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University of Massachusetts Amherst, News-Medical.Net
Nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective in helping people quit smoking than conventional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), according to the latest Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy researcher.
The review of studies published on the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews found high certainty evidence that e-cigarettes, which allow users to “vape” nicotine instead of smoke it, lead to better chances of quitting smoking than patches, gums, lozenges or other traditional NRT.
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are handheld devices that work by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine and flavourings. E-cigarettes allow users to inhale nicotine in a vapour rather than smoke. Because they do not burn tobacco, e-cigarettes do not expose users to the same levels of chemicals that can cause diseases in people who smoke conventional cigarettes.
Using an e-cigarette is commonly known as ‘vaping’. Many people use e-cigarettes to help them to stop smoking tobacco. In this review we focus primarily on e-cigarettes containing nicotine.
New analysis shows 18-24-year-olds have seen the biggest decrease in cigarette smoking and the largest increase in users of disposable vapes since 2011.
Online vape store Go Smoke Free says it analysed ONS (Office for National Statistics) data to identify which age groups have the highest and lowest proportion of smokers. The data also revealed that the UK has seen a 26% decrease in smokers nationwide between 2011 and 2022, with the current rate of smokers at 12.9%.
Smoking remains a significant public health concern worldwide, contributing to various diseases and causing millions of deaths annually. While the ideal solution is for individuals to quit smoking altogether, for those who want to continue smoking, there are alternatives that have been scientifically proven to reduce the effects of this habit. One standout example is Sweden, which has successfully slashed its smoking rates over the past 15 years.
The first time I saw an IQOS, the innovative tobacco product on which Philip Morris International is betting billions of dollars to replace cigarettes, was at a wedding in 2016. A friend had excitedly pulled me outside to try this new device that had enabled him to finally kick his smoking habit. Not quite a cigarette because it didn’t ignite, not quite a vape because it used actual tobacco, supposedly less toxic than conventional cigarettes but satisfying enough to compete with them, it seemed that this heated tobacco might be the future of nicotine.
The Irish Minister for Finance Michael McGrath has postponed the implementation of a vaping tax over concerns that it would discourage smokers who use e-cigarettes to quit smoking. Officials from the Department of Finance announced the step back in a pre-budget submission, noting that “a delicate balance needed to be struck”.
Hello 2024! The big question on your lips will be ‘Have ministers of state made a new year resolution to answer questions put to them in a full and frank manner?’ That’s a very good question, let’s see, as Opposition Whip Mary Glindon threw a couple of tricky posers to the Department for Health and Social Care.
The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice has ruled that the presidential decree banning the sale of electronic cigarettes is unconstitutional. The court’s Second Chamber ruled by three votes in favour that the decree is contrary to the right to freedom of commerce. The verdict has been welcomed by the World Vapers’ Alliance.
YouGov put out a poll yesterday which showed an appalling lack of public understanding about the relative risks of vaping and smoking. Only 24 per cent of respondents knew that smoking is much worse for your health than vaping. 52 per cent reckoned vaping is as bad or worse than smoking. Surveys from the USA show that public ignorance among Americans is even worse, with a mere 2.6 per cent of them able to give the correct answer.
ONLY 8% OF AUSTRALIA’S VAPERS are under-18 and are at relatively minor risk of harm from vaping. However, Australia’s harsh restrictions on vaping focus on protecting youth instead of enabling the substantial benefits of vaping to the much larger number of adult smokers and vapers.
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging California’s voter-approved ban of flavored vapes and tobacco products. The California law prohibits brick-and-mortar sales of most nicotine products in flavors other than tobacco.
Despite the Albanese government’s ban on importing disposable vape products in Australia, it is as easy as it has ever been to buy them with the black market operating in plain sight.
Selling nicotine vapes has been illegal since 2021 under laws introduced by the previous Morrison government, but many retailers have brazenly continued to sell them illegally.
Large numbers of Houston-area public school students have been sent to alternative schools this year by a new state law aimed at curbing vaping by minors. In a story first reported by ABC13’s news partners at the Houston Chronicle, the punishment is coming with pushback from critics who say it doesn’t fit the crime.
SB114 went into effect on Sept. 1 and requires public schools to send students caught with vapes or e-cigarettes to discipline centers designated for students in serious trouble. The law groups possession of an e-cigarette on school grounds in the same punishment classification as felony offenses like bringing a gun to school, terror threats, and violent assault.
At risk of cancer, heart diseases – Mactilda Mbenywe
Consumers of tobacco and harmful oral stimulants are exposing themselves to cancer and heart-related diseases, a report has revealed.
A research by the University of Nairobi School of Medicine titled “Review of the risks and toxicants of smokeless tobacco, areca nut and khat products” states that one in five who men use tobacco in Kenya expose themselves to multiple cancers and cardiovascular diseases.
FOR many people the start of January heralds the beginning of a journey towards achieving a New Year’s resolution. Of those commitments made each year, few are more important than putting in motion a plan to finally quit smoking.
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