23 October 2020 Rachel Clun, The Sydney Morning Herald: Almost 170,000 Australians died last year, with four of the top five causes of death linked to smoking, while dementia-related deaths increased as the population ages.

16 October 2020 Alex Ward and Victoria Allan, Daily Mail: E-cigarettes may not provide a safer alternative to smoking during pregnancy, warn researchers. Nicotine in any form could negatively affect a baby’s development, said the psychologists.

12 October 2020 Padraig Hoare, Irish Examiner : Teenagers are between three and five times more likely to start smoking if they have used electronic cigarettes previously, a new report has claimed. The Health Research Board (HRB),

7 October 2020 Sarah Whitten, CNBC: Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 65. Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang, confirmed

29 September 2020 Melissa Davey, The Guardian: Every one of 25 existing studies examined found people who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up ‘combustible’ smoking Using e-cigarettes triples the chance of a non-smoker

MuChun Tsai, Min Kwang Byun, John Shin, and Laura E. Crotty Alexander, The Physiological Society: Abstract E‐cigarette aerosols are exceedingly different from conventional tobacco smoke, containing dozens of chemicals not found in cigarette smoke. It

28 September 2020 Melissa Davey, The Guardian: Former staff reveal covert tactics that ‘undermine plain packaging legislation’ Major tobacco companies are giving Australian retailers cash payments and taking staff on all-expenses-paid international trips, including to

30 September Rachel Clun, The Sydney Morning Herold: People who had never smoked but who use e-cigarettes are three times more likely to start regular smoking. Research commissioned by the Federal Department of Health has

18 September 2020 Carly Cassella, Science Alert: Emissions from e-cigarettes are not harmless and calling them vapour is purposefully misleading, scientists argue. While the puffs from e-cigs aren’t exactly smoke, the term ‘vapour’ often brings

Dr Michelle Jongenelis, University of Melbourne; Christina Watts, Cancer Council New South Wales and Maurice Swanson, Australian Council on Smoking and Health, The University of Melbourne: E-cigarettes have clearly made their way into Australian society.

17 September 2020 American Heart Association, Science Daily: Summary: Researchers in Finland found a link between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke, in a study of more than 16,000 pairs of

17 September 2020 Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc., News Medical: The vast majority of Twitter users who vape with JUUL e-cigarettes are not using the devices to stop smoking or to improve their health, according

13 September 2020 Stephen Adams, New Zealand Harald: Vaping increases the risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests. In another hammer blow to the vaping industry, scientists from a group of American universities,

4 September 2020 Katherine J. Wu, New York Times: Researchers are starting to home in on the ways in which the use of e-cigarettes raises the chances of catching the virus, and suffering its worst

2 September 2020 Yadira Galindo, UC San Diego Health: E-cigarettes are now the most popular product used for smoking cessation in the United States, ahead of all U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved cessation aids

28 August 2020 Michael Nedelman and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN: A free roll of toilet paper with your vape? How about hand sanitizer Vaping companies — long criticized for marketing that appealed to kids and implied

27 August 2020 University of Bath, Medical Express: The introduction of cigarette-like mentholated ‘cigarillos’ (mini cigars which are leaf-wrapped) to the UK is helping big tobacco companies to bypass strict public health measures intended to

26 August 2020 Hugo Destaillats, Brett Singer and Tunga Salthammer, Online Library:   The use of electronic cigarettes (e‐cigarettes), electronic shishas (e‐shishas), and new “smokeless” tobacco products as substitutes for the traditional tobacco cigarette, and

13 August 2020 University of York, Medical Express: The number of deaths globally due to smokeless tobacco has gone up by a third in 7 years to an estimated 350,000 people, a new study suggests.

13 August 2020 BBC: The Spanish region of Galicia has effectively banned smoking in public places over concerns it increases the risk of Covid-19 transmission. It issued a blanket ban on smoking in the street

11 August 2020 Kit Ramgopal, Cynthia McFadden and Conor Ferguson, NBC News: “Being a 21-year-old, I should not be spending six days in the hospital for lung complications,” said one young vaper who survived coronavirus.

29 July 2020 AFP, FMT News GENEVA: Tobacco giants have spent billions on advertising with Formula One teams over the years, and are again swelling their spending despite a supposed ban, industry monitors said Wednesday. In

4 August 2020 J-Stage: Abstract Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is an acute respiratory illness with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and pulmonary eosinophilia. While the etiology of AEP remains unclear, a relationship between cigarette smoking and AEP

1 August 2020 Ward Flemons, Brandie Walker and Juliet Guichon. The Global and Mail: Ward Flemons and Brandie Walker are lung specialists and faculty members at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. Juliet

29 July 2020 Sage Journals: Background Tobacco use is the single largest preventable risk factor for premature death of non-communicable diseases and the second leading cause of cardiovascular disease. In response to the harmful effects

26 July 2020 Wiley Online Library:   Abstract   The TSANZ develops position statements where insufficient data exist to write formal clinical guidelines. In 2018, the TSANZ addressed the question of potential benefits and health

24 July 2020 Olatokunbo Osibogun, Zoran Bursac, Martin Mckee, Tan Li and Wasim Maziak. Springer Link: Abstract Objectives We examined the transitions of adult dual e-cigarette/cigarette users in the USA in relation to nicotine dependence (ND) symptoms, interest

27 July 2020  World Health Organization: WHO takes this opportunity to remind Member States that are Parties to the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) of their obligations under the Convention. Heated tobacco products

15 July 2020 George Mason University, Science Daily: George Mason University study finds 2009 US Food and Drug Administration flavored cigarette ban reduced smoking by underage youth by 43% and young adults by 27% Summary:

15 July 2020 Melissa Davey, The Guardian: While fewer people are smoking tobacco, more are vaping and using e-cigarettes, the National Drug Strategy Household Survey says Fewer Australians are smoking tobacco daily, while more are

13 July 2020 Rob Davies, The Guardian Rate of decline equates to about 20m cigarettes a month since introduction of tougher policies Cigarette sales have decreased by about 20m a month after plain packaging rules and tougher

29 June 2020 Lauren Kass Lempert and Stanton Glantz, BMJ Journals: Abstract Background Philip Morris Products SA (PMPSA) submitted a premarket tobacco application (PMTA) to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking an order permitting it

3 July 2020 Huanhuan Jiang, C. M. Sabbir Ahmed, Thomas J. Martin, Alexa Canchola, Iain W. H. Oswald,Jose Andres Garcia, Jin Y. Chen, Kevin A. Koby, Anthony J. Buchanan, Zixu Zhao, Haofei Zhang, Kunpeng Chen, and Ying-Hsuan Lin*, ACS Publications: Abstract Recent reports have linked severe lung

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