International Updates

The international tobacco treaty bars corporate influence at its negotiations. So why aren’t the largest carbon emitters banned from climate conferences? 12 January 2020 Chris D’Angelo MADRID ― On the morning of Dec. 2, a […]

10 January 2020 Ariel Bogle International tobacco companies have sought meetings with the Prime Minister and leading cabinet members in an effort to overturn Australia’s ban on nicotine vaping. Correspondence obtained by the ABC reveals […]

9 January 2019 Scott Neuman San Diego’s public school schools have filed suit against Juul Labs, Inc., the largest U.S. producer of e-cigarettes, accusing the company of deliberately marketing its vaping products to young people, […]

Thomas Eissenberg of the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products at VCU was one of six experts who investigated the claim and found it unreliable and outdated 8 January 2020 Virginia Commonwealth University The […]

The results considered over 160,000 responses from smokers  6 January 2020 Moya Lothian-McLean New research suggests young people who vape alongside smoking are twice as likely to suffer from a stroke as those who only […]

7 January 2020 Sam Banchard E-cigarettes may have been making people ill for at least 12 years, experts have warned. Scientists trawled through online forums and found vapers have been complaining about the gadgets making […]

4 January 2020 Lateshia Beachum  U-Haul is pumping the brakes on hiring nicotine users in 21 states beginning Feb. 1. The moving-equipment and storage-unit rental company announced Monday that it will implement its nicotine-free policy in states […]

3 January 2020 Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Even as makers of e-cigarettes insist they are not marketing to U.S. youth, others in the vaping industry are offering academic scholarships targeted to high school kids, […]

3 January 2020 Jennifer Abbasi About 28% of high schoolers and 11% of middle schoolers now use e-cigarettes, according to a recent JAMA study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the […]

1 January 2020 resident Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase in payments aimed at encouraging Russians to have more children, the second welfare initiative he has signed into law to usher in 2020. The increase […]