International Updates Archive

2 July 2020 Michael Safi, The Guardian Decision follows recent revelation country has highest rates of tobacco use in the world The Jordanian government has banned smoking and vaping in all indoor public spaces a

29 June 2020 Serena Gordon, Health Day: Canadian provinces that allow retail displays promoting e-cigarettes had nearly three times the teen vaping rate, a new study found. Until May 2018, e-cigarettes weren’t widely available in

18 June 2020 Gabriela Zamora Sauma, Adiariocr: The Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT), an organization of which Philip Morris International (PMI) is a partner, has been attempting to interfere in the design of

9 July 2020 National Post Staff, National Post: Health Canada has announced plans to crack down on advertising vaping products that target youths following an alarming rise in their use. The Department of Health has

25 June 2020 Daniel Morse: The Conversation, E-cigarettes are a popular alternative to smoking, but we still know very little about the effects of them on our health. While numerous studies have explored the effect

23 June 2020 Reuters: National Post, AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands plans to ban flavored electronic cigarettes from next year to make vaping less attractive to young people, the government said on Tuesday. Flavors currently available

21 June 2020 Yonhap: The Korean Herald, South Korea will require stronger graphic warning images on cigarette packs as part of its anti-smoking campaign, the health ministry said Sunday. Of the 12 photos currently used

May 2020 Naseer Ahmed, Afsheen Maqsood, Tariq Abduljabbar, and Fahim Vohra: NCBI, Abstract Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) group of viruses.

5 July 2020 Dana McCauley: The Sydney Morning Herald, Hundreds of thousands of Australians who import liquid nicotine from overseas have won a six-month reprieve from tough new rules that would have put them at

28 June 2020 Loni Prinsloo and John Bowker: MSN South Africa’s government won a legal battle challenging a ban on tobacco sales in the country that was imposed in late March as part of lockdown

19 June 2020 Ruth E Malone, Janet Hoek: BMJ Journal Abstract In the midst of a global pandemic that has already caused the deaths of more than 350 000 people, US President Donald Trump recently announced

14 June 2020 The News International LAHORE: As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, a global tobacco industry watchdog urged governments and civil society to hold tobacco companies accountable for the burden they have placed on people

12 June 2020 Matt Bamford: ABC News Efforts by tobacco giant Philip Morris to introduce a smoke-free cigarette alternative to Australia have been blocked by an interim decision from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). Yesterday

3 June 2020 Alexandra Thompson, Yahoo Style UK Non-smokers may have tobacco residues lurking in their home, research suggests. Concerns over “thirdhand smoke” have been raised in recent years, with chemicals potentially lingering in furniture,

2 June 2020 Sheila Kaplan, New York Times The e-cigarette company, which has quickly eclipsed Juul, has advertised its products as a break from “parental texts and WFH stress.” House lawmakers asked the Food and

1 June 2020 Dennis Thompson, US News (HealthDay News) — Talk to a teacher if you want an idea of how addicted teenagers can become using Juul and other pod-based e-cigarettes. That’s the suggestion of

1 June 2020 Eli Moskovitz, OCCRP Italy’s health ministry on Friday released a summary of a confidential scientific study conducted for the government that demolishes claims IQOS devices are safer than cigarettes, in the wake of an

31 May 2020 Xu Keyue Source, Global Times E-cigarette smoking is becoming more popular among Chinese middle school students as the proportion of e-cigarettes smokers had increased significantly in 2019, according to a survey published

15 May 2020 Dr. Mark Calarco, NBC News The research is new, but evidence suggests smoking may dramatically worsen COVID-19.   In early March, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told journalists that a 22-year-old Brooklyn

11 May 2020, World Health Organization Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and around 1.2 million are due to

27 May 2020 Patricio V. Marquez, World Bank As we mark World No Tobacco Day on May 31, let’s consider the impact of tobacco use on coronavirus (COVID-19) outcomes.  The virus has infected more than 5.5

25 May 2020 Matthew Chapman, The Bureau of Investigate Journalism The tobacco giant Philip Morris has taken advantage of the UK’s ban on menthol cigarettes to promote its new tobacco product, despite heavy restrictions on

20 May 2020 Independent Online/UNB The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday urged the authorities concerned to suspend production, supply, marketing, and sale of all kinds of tobacco products in Bangladesh to help

15 May 2020 Robert Preidt, WebMD FRIDAY, May 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 hits smokers much harder than nonsmokers, according to a new review. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), analyzed

4 May 2020 Matthew Chapman, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism More than a fifth of 15-year-olds in Yorkshire and the Humber vape, according to NHS figures that suggest a stark north-south divide in underage vaping.

1 May 2020 Jones, A., Ingenta Connect Abstract: The denial of children’s rights is at the heart of the tobacco industry’s interference in health policies. Big Tobacco (composed of the five largest tobacco companies) controls

29 April 2020 Aimee Cunningham, ScienceNews Both vapers and smokers show signs of blood vessel damage, compared with people who do neither Switching from smoking to vaping may not help with cardiovascular health. Researchers performed

26 April 2020 Ian Hamilton, Independent Far from viewing the coronavirus pandemic as a problem, the tobacco industry thinks it is great opportunity – even offering to deliver to those in isolation Without a puff

25 April 2020 Zoe Tidman, Independent ‘The message to smokers should be exactly the same: to stop,’ says professor of epidemiology Scientists have warned people not to smoke after a French study has suggested smokers

21 April 2020 Tiffany Kary, Bloomberg The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made a second revision on its stance about the risks of Covid-19 and nicotine, saying that cigarettes also increase the chances of catching

17 April 2020 Emily Baumgaertner Los Angeles Times Running low on surgical masks during the pandemic? You can get two for free by ordering a Moti Piin, a battery-powered vaping pen, from the company’s online

16 April 2020 Arman Azad CNN (CNN)Facing pressure from regulators over an epidemic of youth vaping, e-cigarette giant Juul announced in late 2018 that it would stop selling certain flavors in US stores, including “fruit”

14 April 2020 Julia Ries, Huffington Post: Health experts say vaping can increase the risk of developing COVID-19 complications and spreading the virus to others. If there was ever a time to quit vaping, it’s

14 April 2020Siddharth Cavale and Anurag Maan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips, Arun Koyyur and David GoodmanReuters (Reuters) – British American Tobacco (BAT) (BATS.L) is the subject of a U.S. criminal investigation over suspected

10 April 2020 Jan HoffmanThe New York Times Tobacco and marijuana products damage lungs, where the virus does its harm. Health officials are urging people to quit, and temporary sales bans are even being discussed. Anxious

1 April 2020Sheila Kaplan, Andrew Jacobs and Choe Sang-HunThe New York Times Facing ire at home, the e-cigarette giant counted on international expansion to offset losses in the U.S., but the regulatory response abroad has been even stricter.

20 Aprile 2020Emily BaumgaertnerLos Angeles Times  Running low on surgical masks during the pandemic? You can get two for free by ordering a Moti Piin, a battery-powered vaping pen, from the company’s online shop. Or

14 April 2020 LUCKY Strike cigarette maker British American Tobacco is under a criminal investigation by U.S. regulators over suspected sanctions-busting, The Times reported on Tuesday. The company is being probed for “suspicions of breach of sanctions”

1 April 2020 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has put into full force an ordinance that virtually bans indoor smoking at restaurants with employees. The ban that started on Wednesday applies to Tokyo restaurants regardless of

26 March 2020 Iuliia Tore This means that all designated smoking areas after Security Control will be closed. The ones in the terminal before Security Control are closed already. As of April, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s

BAT seems to be running accounts to promote e-cigarettes after crackdown on hiring influencers 17 March 2020 Sarah Marsh British American Tobacco (BAT) is marketing e-cigarettes and heated cigarettes with pictures of attractive models and using

*Note: This article was previously titled “Web of cash and contacts ties Public Health England to Big Tobacco 20 March 2020 Ben Stockton , Madlen Davies , Matthew Chapman , Tamasin Cave Doctors have criticised the organisation responsible for protecting the

18 March 2020 One non-smoker dies as a result of passive smoking for every 50 people who smoke, according to a study by Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital. Researcher Leonard Hofstra, professor of risk profiling in

17 March 2020 Heather Carrick A bacteria expert has warned against the dangers of vaping during the coronavirus outbreak – claiming those inhaling the fumes produced by the cigarette substitute is equivalent to “someone spitting in your

Those who are older or have underlying medical conditions are most susceptible to disease, according to CDC  15 March 2020 Chelsea Ritschel The number of cases of coronavirus has nearly reached 200,000 around the globe, yet there

11 March 2020 Mary Kekatos Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that a ‘healthy’ 22-year-old man was among the New Yorkers infected with coronavirus The man has no known pre-existing conditions, but uses e-cigarettes, which

10 March 2020 Brandie Weikle For 1st time, Statistics Canada has collected detailed information about vaping More than one-third of teenagers 15 to 19 have tried vaping at some point in their lives, according to

11 March 2020 Midhat Kapetanović When the European Union brought in strict new laws in 2014 forcing tobacco companies to sell their products in packaging plastered with graphic health warnings, many saw it as a

Hazardous chemicals could be carried on clothing and bodies of audience, study suggests 4 March 2020 Nicola Davis The lights dim, the trailers roll and the mutter of voices dwindles to a hush. But alongside

25 February 2020 Laurie McGinley  NASHVILLE — Robert Arnold has spent years building his company, Saffire Vapor, which cranks out 5,000 bottles of nicotine e-liquid a week, including Red October (banana nut bread and strawberries),