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Survey on e-cigarette flavor use by US vapers

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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

Coming up Trumps?

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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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Vape Club @vapeclub ·

18 Nov

“Vapes have achieved what decades of government initiatives struggled to do – getting us to give up the cigs” says Observer Columnist, @Martha_Gill, in a critique of moral panic over #vaping.

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13 Nov

Swedes claim world-first "smoke-free" status through a "pragmatic focus on harm reduction rather than prohibition." Australia, are you listening?

#tobaccoharmreduction #harmreduction #smokefree

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12 Nov

Switching from smoking to vaping improves respiratory health, researchers reveal

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Dr Colin Mendelsohn @colinmendelsohn ·

11 Nov

Dear all,
Just letting you know that I have retired (finally).
Please read my "retirement" blog from 2023, which is just as relevant today
https://colinmendelsohn.com.au/farewell/
My website will remain online, including the #vaping FAQs which I hope will still be useful
https://www.colinmendelsohn.com.au/vaping

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13 hours ago

The public health benefits of an active harm reduction approach to the problem of tobacco smoking are becoming clearer all the time

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OPINION | Harm reduction: the most effective tool for countries to go smoke-free

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The public health benefits of an active harm reduction approach to the problem of tobacco smoking are becoming clearer all the time.

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13 hours ago

Nations like India, Thailand, and Malaysia have banned SNPs outright, citing youth concerns and health risks, while continuing to permit cigarette sales. This prohibitionist (and dare we say – hypocritical) approach limits access only to less harmful alternatives, undermining public health progress.

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Asia Moves Further Towards Nicotine Prohibition (Hence Away From Decreasing Smoking Rates)

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Generally, Asia appears to favour tobacco prohibition over harm reduction, with many countries in the region maintaining strict bans or heavily restrictive regulations on safer nicotine products (SNPs...

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1 week ago

Swedes claim world-first "smoke-free" status through a "pragmatic focus on harm reduction rather than prohibition." Australia, are you listening?

#tobaccoharmreduction #harmreduction #smokefreelife
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BREAKING NEWS: Swedes First in World to Become Smoke Free – It’s a Lesson for the World Says Smoke Free Sweden

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SENSATIONAL government figures released today show that Swedes have made history by becoming officially ‘smoke free’. Swedes have hit this remarkable

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1 week ago

" ... the rates of symptom resolution were 14% lower (for cough) and 15% lower (for wheeze) among those who switched to dual use and maintained or increased their smoking intensity; those who started using electronic cigarettes while continuing to smoke the same number of regular cigarettes saw their wheeze and coughing get worse."

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Switching from smoking to vaping improves respiratory health

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A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that people who switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping see improved respiratory health, but people who begin...

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1 week ago

“Dual use is always an improvement on exclusive smoking and often a stage in a pathway towards exclusive vaping,” British tobacco harm reduction advocate Clive Bates, of Counterfactual Consulting, told Filter.

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“Dual Use” of Vapes and Cigarettes Is Unfairly Maligned

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Dual use, referring to people who smoke and vape concurrently, is a phenomenon often cited by opponents of vaping to ...