Articles tagged with E-cigarettes
Sweden rejects controversial e-cigarette flavour ban
Sweden rejects controversial e-cigarette flavour ban
UPDATE: The Swedish parliament has rejected the government’s proposed e-cigarette flavour ban, in line with a report put forward by a parliamentary committee recommending tighter regulations on new nicotine products. The new rules will come into force on Augu...
Will the EU’s final BECA report include harm reduction?
Will the EU’s final BECA report include harm reduction?
As bureaucrats in Brussels wade through more than 1,500 suggested changes to the EU’s proposed plan for fighting against cancer, it remains unclear whether the European Parliament’s BECA report will incorporat...
Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?
Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?
Leading tobacco companies are moving away from cigarettes toward safer, non-combustible products. But ironically, anti-smoking crusaders continue to block efforts to provide consumers with safer alternatives, ...
Nicotine alternatives ‘crucial’ to UK quit smoking efforts: report
Nicotine alternatives ‘crucial’ to UK quit smoking efforts: report
A new report from Public Health England (PHE) had found that nicotine alternatives such as e-cigarettes and snus can play a “crucial” role in reducing the health burden caused by cigarette smoking. The repo...
British parliamentary committee: end snus ban after Brexit
British parliamentary committee: end snus ban after Brexit
A British parliamentary committee has suggested to the British government that the ban on Swedish snus should end after Brexit. The suggestion is part of a major report on e-cigarettes, published on 17 Aug...
Column: How should e-cigarettes be taxed? By weight, harm or arbitrarily?
Column: How should e-cigarettes be taxed? By weight, harm or arbitrarily?
Swedish snus has been around for 200 years, e-cigarettes in their current form were invented during this millennium. Both products share the advantage that users can ingest nicotine without being exposed to ha...