groups, and other non-government organizations (NGOs) have called on the Senate to listen to the people and to junk the vape bill now. Vapes and e-cigarettes are common names for electronic nicotine and non-nicotine…

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  • Egypt lifts e-cigarette ban

    Egypt lifts e-cigarette ban

    Last month, the Egyptian authorities abolished the ban on the sales, import and marketing of e-cigarettes since 2015. This decision will undoubtedly pave the way for the enactment of appropriate regulations to curb the illegal trade of electronic cigarette devices and tools, which will help eliminate the growing crisis in…

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    What’s Sweet About CO2 Honey Oil?

    There is a wide variety of extraction used to produce cannabis concentrates. One of them is the CO2 extraction. This kind of extraction produces Co2 Honey oil. The CO2 Honey oil, also known as CO2 Hash or Cannabis oil, refers to the cannabis concentrate made using CO2 or carbon dioxide…

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  • Medicinal cannabis summit moved to February 2022

    Medicinal cannabis summit moved to February 2022

    With local products now coming on stream, New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis summit comes at an exciting time. Next year will see New Zealand’s burgeoning medicinal cannabis industry well into its delivery phase, says Dr Zahra Champion, Executive Director of BioTechNZ and MedCan Summit 2022 organiser. MedCan was scheduled to take place…

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  • 4 Things to Keep in Mind Once you Transition to Vaping

    Youth19 vaping survey – dated, disingenuous and damaging

    A recently released Youth19 survey which questioned Auckland, Northland, and Waikato secondary school students on vaping was conductedprior to Parliament passing the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act last year and well before many significant regulations came into force, says Nancy Loucas, co-director of the Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy…

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  • Thai Minister’s support for vaping ‘goes global’

    Thai Minister’s support for vaping ‘goes global’

    “The brave call by a Thai Government Minister for Thailand to overturn its harsh ban on the sale of vape products has received applause and accolades from around the world,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). Her comments follow Thailand’s Digital Economy and…

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  • Survey proves Indian vaping ban a total failure

    Survey proves Indian vaping ban a total failure

    “This is the most significant independent survey we’ve seen coming out of India since its 2019 vaping ban. It shows an overwhelming call for the Government to lift the ban and regulate access to safer nicotine products,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates…

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  • Vaping and e-cigarette products on display in a store in New York. Since the decline occurred during the pandemic, researchers weren’t sure if the data reflected a long-term trend.Credit...Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

    Youth Vaping Declined Sharply for Second Year, New Data Show

    Teen use of electronic cigarettes fell sharply in 2021, the second consecutive year of big declines, according to the government’s annual National Youth Tobacco Survey. This year, 11.3 percent of high school students reported that they currently vape — down from 19.6 percent in 2020 and strikingly lower than the…

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  • Should vaping be treated the same as smoking?

    Black Friday: Australia makes smoking so much easier

    “Friday, 1 October marks the day deadly cigarettes become a lot easier to obtain in Australia than safer nicotine vaping products,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has expanded its prescription-only model with customs to clampdown at…

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    Philippine survey confirms huge support for vaping

    “The Philippine Senate will be on the right side of the people when it approves the most progressive vaping legislation in Asia Pacific,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). Her comments follow the release of a survey conducted by ACORN Marketing &…

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