8 September 2023 By Jen Thompson, WTWO ERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — In a unanimous vote Thursday night, the Terre Haute City Council approved an ordinance related to Terre Haute’s city code. Specifically, to Chapter

7 September 2023 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM, News Medical Life Science For years, it has been known that smoking can contribute to serious damage on gum and oral health, with smokers having more gum

27 August 2023 By Prapti Upadhayay, Hindustan Times New York is set to raise cigarette taxes by $1 per pack in an effort to curb smoking rates and promote lung health. Cigarette taxes are about to

13 September 2023 By Jason McLure and Manyun Zou, The Examination Six ways China has side-stepped the global anti-tobacco treaty Two decades after the Chinese public health community celebrated the adoption of a landmark anti-smoking treaty, smoking

8 September 2023 By Sarah Marsh, The Guardian Exclusive: Fourfold increase on 2022 sees enough vapes discarded to create 5,000 electric car batteries Five million single-use vapes are being thrown away in the UK every

5 September 2023 By Michael Goodier and Sammy Gecsoyler, The Guardian ONS figures for past year show women aged 16-24 have overtaken male counterparts for e-cigarette usage The number of young women vaping every day

3 September 2023 By Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian Ban follows similar measures in Germany, Australia and New Zealand amid concern over health effects Disposable vapes will be banned in France as part of a national

31 August 2023 By Judy Siegel-Itzkovice, The Jerusalem Post People whose fathers smoked in their early teens had epigenetic markers associated with asthma, obesity, and poor lung function. Boys who smoke in their early teens

25 August 2023 By Uliana Horoshko, The Kyiv Independent Ukraine’s National Corruption Prevention Agency added the world’s leading tobacco companies Japan Tobacco International (JTI) and Philip Morris International to the list of international sponsors of

22 August 2023 By Natasha May, The Guardian Data from Australian Secondary School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey predates ‘huge’ increase in vaping E-cigarette use is the single strongest risk factor for adolescents taking up

13 August 2023 By Shaimaa Khalil, BBC “It got more accessible for me, so I got addicted. Everyone around me was vaping at the time.” Coco, whose name has been changed to protect her identity,

15 August 2023 By Melissa Davey, The Guardian Exclusive: After announcing most forms of vaping would be banned, the Albanese government will legislate changes and boost agencies’ powers Australia’s ban on non-therapeutic and single-use vapes will

14 August 2023 By Daily Record Record View says councils must make it clear to school staff that vaping in or around ­playgrounds is simply unacceptable. The rising popularity of vaping among young Scots is

12 August 2023 By Summer Raemason, The Sun AN URGENT warning has been issued to parents as illegal mega tornado vapes can easily be bought online by children. The disposable R and M’s Tornado 9000

2 August 2023 By CBC Regulations will be enforced as of Oct. 31 The sale of vaping products with a flavour or aroma other than tobacco will be prohibited in Quebec, the health minister announced

17 August 2023 By Melissa Davey, The Guardian Exclusive: study finds 26% of individual responses to TGA vaping reforms contained text from template provided as part of ‘astroturfing’ campaign More than one-quarter of submissions from

15 August 2023 By Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC Young people are at risk of experiencing significant respiratory symptoms, including bronchitis and shortness of breath, after just 30 days of electronic cigarette use, according to a

7 August 2023 By Farah Hancock, RNZ A campaign to “save our stores” from a smokefree initiative looks like a grassroots effort. The truth is more complicated. Since 1 August, ads have started showing up

1 August 2023 By Dr. Adesola Oje, ABC News New medical guidelines for people with chronic heart disease. Doctors are increasingly discouraging people from using e-cigarettes given the mounting evidence about the significant negative health

28 July 2023 By Bryana Quintana, SDSU Study led by researchers from SDSU and other institutions finds gaps in smokefree policies and proposes solutions to protect the public It’s well-known that tobacco smoke has harmful

1 Aug 2023 By Tracey Lindeman, The Guardian The first-of-its-kind measure is part of a sweeping new set of tobacco regulations to tighten controls over the industry Individual cigarettes in Canada will now carry warnings

31 July 2023 By World Health Organization A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that 5.6 billion people – 71% of the world’s population – are now protected with at least one best practice

22 July 2023 By ABC News The South Australian government will launch a $2 million advertising blitz in an attempt to reduce smoking and vaping rates across the state, particularly among young people. An eight-week campaign

30 July 2023 By Shanti Das, The Guardian Health experts raise concerns over marketing for flavoured oral sachets that can legally be sold to under-18s Tobacco companies are exploiting a legal loophole to promote flavoured

July 2023 By Tobacconomics This Report was written by John A. Tauras and Frank J. Chaloupka. The report compares the trends in cigarette sales with measures of convenience and tobacco store business in the United

24 July 2023 By SCMP editorial Health officials want Hong Kong to achieve an ‘end-game’ by reducing smoking prevalence to 5 per cent or below, a target that will take sometimes controversial measures to reach

22 July 2023 By Uma Lele, The National News The global spread of tobacco production and use is like gun proliferation in the US. It is one of those evils that causes widespread harm –

22 July 2023 By ABC The South Australian government will launch a $2 million advertising blitz in an attempt to reduce smoking and vaping rates across the state, particularly among young people. An eight-week campaign will

15 July 2023 By Sarah Marsh, The Guardian LGA says single-use e-cigarettes are a litter blight and cause problems in bin lorries and recycling centres Councils are joining paediatricians in calling for a ban on

14 July 2023 By AMA New laws aimed at discouraging smoking and vaping are a vital step towards ensuring new generations of Australians do not fall prey to the tobacco industry.  The Australian Medical Association

17 July 2023 By Anucha Jain, India Times Residents of Hong Kong have taken an uncommon tactic in their deliberate effort to make the city tobacco-free: intense staring. This one-of-a-kind method depends on the power

10 July 2023 By Penelope Clifton, Body and Soul If you needed another reason to ditch the vape, researchers have found that e-cigarettes are no better than smoking standard cigarettes when it comes to expectant

5 July 2023 By Storm Newton, Independent The British Medical Association will call for plain packaging on vapes, as well as a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes. The British Medical Association (BMA) will review the potential

9 July 2023 By Mary Ward, The Sydney Morning Herald Health authorities have raised the alarm after six young people presented to NSW emergency departments within days of each other experiencing symptoms including seizures, loss

18 June 2023 By Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas, The Guardian Secretive lobby groups are spreading pro-e-cigarette messages purporting to be grassroots campaigns A series of “grassroots” campaigns telling UK e-cigarette users they are under

5 July 2023 By Jolyon Attwooll, News GP Documents seen by newsGP show how a tobacco giant is trying to corner the vaping market as the Government clamps down. First there was the controversial ‘cash

1 July 2023 By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The largest tobacco manufacturers will have to post eye-catching warning signs about cigarette smoking in over 200,000 stores across America beginning Saturday, one of the final major steps

30 June 2023 Retractionwatch.com BMJ Open has retracted a paper describing a study in which people with diabetes will be switched from cigarettes to vaping after the journal learned – late in the process of

25 June 2023 By Britney Heimuli, DeseretNews   “Nicotine addiction shouldn’t taste like candy,” one expert said. More kids younger than 5 are inhaling or ingesting e-cigarette vapor or liquid, based on reports The number

24 June 2023 By Abbie Jones, BBC A woman who became addicted to vaping at the age of 16 has warned of the struggles she has faced, claiming e-cigarettes have ruined her life. Belle Moore,

25 June 2023 By Daisy Graham-Brown, Daily Mail Primary school children are being hospitalised with collapsed and bleeding lungs due to their excessive use of illegally sold vapes. In the year to April there were at

9 June 2023 By Lucy-skoulding-met, Metro Ministers looking to refresh Scotland’s policies on tobacco are being urged by campaigners to add warnings to individual cigarettes. The country has set a bold aim to create a

6 June 2023 By BBC Children’s doctors are calling on the Scottish government to ban disposable vapes. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) said single-use e-cigarettes are likely to damage young lungs

2 June 2023 By Cait Kelly, The Guardian Data also finds an increase in vaping among 14 to 17-year-olds in what researchers warn is a clear ‘gateway’ to smoking The proportion of teenagers smoking has

1 June 2023 By Noushin Ziafat, CTV News Canada will soon require health warnings to be printed directly on individual cigarettes, making it the first country to implement this kind of measure aimed at reducing

24 May 2023 By Kerry Cullinan, Health Policy Watch GENEVA – There needs to be stronger global action to prevent interference in health policy by industries selling products that harm people  – tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed

23 May 2023 By Melissa Davey, The Guardian Exclusive: Study sparks calls for academic journals to consider penalties for inadequate declarations Researchers with links to tobacco and vaping industries are failing to disclose their potential

17 May 2023 By Joseph Rachman, Independent Anti-smoking campaigners are calling for tigher regulation of vapes The number of children trying vaping has risen by 50 per cent, according to a new study. Data for

16 May 2023 By Daryl Austin, Forbes Parents worried about the dangers their teens face when using social media may have new cause for concern. While social platforms have already been shown to put teens

12 May 2023 By Erica Werner, Washington Post The 10 affected companies cannot market or distribute the merchandise in the U.S., and retailers who sell them risk an enforcement action The Food and Drug Administration