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New Zealand to ban disposable vapes
New Zealand announced a ban on disposable vapes Tuesday, tightening the nation's chokehold on smoking as it also phases in a near-total prohibition on tobacco sales.
Jun 6, 2023
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Few adult smokers and non-smokers think e-cigarettes have lower levels of harmful chemicals than cigarettes, finds study
About half of cigarette smokers and young adult non-smokers believe that nicotine-based electronic cigarettes have the same amount or even more harmful chemicals than regular tobacco-based cigarettes, according to a recent ...
May 23, 2023
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Study finds youth have misperceptions about synthetic nicotine in e-cigarettes
Using e-cigarettes (vaping) is highly popular among youth, with more than 2 million high school students using the products, according to the FDA. Recently, manufacturers have started to advertise and sell e-cigarettes with ...
May 16, 2023
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TikTok's policies on vaping are frequently violated, putting teens at risk, study finds
New Curtin University research has found TikTok's policies on the promotion of vaping are frequently violated, putting the social media platform's predominantly young users at potential risk of e-cigarette exposure and use.
May 12, 2023
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Restricting flavored e-cigarettes may reduce their use among teens and young adults: Study
Getting many adolescents and young adults to stop using e-cigarettes may be as simple as doing away with flavored versions of the product, according to new research in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. This study ...
May 4, 2023
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Can vaping help people quit smoking? It's unlikely, says researcher
Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers to access vapes and to allow people trying to quit smoking ...
May 3, 2023
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No, vapes aren't 95% less harmful than cigarettes. Here's how this decade-old myth took off
It's 2013. The Harlem Shake is on the radio and e-cigarettes are becoming a thing. A group of researchers convene to discuss these and other products containing nicotine.
Apr 28, 2023
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Concurrent vaping in early teen smokers linked to persistent and heavier smoking in late teens
Young teen smokers who also vape may be at heightened risk of persistent and heavier smoking in their late teens, reveal the combined findings of two nationally representative UK and U.S. studies, published online in the ...
Apr 18, 2023
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New research shows e-cigarette use up sharply among younger adults in US during EVALI outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic
A new study by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows almost three-quarters of a million more adults in the United States, ages 18-29 years, used e-cigarettes between 2019-2021 during the period that spanned ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Medical dramas influence thoughts on dangers from vaping, new Twitter analysis reveals
After three popular primetime medical dramas included storylines about health harms from using e-cigarettes, hundreds of people took to Twitter to comment—including some who said they planned to quit vaping because of what ...
Apr 17, 2023
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