A million and a half more middle and high school students used e-cigarettes last year compared to 2017, according to newly released findings from the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey.
ANTI-SMOKING advocates renewed on Friday, March 22, their call for higher tax rates for cigarettes saying it would be beneficial in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in the Philippines.
A lucrative — and potentially dangerous — cottage industry is growing up around electronic cigarettes in the Philippines, and at least one lawmaker wants to stop it in its tracks.
Vaping — the act of inhaling vapors, usually through an electronic cigarette, created by heating an “e-liquid” — is touted by e-cigarette manufacturers as safer than inhaling tobacco and a way to help cigarette smokers to quit. According to a press release issued by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), if her new law passes they’re going to have to prove that or stop producing flavored vaping liquids.
Truth Initiative® Launches Text Message Quit Program in Wake of Youth E-cigarette Epidemic
With the opening of an office in Dublin, American manufacturer VapeWild will be able to sell and distribute its vaping products across the Republic of Ireland.
Could e-cigarettes be the gateway out of smoking traditional combustible cigarettes?
Tobacco products manufactured in the United States in December of last year exceeded 13 billion, representing a 27.4 percent drop over products manufactured during the previous month, according to newly released Department of the Treasury numbers.
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
SEATCA in close collaboration with the World Health Organization in the Western Pacific Region (WHO WPRO) and the Singapore Health Promotion Board conducted a three-day workshop to give technical assistance to public health officials in the ASEAN Region in developing regulation of tobacco product contents, design and emissions to reduce product attractiveness in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 Guidelines of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Building capacity for tobacco control: training package
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new efforts to advance treatment strategies for helping youth addicted to nicotine as a result of the epidemic rise in teen use of e-cigarettes
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In one of his last actions as FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb ramps up his unscientific fear campaign
A bioengineering company has applied to the FDA for permission to advertise its very-low-nicotine VLNTM cigarettes as delivering up to 95 percent less nicotine to a smoker’s bloodstream than their regular cigarettes.
A study by JUUL published in the Harm Reduction Journal showed that almost half of adult smokers who started using JUUL products abstained from smoking traditional cigarettes for up to a month, according to a press release issued by the company.
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
20% vapor tax will dissuade smokers from quitting
The federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has released due dates for alcohol and tobacco product manufacturers to pay their 2019 excise tax obligations.
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids