All of the major news organisations reported on a piece of research last week, detailing claims that vaping increases the risks of suffering from a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Unfortunately, the media organisations have made a series of errors and the team behind the press release less than completely honest. Over the course of this... Read More The post Is Vaping Dangerous for the Heart? appeared first on  Blog ..read more

Cochrane lost its funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), meaning that the monthly research living review will now end. This world-leading evidence update has been the UK’s go-to for the best overview of international ecig research evidence to inform and shape evidence-based policy making. Its loss means that future government... Read More The post Research Ending Threatens Legislation appeared first on  Blog ..read more

The Government has presented the Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024 to the Houses of Parliament, introducing a range of measures some inside the Party have called “very unconservative”. The scale of rebellion in the Conservative Party could cause problems for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, but it is believed the Bill will become enacted. We look... Read More The post The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024 appeared first on  Blog ..read more

The UK is set to ban the import and sale of single-use vaping products following an announcement by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The ban mirrors one being put in place by French authorities, and SOVAPE, a consumer advocacy group in France, has conducted an analysis to see what the impacts might be. The French Senate... Read More The post Disposables Ban: The French Perspective appeared first on  Blog ..read more

The Government’s full plans for vaping and electronic cigarettes has been laid out, raising fears that some measures could prove to be counterproductive. With a range of measures including bans, restrictions and taxation, experts find the proposals lack reasoning or credibility and worry that they may feed into the growing levels of confusion and fear... Read More The post Will The Government Help or Hinder Vaping? appeared first on  Blog ..read more

Recently, the Prime Minister announced a ban on disposable vapes and to limit eLiquids to four flavour profiles. The plans were described by expert Clive as a “wrongness gripping UK tobacco and vape policy”. Rishi Sunak says it is being done to prevent children vaping but overlooks that the 15yr-old child smoking rate has dropped... Read More The post What is the Future for Vaping? appeared first on  Blog ..read more

New research from the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (TARG) at the University of Bristol’s School of Psychological Science has been described as “really interesting” by harm reduction expert Dr Sarah Jackson. The team used an approach called Mendelian randomisation to discover the actual facts about the level of risk posed by regular use of... Read More The post Nicotine Receives Clean Bill of Health appeared first on  Blog ..read more

A 2022 report by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) demanded action to combat the high rate of people smoking among those experiencing mental health issues. The call is being made again by the UK’s Mental Health and Smoking Partnership due to a lack of action from mental... Read More The post New Call for Action Promotes Vaping appeared first on  Blog ..read more

The current push to ban disposable vapes, implement plain packaging for ecig products and restrict the flavours of available e-liquids is rooted in the fear of a teen vape crisis – but is it real? No, according to leading tobacco harm reduction expert Professor Brad Rodu. He highlights how the UK has traditionally told the... Read More The post Is There A UK Teen Vape Epidemic? appeared first on  Blog ..read more

Cochrane runs a project that looks at the findings from the body of research evidence about electronic cigarettes, and it’s certain that a paper published this month will feature in future iterations of its systematic review. Researchers from Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich, St. Gallen, Basel, Fribourg and at the Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière in Paris released a... Read More The post Robust Evidence Shows Vaping Works Best appeared first on  Blog ..read more