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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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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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Australia’s Fast Growing Vape Shops
In the competitive world of smoking, Australia is a place where there are some fantastic vape shops. In fact, there’s no better time to be an Australian smoker as new technology and vaping methods have improved by leaps and bounds in recent years. There are now many different types of…
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MOH stop-smoking guidelines ignore the best way!
The Ministry of Health’s latest stop-smoking guidelines are disappointing. They do not include the vape option for smoking cessation providers to discuss with Kiwis keen to quit cigarettes, says New Zealand’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction consumer group. ‘The New Zealand Guidelines for Helping People to Stop Smoking’ acknowledge that vaping can…
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Multi-award winning Vapouround Magazine is set to put on a show like no other for the sixth annual Vapouround Awards in Dubai.
For the last six years Vapouround Awards has celebrated the very best of the international vaping community which strives to produce modern, reduced-risk products for adult smokers. The annual Vapouround Awards acknowledges the huge power for good that vaping can be in helping smokers quit and improve the lives of…
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Hong Kong must regulate not ban vaping – experts
An esteemed group of Asia Pacific medical and scientific professionals and researchers has written to Hong Kong Chief Executive, Hon Carrie Lam, concerned that Hong Kong is set to ban safer alternative nicotine products such as vaping. ‘We recently came across media reports highlighting that Hong Kong will move forward to…
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The FDA Postpones A Long-Awaited Decision On Juul’s Vaping Products
The Food and Drug Administration said it has ruled on whether some electronic cigarette products can remain on the market, but that it’s also delaying action on products made by Juul, which accounts for 40% of the e-cigarette market. The FDA said Thursday it has issued marketing denial orders for more than…
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From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of the ‘homework police’
After a misstep, it’s about to become illegal to import e-cigarettes without a prescription, which means that, for most Australians, it’ll become all but impossible to vape from October 1. The misstep tells us a lot about how the Australian government works behind the scenes — most of it good.…
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Alarming! Lockdown forces more Kiwis back to cigarettes
New Zealand’s lockdown has seen many ex-smokers return to cigarettes. Stress or boredom are often to blame, but brand-new retail restrictions on vape products are also having a negative impact, says the country’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction consumer group. The group’s comments follow mental health experts warning that the extended…
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