Articles tagged with Vaping
Estonia offers Europe a cautionary tale on nicotine regulation
Estonia offers Europe a cautionary tale on nicotine regulation
As the European Union debates how to tax and regulate nicotine products, evidence from a unique “controlled experiment” in Estonia provides a cautionary tale about the effects of prohibitionist policies. Estonian consumers have been stuck on a nicotine pol...
Mark Tyndall: The harm reduction doctor who took on tobacco’s last taboo
Mark Tyndall: The harm reduction doctor who took on tobacco’s last taboo
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to Mark Tyndall, the Canadian infectious-disease physician who helped pioneer pragmatic responses to HIV and overdoses – and who now ar...
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
Cochrane moves toward seeing nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid
The highly respected Cochrane Library has published a review looking at nicotine pouches as a smoking cessation aid. Despite current limitations, the study marks an important step toward giving pouches serious...
Danish flavour ban fail: nicotine restrictions backfire
Danish flavour ban fail: nicotine restrictions backfire
A Danish flavour ban and other restrictions haven't prevented the share of young Danes who vape from almost doubling over the past two years. A new report reveals that banned vaping flavours remain the most po...
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
New study dispels nicotine gateway myth
Smoking among US high schoolers has “basically disappeared” despite a recent surge in vaping, proving that fears about safer alternatives acting as a nicotine gateway to cigarettes among young people are overb...
Fresh report slams Khan review, renews calls for UK to legalise snus
Fresh report slams Khan review, renews calls for UK to legalise snus
Increased accessibility to low-risk alternatives like snus and nicotine pouches, rather than prohibition advocated by the Khan review, are key to getting UK smokers to kick the habit, according to a fresh repo...
Martin Cullip: Defending nicotine against the ‘nanny state’
Martin Cullip: Defending nicotine against the ‘nanny state’
In this instalment of our Harm Reduction Heroes series, Snusforumet talks to consumer advocate and former New Nicotine Alliance chair Martin Cullip about his participation in the grassroots movement that force...
Dutch flavour ban fears: Copy Sweden’s harm reduction model instead
Dutch flavour ban fears: Copy Sweden’s harm reduction model instead
A proposed Dutch flavour ban has tobacco harm reduction advocates scrambling, prompting questions as to why the Netherlands doesn’t instead follow Sweden’s example when it comes to regulating nicotine products...
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 pr...