International Updates

16 October 2019 Michelle Gerwing WINNIPEG — Drab dark brown will soon be the colour of every tobacco package sold in Canada, regardless of brand. Starting Nov. 9, the Government of Canada’s new Tobacco Product […]

15 October 2019 Claudia Koerner “Juul was the only change in this boy’s otherwise healthy life,” a family attorney said. The night 18-year-old Daniel Wakefield died of breathing complications, he wasn’t wheezing or showing any […]

12 October 2019 Melissa Davey With at least 26 deaths linked to vaping in the US, Australian doctors are being urged to question patients about their use of e-cigarettes Australian health departments are on alert […]

25 October 2019 Dr. Mary Assunta and Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 25 2019 (IPS) – The tobacco industry’s new rhetoric that smoking is harmful and that its so-called less risky products will reduce the global tobacco […]

21 October 2019 Nurith Aizenman Uganda explicitly bars government officials from accepting gifts of any kind from cigarette-makers. French and British officials must publicly announce any encounters with representatives of the industry. Thailand and the […]

10 October 2019  Lauren Etter, Ben Elgin, and Ellen Huet The vaping leader moved fast, even for Silicon Valley. But perfecting the delivery of nicotine has unfortunate consequences when kids are involved. In 2004, Stanford […]

9 October 2019 American Roentgen Ray Society Summary: A clinical perspective article reviews various imaging manifestations of electronic nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes, vape pens, and hookah tanks. Despite the lack of a standardized […]

7 October 2019 Adeel Hassan The lawsuits accuse Juul of endangering students and forcing educators to divert time and money to fight an epidemic of nicotine addiction among teenagers. With school districts across the United […]

2 October 2019 Sarah Milov Each week brings a new story of some calamity brought by vaping. In late July, a Connecticut man filed suit against e-cigarette giant Juul Labs after suffering a massive stroke. The suit alleges […]

2 October 2019 Denise Grady Doctors at the Mayo Clinic examined samples of lung tissue from 17 patients, all of which looked as if the people had been exposed to toxic chemicals, the researchers said. […]