International Updates Archive

5 December 2019 Sarah Owermohle More that 27 percent of high schoolers and 10.5 percent of middle schoolers reported vaping in the last 30 days. Data released Thursday reveal a big increase in e-cigarette use

4 December 2019 Adam Miller, Christine Birak Pulegone and benzaldehyde could be dangerous to human health when vaped at high levels E-cigarette liquids currently on the Canadian market contain potentially harmful chemicals, including a suspected carcinogen banned

4 December 2019 Mark Harrison New CBC News series examines the policy and industry failures that accompanied the introduction of vaping CBC News has been doing a lot of reporting about vaping over the past few years.

1 December 2019 Michael Standaert E-cigarette-related deaths in the US and a Beijing directive have China’s manufacturing sector on tenterhooks Online e-cigarette sales looked like a promising industry for Edwin Wong when he started his

1 December 2019 Kari Paul Districts in states across the country sue to recoup money seek on fighting widespread use of e-cigarettes More than a dozen school districts across the US have filed lawsuits against

25 November 2019 Lena H. Sun  Scientists were ecstatic. The test results were in. For the first time, the lab team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had direct evidence that a chemical

23 November 2019 Jeenah Moon The company planted the seeds of a public health crisis by marketing to millennials, who had low smoking rates, and it ignored evidence that teenagers were using its products. SAN

23 November 2019 Ben Stockton , Tamasin Cave , Madlen Davies , Matthew Chapman The vaping giant Juul is lobbying for stronger and more addictive e-cigarettes to be sold in the UK after Brexit, despite being blamed by many for a

4 December 2019 Reuters ANKARA, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Turkey will switch to plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products from Dec. 5, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said on Tuesday, in a move aimed

4 December 2019 Daily Sabah Turkey will switch to plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products on Thursday. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry overseeing the implementation of the regulation announced that manufacturers will begin producing

23 November 2019 Puzzling case put previously healthy 17-year-old on life-support An Ontario teen who was put on life-support with a severe vaping-related illness may be the first documented case of a different form of damage linked to e-cigarettes,

22 November 2019 Reuters U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 2,290 confirmed and probable cases and 5 more deaths from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total death toll to 47 so

19 November 2019 Emily Baumgaertner By the time Juul’s co-creator stood before a tech audience in April 2016, ads for the e-cigarette aimed to distance the product from a toxic past: “Our company has its

19 November 2019 Karen Zraick The American Medical Association echoed the concerns of California and New York, the latest two states to file lawsuits alleging that the company had targeted young people with deceptive marketing.

19 November 2019 Matthew Perrone WASHINGTON (AP) — California on Monday sued the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker, alleging that Juul Labs deliberately marketed and sold its flavored nicotine products to teenagers. The lawsuit from California’s

19 November 2019 Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The Indian government has told a court that its federal ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes implies that their use is also prohibited,

12 November 2019 James Gallagher A teenage boy nearly died after vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in his lungs, doctors in Nottingham say. Ewan Fisher was connected to an artificial lung to keep him alive

5 November 2019 Chris Kirkham Juul executives knew young people were flocking to its breakthrough e-cigarette shortly after it went on sale in 2015, a former manager tells Reuters. Its nicotine blend was so potent,

5 November 2019 New research published Tuesday indicates the surge in underage use of electronic cigarettes shows no signs of slowing down. Another study also released Tuesday shows U.S. teens who use e-cigarettes prefer those

31 Ocotber 2019 Sarah Boseley Exclusive: Lawyers seeking compensation in UK for child labourers and their parents Human rights lawyers are preparing to bring a landmark case against British American Tobacco on behalf of hundreds of children

1 November 2019 Reuter (Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 1,888 confirmed and probable cases and 3 more deaths from a mysterious respiratory illness tied to vaping, taking the total death toll to

30 Octobr 2019 Stephanie M. Lee “Half our customers are drunk and vaping like mo-fos, who the fuck is going to notice the quality of our pods,” the former CEO allegedly said. Juul says the

31 October 2019 Robert Langreth Some researchers are trying to discredit studies suggesting e-cigarettes are dangerous. Who are they? Portland State University chemistry professor David Peyton had never been attacked with such intensity.  Peyton and a

26 October 2019 Rhys Blakely Britain’s top family doctor was targeted by online trolls connected with the vaping industry after she warned people not to take up e-cigarettes. Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Royal College

25 October 2019 Richard Harris When the first cases of vaping-related lung injuries came to the attention of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this summer, they knew this was a potential

24 October 2019 Tom Wipple Philip Morris said that their filter would “take the fear out of smoking”. Kent boasted that theirs “gives greater protection than any other cigarette”. Sixty-five years on, filters are still

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.

10 October 2019 Sarah Newey The first ever global index to track tobacco industry influence over public health policy has revealed that the UK is a world leader in efforts to curtail undue meddling. According

3 October 2019 Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The number of cases of a deadly vaping illness continues to rise “at a brisk pace” with 18 confirmed deaths and more than 1,000 cases throughout the U.S., according

2 October 2019 Aditya Kalra, Subrata Nagchoudhury KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – The impending introduction of Juul e-cigarettes in India was a factor in the government’s decision to ban the sale of vaping products, a top government

25 September 2019 Sheila Kaplan, Matt Richtel and Julie Creswell The surprise announcement was the latest sign of crisis at a company under scrutiny over its vaping products that have been highly popular among teenagers. The vaping powerhouse

24 September 2019 University of Bath Fresh evidence has revealed that major tobacco companies in the UK have made attempts to continue to market their products despite the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes nearly

23 September 2019 Bloomberg Electronic cigarette makers were counting on Asia as a growth market. But the region may not be a refuge from an escalating crackdown in the U.S. India banned electronic cigarettes last

19 September 2019 Jamie Ducharme, Video by Ang Li  In the Scheetz household, back-to-school anxiety reached new heights this fall. Jami Scheetz’s 15-year-old son Devon, who has severe asthma, kicked a brutal vaping habit over the summer,

22 September 2019 Karen Zraick and Jacey Fortin Health officials have recommended that people refrain from using e-cigarettes as they investigate a severe lung illness that has killed eight people. Here are some things to consider. Allegations

18 September 2019 Sheila Kaplan Preliminary figures from a national survey show that the prevalence of e-cigarette use among minors has doubled from 2017 through this year, despite national campaigns warning of the dangers. WASHINGTON

19 September 2019 Kate Dubinski First reported case of illness linked to vaping in Canada, officials say An Ontario teenager was put on life-support after using a vaping device in what public health officials say is

15 September 2019 Jamie Doward In Britain, e-cigarettes are seen as central to the fight against smoking, but many experts believe the evidence is contradictory In politically fractious times, vaping has achieved the impossible. It

14 September 2019 Jamie Doward and Tali Fraser European tobacco control expert echoes Donald Trump’s concerns about e-cigarettes designed to mimic the taste of sweets and desserts The government agency charged with protecting the nation’s

11 September 2019 The rise in cases of otherwise healthy young adults who have been hospitalized or even died from vaping-associated lung injury is alarming. Many people don’t know what is contained in these vaping devices, what