December 5th, 2018Government’s proposed anti-tobacco bill lacks any scientific assessment as an underlying principle of legislation, argues Tim Cohen, senior editor of Business Day. In...
Big Tobacco companies moved to counter the hard line taken by a World Health Organization global tobacco control treaty, including its decision that new ‘vaping’...
November 5th, 2018
The World Health Organization conference on smoking control has not endorsed industry arguments that new smokeless nicotine products are better alternatives to...
Ancient Egyptians heated herbs and oils on hot stones to create potent vapours they could inhale. Today, the fastest-growing segment in cannabis is the old-fashioned...Addiction News
The UK vaping industry has been accused of targeting products at children by using cartoon packaging and flavours that resemble fizzy drinks to 'hook teenagers into...Addiction News
More than three million people in Britain are now vapers, new data has revealed, writes the Daily Mail’s Stephen Matthews. Action on Smoking and Health found there...Addiction News
Experts say yes, reports NBC News’Maggie Fox, citing experts such as Dr Kirsten Hawkins, a pediatrician at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, who...Addiction News
E-cigarette campaigners in Australia have headed to the big smoke to convince federal politicians to lift bans on nicotine vaping products, reports Michael Blakc for...Addiction News
Prisoners who smoke are to be offered free vaping kits as Scotland's jails prepare to go tobacco-free this autumn, writes Reevel Alderson for BBC Scotland. The...Addiction News
The vaping market in South Africa is expanding at a steady pace, although the devices are not yet affordable enough to gain real traction, writes Helena Wasserman for...
