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Thailand’s Digital Economy and Society Minister Wants to Legalize E-Cigs
This announcement comes despite strong opposition from local health activists and anti-smoking campaigners. The 13th Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health (APACT) which took place virtually from Bangkok earlier this month, presented a line up of speakers renowned for their irrational stance on tobacco harm reduction including the use…
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Landmark agreement paves way for NZ grown cannabis medicines
New Zealand’s two largest medicinal cannabis companies have signed a supply contract that will provide Kiwis further access to locally made medicines and pave the way for international export success. The five year multi-million-dollar deal between Marlborough-based cultivator Puro and Auckland-based Helius Therapeutics is New Zealand’s largest to date. Under…
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Vaping Clinic offers service to help Lanarkshire smokers quit for good
A vaping retailer with shops across Lanarkshire has launched a valuable new service to help people quit smoking for good. The VPZ Vape Clinic service is now available across the company’s entire retail estate, offering those smokers looking to transform their health and wellbeing in the new year a dedicated,…
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FDA authorizes very-low-nicotine cigarettes. The only manufacturer has a plant in Mocksville
Tobacco consumers have been given another Food and Drug Administration-authorized modified-risk option in two very-low-nicotine traditional cigarette brands. The FDA approved Thursday the designation for the “VLN King” and “VLN Menthol King” brands of 22nd Century Group Inc., which has its manufacturing plant in Mocksville with 56 employees. It’s a controversial authorization…
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What we lost when vaping got political
It is easy to forget now, given the speed with which we grew accustomed to the sight of our fellow citizens noisily dragging on devices that wouldn’t have been out of place on the set of Dune, but it was only in 2015 that Juul cracked the code on the unembarrassing electronic…
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China market size of e-cigarettes in 2021 is expected to be 19.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36%
On December 17, the Blue Book of the Electronic Cigarette Industry was released at the International Electronic Cigarette Industry Summit Forum. The Blue Book showed that in 2021, the China retail scale of electronic cigarettes is expected to reach 19.7 billion yuan, an increase of 36% year-on-year; the international market…
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China’s Tobacco Monopoly Law: Industry reacts to inclusion of e-cigarettes in amendment
E-cigarette makers have been pitching in their two cents, after China last month expanded its Tobacco Monopoly Law to include vaping devices. The draft revision subjects e-cigarettes to the same regulations as traditional cigarettes. Xu Hua gets reactions from Shenzhen, where most of China’s e-cigarette factories are located. Heated discussions…
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Senate OKs hotly debated vape bill
After intense debate, a proposed law seeking to regulate the sale and distribution of electronic cigarettes or vaping products was approved by the Senate on third and final reading on Thursday. The vote was 19-2, with 2 abstentions, for Senate Bill No. 2239, which sets restrictions to the use and…
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Kiwi vape brands increasingly key to achieving smokefree
Good on the Government for re-energising New Zealand’s commitment to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025. Increasingly dominant Kiwi vaping brands are also proving key to squeezing Big Tobacco, says two of the country’s leading vaping entrepreneurs. Their comments follow Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall today releasing the Government’s Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action…
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Doctors support passing of vape bill
Two well-respected Filipino medical luminaries applauded the Senate for ensuring that minors are protected in the so called vape bill or Vaporized Nicotine Product (VNP) bill now being discussed in the chamber. Both doctors noted that Senate Bill 2239, while recognizing e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) are less harmful…
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