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Research

physician 17/05/2024
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Report Reaffirms Vaping Benefits

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) was the first major public health institution to support vaping as a means to quit smoking when it published a report in 2007. Three years later it remained the only reliable source of information about relative safety. The RCP published Nicotine Without Smoke in 2016, which concluded that vaping was an effective way to stop tobacco use. Now, in 2024, it has published E-cigarettes and harm reduction – An evidence review.

parliament 05/05/2024
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Stopping the Vape Tax

The New Nicotine Alliance, a charity speaking out on behalf of vapers, is warning the public that there are just 4 weeks left for people to submit their opinions to the government consultation on its “draconian” vape tax proposals. The charity is firmly opposed to the vape tax and is urging vapers to get involved to help change or cancel it. The New Nicotine Alliance has produced a set of pointers on how to get involved.

vaping tax 03/05/2024
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Experts Warn Against the Vape Tax

Expert vaping related researchers at the London South Bank University are warning government ministers against the “unintended negative health consequences” of implementing a tax on eliquids and other vaping products. They say the way the tax has been designed will probably force vapers to vape harder, for longer, and leave them exposing themselves to increased levels of potential toxins.

heart attack 09/04/2024
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Is Vaping Dangerous for the Heart?

All of the major news organisations reported on a piece of research last week, detailing claims that vaping increases the risks of suffering from a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Unfortunately, the media organisations have made a series of errors and the team behind the press release less than completely honest. Over the course of this article we will explain why you don’t have to worry and what sensible commentators are saying.

cochrane quit smoking 03/04/2024
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Research Ending Threatens Legislation

Cochrane lost its funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), meaning that the monthly research living review will now end. This world-leading evidence update has been the UK’s go-to for the best overview of international ecig research evidence to inform and shape evidence-based policy making. Its loss means that future government decisions may not chime with what happens in the real world.

nicotine formula 29/02/2024
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Nicotine Receives Clean Bill of Health

New research from the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (TARG) at the University of Bristol’s School of Psychological Science has been described as “really interesting” by harm reduction expert Dr Sarah Jackson. The team used an approach called Mendelian randomisation to discover the actual facts about the level of risk posed by regular use of nicotine – and the answer is very positive.

mental health 28/02/2024
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New Call for Action Promotes Vaping

A 2022 report by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) demanded action to combat the high rate of people smoking among those experiencing mental health issues. The call is being made again by the UK’s Mental Health and Smoking Partnership due to a lack of action from mental health trusts. A key part of the action demanded is to encourage smokers to switch to vaping.

physician 26/02/2024
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Robust Evidence Shows Vaping Works Best

Cochrane runs a project that looks at the findings from the body of research evidence about electronic cigarettes, and it’s certain that a paper published this month will feature in future iterations of its systematic review. Researchers from Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich, St. Gallen, Basel, Fribourg and at the Hôpital Pitié–Salpêtrière in Paris released a paper for peer review in the New England Journal of Medicine that emphatically demonstrates ecigs worked to help smokers quit tobacco.

no vaping 15/02/2024
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The Unintended Consequences of Vape Bans

Vape bans are in place around the world in various guises; from outright prohibition on the sale of vape products to the restrictions placed on the types of allowable devices and the flavours that can be contained in eliquids. The aim of these bans is generally given as protecting children from taking up nicotine use – some do make false claims of invented danger – but it transpires that these bans come with predictable and unpredictable outcomes. In Australia, an extreme unintended consequence of its ban is being played out... Read More

quit smoking today 10/02/2024
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Research Group Presses On

The UK E-Cigarette Research Forum was set up by Cancer Research UK, Public Health England and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies. The aim of the forum has been to bring together experts from academic research, policy decision makers and the charity/NGO sector. Together they review the emerging evidence about vaping and identify the knowledge gaps which require further investigation. The Forum met during the same week as the Prime Minister announced his vape bans to push forward with promoting facts and evidence.