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While there are clearly concerns over e-cigarettes getting the next generation of adults hooked on nicotine, the findings of a new study conducted by researchers in Greece may put some of these concerns to rest. The study, which was published in the Harm Reduction Journal, found e-cigarette use in Greece to be “largely confined” to …
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Over the course of recent decades, smoking rates in China have risen dramatically. Today, roughly two-thirds of the country’s men are now smokers. Meanwhile, the prevalence of diabetes in the country has jumped nearly 1,000% since the 1980s, leaving one in ten adults affected by the disease. And now, new research published in the journal …
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Nicotine can be absorbed through the skin and that’s just what one high school principal found out the hard way when he confiscated a nicotine vaporizer from a student — that is, if he didn’t know prior to the incident. John Conway, the assistant principal at Jamestown High School in Jamestown, North Dakota, confiscated a …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned with youth exposure to tobacco products and this includes electronic cigarettes and other nicotine vaping devices, which is why the agency has begun to take steps aimed at diminishing youth e-cig use. Notably, the FDA is inclined to encourage smokers to switch to modified risk tobacco …
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A senior at Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania has won second prize in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, netting her $175,000 in winnings for her study on the effects of vaping. The student, 18-year-old Natalia Orlovsky, was quoted by The Inquirer as having said that she was “incredibly surprised” by her second …
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The new VapePod Vaporizer by Kanabo Research, a medical cannabis research and development company based in Tel Aviv, has been approved as a medical device by the Israeli Ministry of Health, making it the first medical cannabis vaporizer to receive medical device approval from a country for use with medical marijuana extracts and formulations. The …
The California Department of Public Health has been testing the air quality inside vape shops across the state and the findings suggest that second-hand vapor is virtually harmless. Dr. Michael Siegel, a public health expert who runs a tobacco news analysis and commentary blog called “The Rest of the Story,” wrote that the results of …
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After FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., shared a message on Twitter reiterating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s stance on combustible tobacco products and initiation of youth to tobacco products, Juul Labs, makers of the Juul brand of vaping products that serve as an alternative to conventional cigarettes, shared a message on the social networking …
In Australia, cigarette use rose recently for the first time in well over a decade, leaving some concerned with the effectiveness of the strategies currently in practice to curb cigarette use in the country. Colin Mendelsohn, a health academic at the University of the New South Wales (UNSW), was quoted by The Australian as having …
New research shows that while most adults recognize that nicotine is what makes tobacco cigarettes addictive and compels smokers to smoke, the majority of people mistakenly believe that nicotine is what causes cancer in cigarette smokers. The research was conducted by Pinney Associates, a company which, by their account, helps pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare clients …
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