Vaping leads to more successful smoking cessation in England
A new UK study shows clear links between the rise in e-cigarette use and increasing numbers of successful quit attempts at the population level.
Tag: e-cig
Anti-vejp group spreads message at WHO conference - vejpers ejected
Weather activists and anti-tobacco fanatics. Dedicated addiction researchers and prohibitionists. All gathered in Panama City to attend, monitor and comment on the tenth meeting of the WHO Tobacco Convention, COP10. Vejpkollen took the pulse of two movements fighting...
Ban or opportunity? New nicotine products a sticking point for the Tobacco Convention
E-cigarettes, but also other smokeless nicotine products, are the focus of the 10th meeting of the Tobacco Convention. And among the 183 countries attending the meeting, there are very different views on how to proceed...
Sweden's agenda for WHO meeting on snus, nicotine pouches and e-cigs kept secret
The secrecy surrounding the upcoming meeting of the Convention on Tobacco Control (COP10) is causing concern among many Swedes. Not least among those who use or work with smoke-free nicotine products such as snus and e-cigarettes.
Inveterate smokers prefer e-cigs to snus and medicines
Among Norwegians who still smoke, e-cigarettes probably have the greatest potential to reduce smoking. Traditional nicotine medicines, on the other hand, are not very popular. This is according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Research: Dull packaging does not attract young and old to vejpa
Standardised packaging, without dramatic expressions and bright colours, attracts fewer children and minors to buy vejp products. At the same time, it also reduces the interest of adults to try e-cigs. This is according to a new British...
Björn, 59, vejpare - 'I can breathe normally again'
"Hardly anyone smokes anymore. People like me, who maybe didn't care so much about their health, find other ways to get the nicotine. The young people on mopeds...
WHO fateful meeting on snus, e-cigs and nicotine pouches cancelled
The planned meeting on the Tobacco Convention, COP10, in Panama City has been cancelled. The WHO Tobacco Control Secretariat announced this on its website. The reason is riots in the host country Panama.
Research: Large study compared different tools to quit smoking
E-cigarettes are as effective in smoking cessation as the drugs varenicline and cytisine. This is according to a comprehensive review published in the Cochrane Journal.
Håkan, 48, ex-smoker: "It is very important that e-cigs are available everywhere cigarettes are"
Snuff and cigarettes have long been a natural part of Håkan Friedrich's life. Almost 40 years after his first puff, the cigarettes have been replaced by e-cigs and the snus by citrus-flavoured nicotine pouches.
England: Tougher age checks for vapes in convenience stores
The Association of Convenience Stores, which organises convenience stores, petrol stations and other retailers in the UK, is taking action to tackle the increasing use of e-cigarettes by minors.
Norwegian road users and researchers try to stop the flavour ban
Banning flavours and severely restricting the supply of e-cigarettes. This is what the Norwegian government is proposing. Now users are calling on all of Norway's road users to speak out.
