International Updates Archive

5 September 2019 Drs. John Maa and Jeffrey Wigand In June of 2019, Mayor London Breed signed an ordinance effective January 2020 to suspend the sales and distribution in San Francisco of electronic cigarettes that have not

5 September 2019 The Editorial Board With dozens of people becoming sick from a vaping-related illness, it’s time to get more information about the risks of e-cigarettes. This editorial has been updated to reflect news developments. Health

5 September 209 Thomas Eissenberg The best way to protect your lung health is to not smoke or vape Recent reports of a cluster of lung diseases associated with electronic cigarette use have led many

4 September 2019 Erika Edwards State health investigators are looking into six possible cases of vaping-related lung illnesses. Michigan has become the first state to prohibit sales of most flavored e-cigarettes in a bold move

3 September 2019 Sarah Martin Vaping industry preparing to ramp up lobbying efforts to push Canberra for policy change The health minister, Greg Hunt, has hardened his opposition to changing Australia’s e-cigarette laws amid warnings of

11 September 2019 Maegan Vazquez and Betsy Klein (CNN)President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration would be putting out “some very strong recommendations” regarding the use of flavored e-cigarettes in “a couple of weeks.”

13 September 2019 Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman (CNN)Adam Hergenreder’s vaping habit almost killed him. Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and

2 September 2019 Ryan Forrest, Sara Rose Taylor and Mafoya Dossoumon OTTAWA, Sep 2 2019 (IPS) – Trends in global consumption of cigarettes haven’t improved since the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came

27 August 2019 Benjamin Preiss Tobacco company branding and logos will be banned entirely from the Melbourne Grand Prix to close a loophole that was exploited by cigarette giant Philip Morris and Ferrari. Both British

14 August 2019 Brian Pascus The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office in Illinois filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Juul Labs that accuses the e-cigarette giant of violating the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices

9 August 2019 Tik Root Trillions of cigarette butts are thrown into the environment every year, where they leach nicotine and heavy metals before turning into microplastic pollution. SMOKERS AROUND THE world buy roughly 6.5 trillion

20 August 2019 Janan Hanna E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc.and Philip Morris USA Inc.were sued for illegally marketing nicotine-delivery devices to minors and deceiving consumers about the risks of vaping. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of

7 August 2019 Angelica LaVito KEY POINTS The FDA is investigating 127 cases of people suffering from seizures after vaping.  The FDA first announced an investigation into people seizing after vaping in April.  E-cigarette liquids

1 August 2019 Senior Correspondent This organisation is established and supported by Philip Morris International (PMI). Progga, an anti-tobacco group, has praised the decision. In a statement it said “this is in fact a praiseworthy

26 July 2019 Moriah Balingit When her son was a high school freshman, Kristin Beauparlant noticed a change. The hockey player began getting gassed more easily on the ice. Beauparlant could hear her son’s coughing

16 July 2019 Steph Solis Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey called on state lawmakers to move forward with legislation that bans flavored tobacco products, including vapes, from retailers across the commonwealth. “The research is clear:

11 July 2019 Danielle Kosecki If you aren’t already diligently brushing and flossing your teeth every day, your Juuling habit could have serious consequences for your mouth. You might already know that vaping comes with many health risks,

10 July 2019 Erika Edwards “The moment I started using nicotine, it turned off my future goals completely.” Addictions to electronic cigarettes are derailing the dreams of promising young athletes, leaving them struggling to breathe,

19 July 2019 Erin Digitale Stanford adolescent medicine expert Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, is worried that flavored vape and e-cigarette products are a gateway to nicotine use for young people. “So far, all the research on adolescents

18 July 2019 Kenrick Cai A Connecticut man is suing Juul Labs for causing him to suffer a massive stroke after he became addicted to the company’s products as a teenager. The case marks the

29 July 2019 Sonia Epstein “There is no consensus that this is less harmful than regular tobacco cigarettes,” the ICA stated. Electronic cigarettes are just as harmful as regular cigarettes, and any claim otherwise “is

26 July 2019 Reuters GENEVA — Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, urging smokers and governments not to trust claims from cigarette

25 July 2019 Sheila Kaplan WASHINGTON — Last summer, with public concern about teenage vaping growing, Juul Labs paid a charter school organization in Baltimore $134,000 to set up a five-week summer camp to teach

25 July 2019E. Ulysses Dorotheo, MD, FPAO The writer is Executive Director of Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). BANGKOK (IDN) – Many corporations make money at the expense of the public interest, but the

7 July 2019 Mandy Squires Shops tempt young CHILDREN as young as 12 are taking up vaping — lured with lolly flavours and in the mistaken belief it is safe.  Record numbers of teens and

3 July 2019 Media Release Three in five Australian young adults who currently use e-cigarettes are likely to initiate tobacco cigarette smoking in the next six months, new research led by Curtin University has found.

1 July 2019 University of California – Riverside A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has found that electronic cigarettes, often targeted to youth and pregnant women, produce a stress response in neural

28 June 2019 University of California – Riverside Thirdhand smoke can damage epithelial cells in the respiratory system by stressing cells and causing them to fight for survival, a research team led by scientists at

25 June 2019 Linda Carroll While smoking boosts the likelihood of heart attack in both men and women of all ages, it has a much more powerful effect in younger women, especially those under 50,

20 June 2019 Nicole Munro The Canadian Cancer Society is calling on the Nova Scotia government to raise the legal age for buying tobacco and vaping products from 19 to 21. The plea comes after

20 June 2019 Annika Neklason The e-cigarette giant is relying on some awfully familiar tactics to distinguish its products. Out of a firestorm of controversy over teen nicotine use, Juul Labs emerged in January with a newly

17 June 2019 Professor Simon Capewell Supposedly ’95 per cent safer than smoking’, promoted as a shortcut to quitting and offered in an array of flavours (bubblegum or cola, anyone?), it’s no surprise vaping —

19 June 2019 Sheila Kaplan Kailani Burton bought a vaping kit for her teenage son Austin, hoping he would use it to quit smoking. In March of last year, she and her husband were sitting

17 June 2019 Tom Dreisbach Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says one of his “highest priorities” is to take on the leading cause of preventable death in the United States: smoking. McConnell has sponsored

14 June 2019 Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke from their fathers while they’re in the womb may be more likely than those who are not to develop asthma

14 June 2019 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Like the infamous “Joe Camel” advertisements for cigarettes in the 1980s and 90s, the use of cartoon characters in ads for e-cigarettes and e-liquids may be attracting young

11 June 2019 A retired scientist faults the company for trying to recruit researchers who will produce science it can rely on for public relations purposes. Juul’s effort to fund scientists who research the health

7 June 2019 AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY E-cigarette vaping with nicotine appears to hamper mucus clearance from the airways, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care

14 June 2019 Wendell Balderas BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 14 2019 (IPS) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision authorizing the sale of Philip Morris International (PMI)’s heated tobacco system, IQOS, in the United States

13 June 2019 Lachlan Markay In a little noticed letter, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) demanded extensive internal records from the vaping company. A key House committee has opened an investigation into nicotine vape giant Juul

May 31, 2019 Thomas Moore Many firms’ policies put little to no daylight between vaping and Big Tobacco Under intense scrutiny from the federal government, the e-cigarette industry won’t be able to turn to much

5 June 2019 Sonja Sharp Beverly Hills has passed what experts say is the most restrictive tobacco ban in the nation, barring the sale of virtually all nicotine products and setting the stage for similar

27 May 2019 Sheila Kaplan LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alex Carll was presenting his research about the impact of e-cigarette smoke on mouse hearts at an American Heart Association conference when a man from Juul Labs

30 May 2019 Agence France-Presse WHO voices concern at attempts by Philip Morris International to co-opt international efforts for its own campaign this week promoting new vaping and heated tobacco products as part of the

29 May 2019 UN Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, marked on Friday, 31 May, WHO’s Dr Vinayak Prasad, Acting Director, Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, highlighted the damage that tobacco causes to the

14 May 2019 A ban on displaying cigarettes and tobacco at shop counters has reduced the risk of young people taking up smoking, according to a new study. Tobacco products have been hidden from point-of-sale

13 May 2019 While companies are prohibited from discriminating against applicants based on gender or disabilities, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry determined such protections do not apply to smokers Domestic firms are taking stronger

18 May 2019 Tim Elliott With health authorities stubbing out much of Big Tobacco’s business, and vaping on the rise, one of the industry’s biggest players says it plans to stop selling cigarettes. Is that

14 May 2019 TEMPO.CO, Geneva – The World Health Organization published its first guidelines on the prevention and management of dementia on Tuesday, May 14. It puts physical activity at the top of its list of recommendations for preventing cognitive