International Updates Archive

19 November 2021 Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy,  Laurent Huber, Natasha Phelps, Delmonte Jefferson, Carol McGruder Source: Tobacco Induced Diseases In 2020, the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the American Medical

16 November 2021 Jennifer Maloney Source: The Wall Streets Journal Company behind the most popular e-cigarette among teens has sidestepped FDA jurisdiction by reformulating products with synthetic nicotine North Carolina’s attorney general is launching an

22 November 2021 Melissa Davey Source: The Guardian Australian drug regulator cracks down on trade under new laws banning nicotine vaping without doctor’s prescription Australia’s drugs regulator has fined four individuals and companies more than

10 November 2021 Amy Norton Source: US News (HealthDay News) — If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to know whether it should follow through on its proposed menthol cigarette ban, it need only

9 November 2021 Source: Yahoo Finance New international report also shows 134 countries and territories now require graphic picture warnings on cigarette packages An international report released today by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) shows there is

30 August 2021 Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle M Scollo, Maurice Swanson and Melanie Wakefield. Source: Medical Journal of Australia As smoking rates continue to decline in some countries, including Australia,1 a goal once unthinkable is

10 November 2021 Helen Stjerna.  Source: The Brussels Times “Tobacco Harm-Reduction Experts” are pushing WHO to loosen its stance on new tobacco products, such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches. These products are

8 November 2021 Rob Davies and Georgina Quach. Source: The Guardian Companies accused of using social media influencers to entice young people to try nicotine products Posing expertly for Instagram snaps, a parade of young and beautiful

12 November 2021 Jenny Lei Ravelo. Source: Devex After a lengthy debate, the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, or COP 9, concluded Friday with

7 November 2021 Billy Briggs and Sean Rankin.  Source: The National ORGANISATIONS that do not disclose their funders are running astroturf campaigns that have spent more than £60,000 on Facebook adverts attacking proposed anti-vaping legislation.

31 October 2021 Ben Spencer and Tom Calver. Source: The Sunday Times England is an outlier in promoting vaping as a safe alternative to smoking. Other countries are far from convinced Less than a fortnight

30 October 2021 Victoria Allan. Source: The Daily Mail Prescriptions for e-cigarettes may face a roadblock due to the reluctance of many doctors to recommend them. England is set to become the first country in the

13 October 2021 Linnea Hedman, Maria R. Galanti, Lotta Ryk, Hans Gilljam, and Louise Adermark. Source: NCBI Abstract Introduction The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the association between e-cigarette use and subsequent smoking cessation in

5 November 2021 Jonathan Chin. Source: Taipei Times The Taipei City Government on Wednesday became the nation’s first local government to pass a jurisdiction-wide ban on e-cigarettes via a self-government ordinance. If the Executive Yuan

4 November 2021 Jenny Lei Ravelo Source: devex The COVID-19 pandemic has created opportunities for the tobacco industry to promote itself and its products in a number of countries, according to a new report that evaluated how well countries

November 2021 Par Stéphane Horel (with Ties Keyzer, Tim Luimes and Eva Schram of “The Investigative Desk” and datacitron (illustrations)) Source: Le Monde An investigation by “Le Monde” and “The Investigative Desk” (Netherlands) reveals the alliance between

3 November 2021 Mary Assunta & Jennie Lyn Reyes Source: BMJ A powerful tool to protect governments from tobacco industry interference remains underutilised, while the tobacco industry stepped up its meddling in health policy during

1 November 2021 Sarah L White, Mike Daube. Source: Insight Plus IT took less than one week after nicotine was rescheduled in Australia for a tobacco company to insert itself into a role associated with health

31 October 2021 Source: The Sunday Times England is an outlier in promoting vaping as a safe alternative to smoking. Other countries are far from convinced Less than a fortnight ago the World Heart Federation,

25 October 2021 Alex Ralph. Source: The Times Philip Morris says letter to business secretary ‘entirely appropriate’ Concerns have increased that Philip Morris International will use its £1 billion takeover of Vectura to legitimise the

19 October 2021 Yadira Galindo. Source: UC San Diego Cigarette smokers who quit smoking but substitute e-cigarettes, or other tobacco product, are more likely to relapse The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

19 October 2021 Carla J Berg, Katelyn F Romm, Yael Bar-Zeev, Lorien C Abroms, Katharina Klinkhammer, Christina N Wysota, Amal Khayat, David A Broniatowski, Hagai Levine. Source: BMJ Journals Abstract Introduction Given that the US Food and Drug Administration

21 October 2021 Source: The Standard Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a bill banning the sales of electronic cigarettes and heat-not-burn tobacco products.  The ban will come into effect as soon as mid-2022, Secretary for

11 October 2021 Corinne Gretler. Source: Bloomberg   Vectura Group Plc faces a growing backlash over its acquisition by a tobacco company, with some doctors and patients signaling they may switch to treatments made by rivals

11 October 2021 Alison Branley. Source: ABC They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use. Key points: Researchers found pesticides,

7 October 2021 Dan Sales. Source: Mail Online Illegal super-strength vapes popular with children are being sold online disguised as Cadbury chocolates to get past worried parents.  The high level smoking ElfBar and GeekBarPro devices

7 October 2021 Alejandro Zúñiga. Source: The Tico Times Costa Rican lawmakers this week approved in a second debate a bill that will the use of ban vaping devices and electronic cigarettes in public spaces.

6 October 2021 Brian P. Dunleavy. Source: UPI  E-cigarettes and other vaping devices contain thousands of unknown chemicals and substances not disclosed by manufacturers, including industrial materials and caffeine, a study published Wednesday by Chemical Research in

1 October 2021 Manojna Maddipatla. Source: Reuters An estimated 2.06 million U.S. middle and high school students are using electronic-cigarettes with Puff Bar, Vuse and Juul among the most popular products, according to data from

1 October 2021 Melissa Davey. Source: The Guardian New laws aim to curb the use of vapes among young people, but concerns are already being raised about websites aiming to get around them In a

24 September 2021 University of Michigan. Source: Medical Express A child with an oxygen mask. A diseased lung. A woman with a huge bump on her neck. Adding warning labels like these with graphic depictions

22 September 2021 University of Waterloo. Source: Medical Express Removing branding from cigarette packs in Canada significantly lowered the appeal of cigarettes, according to a new study from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project, at

20 September 2021 European Lung Foundation Source: Mirage News For the first time in 25 years, rates of smoking among teenage boys in Ireland are increasing, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research.

16 September 2021 Julia Kollewe and Rob Davies Source: The Guardian Academics object to UK company’s sponsorship of pharmaceutical event after tobacco giant seals £1.1bn deal Asthma inhaler maker Vectura has been excluded from a pharmaceutical conference

21 September 2021 Source: STOP Reject tobacco participation in UNGA Side Events, such as the Concordia Summit The tobacco industry is a barrier to achieving the Global Goals. Its products harm the environment and kill more

9 September 2021 Associated Press Source: The Guardian FDA bans thousands of vaping products amid concern about appeal to teens but reserves decision on bestselling brand Federal health officials on Thursday delayed a high-stakes decision

8 September 2021 Donna Lu Source: The Guardian People under 20 who used vapes were found to be more than three times as likely to have ever smoked tobacco cigarettes Young people who use e-cigarettes

2 September 2020 Todd C. Frankel Source: The Washington Post World’s largest cigarette maker is making acquisitions as it pursues a ‘smoke-free’ future. Many scientists are doubtful. Ruth Tal-Singer spent more than two decades at

26 August 2021 Dan Diamond Source: The Washington Post The moves could be the first in larger agency crackdown on vaping products The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered three small e-cigarette manufacturers not

26 August 2021 Jim Carrier Source: The Washington Post The Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository is closing. It revealed millions of secrets. ST. PAUL, Minn. From a 15-foot industrial ladder, in the dim light of the

2 September 2021 Natassia Chrysanthos and Eryk Bagshaw. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Outside a factory in south-eastern China, 300 workers are being put through commando crawls. Their instructor tells them the only way for “wolves to

16 August 2021 Roengrudee Patanavanich, Stanton A. Glantz. Source: BMC Public Health Abstract Background Smoking impairs lung immune function and damages upper airways, increasing risks of contracting and severity of infectious diseases. This paper quantifies

16 August 2021 Qinghua Nian, Jeffrey J Hardesty, Joanna E Cohen1,  Xiangqiang Xie, Ryan David Kennedy. Source: BMJ Journal Abstract Objective This study, conducted in China, evaluated the effectiveness of four different themes of health warning labels

16 August 2021 Source: Vilnius University Press Abstract Tobacco has long been known to be one of the greatest causes of morbidity and mortality in the adults, but the effects on the foetus and young

12 August 2021 Julia Kollewe and Rupert Neate. Source: The Guardian UK health firm, which makes asthma inhalers, said the tobacco company’s bid was ‘fair and reasonable’ The board of the UK asthma inhaler maker Vectura has

9 August 2021 University of California Source: Science Daily The risk that both tobacco and electronic cigarettes can pose to regular smokers’ health has been well documented, but a new UCLA study illustrates just how

4 August 2021 University of California Source: Medical Express Purchase a pack of cigarettes in Australia and be prepared to be accosted with graphic warning labels depicting the dangers of tobacco use—including images of gangrene

13 August 2021 Emma Koehn Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The medicines regulator is urging e-cigarette users to make an appointment with a doctor before new laws kick in banning the import of nicotine vaping

11 August 2021 Dr Judith Mackay Source: China Daily Dr Judith Mackay says that governments, NGOs, teachers, parents and social media must do their part to keep children from becoming addicts Tobacco and Youth are