MAKATI CITY – Appropriate regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or “vapes”) can help prevent serious sickness in and the premature death of millions of cigarette smokers in the Philippines, according to a leading expert on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes. Dr. Farsalinos urged the Philippine government to create a regulatory
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GENEVA: Seventy-two specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice have written to WHO and its stakeholders asking that they "adopt a more positive approach to new technologies and innovations that have the potential to bring the epidemic of smoking-caused disease to a more rapid conclusion". The letter coincided with the start
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[gallery link="file" ids="1538,1539,1540,1541,1542,1545"] GENEVA, Switzerland - Consumer advocates gathered in Geneva to pressure FCTC COP8 delegates to accept that Harm Reduction and access to less harmful alternatives to conventional tobacco products is a basic human right and a proven, effective way to tackle and mitigate the death and disease caused
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LONDON: The FCTC’s COP8 summit in Geneva presents a great opportunity for UK delegates to promote the UK’s dramatic success with e-cigarettes. The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) is calling on UK delegates to communicate to global public health representatives the clear and unequivocal message that e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine
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The Food & Drug Administration announced recently an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for flavors used in tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. The FDA then allowed public comments where commentaries, opinions, proposals and data could be submitted. Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, a research fellow at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, is
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The contradiction inherent in Australia’s decision to prop up smoking at the expense of new nicotine products was aired on national TV when 60 Minutes looked at the argument between local and international regulation. [for the vaping segment, click here] The Therapeutic Goods Administration recently decided against allowing the use
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Donald Trump may seem like an improbable ally of harm reduction, but his US administration has done vapers a favour by delaying impending enforcement of a rule finalised last year that imposed strict supervision over e-cigarettes. The government has pressed ‘pause’ on the “deeming rule”, so called after a US
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New Zealand will regulate for full retail adult availability of new nicotine products. Bowing to public demand – and acknowledging it as the driver for change – the government is going ahead with legalising vaping despite the proximity of a general election later this year. In a statement, Associate Health
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