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Yorkshire Cancer Research Urges Smokers To Use E-Cigarettes To Quit Smoking

Yorkshire Cancer Research, the largest independent regional cancer charity in England, is urging smokers to give up cigarettes with the help of electronic cigarettes. The charity is also calling on healthcare professionals in the Yorkshire region to support smokers who select vaping as a tool through which to quit smoking. Explaining the logic behind their …

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Recognizes Governments And NGOs For Their Work In Combating Tobacco Use

Bloomberg Philanthropies, the New York City based philanthropic institution founded by Boston born billionaire Michael Bloomberg, has put out a press release recognizing the “outstanding work” governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) have put into the fight against tobacco use. The philanthropy congratulated the winners of its Awards for Global Tobacco Control, which celebrates “the significant …

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Tobacco Sales To Minors Drop In California After State Age Requirement Raised From 18 To 21

New research shows that California’s decision to raise the age requirement for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21 may have already begun to have a positive effect on youth smoking rates as data from the report suggests that the rate of underage tobacco purchases in the state has dropped since the new law went …

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HealthJustice Philippines Board Member Claims Vaping Is Not Safer Than Smoking Cigarettes

Despite a growing body of scientific evidence to the contrary, HealthJustice Philippines, a health group which advocates for higher tobacco product taxes and increased tobacco control, claims vaping is not safer than smoking cigarettes. According to former Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan, now a member of the HealthJustice Philippines board, the notion that vaping is …

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Vaping Stains Teeth, But To A Lesser Extent Than Smoking

Vapor And Smoke Stained Teeth

While prior research has shown that smoking cigarettes will stain your teeth, the findings of new study carried out by the research and development arm of British American Tobacco (BAT) appears to suggest that vaping will stain them too, just not as bad. For smokers worried about staining their teeth, this might just be one …

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American Cancer Society Recommends E-Cigarettes For Smokers

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its position on electronic cigarettes and in the process, exhibited the evolving nature of their evidence based recommendations. In stark contrast with their previously stated position on e-cigarettes, which was in opposition to their use since 2014, the ACS is now recommending that smokers be encouraged to use …

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This Is How Many Premature Tobacco Deaths The FDA Thinks Their Newly Proposed Nicotine Reduction Policy Could Prevent

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new nicotine reduction policy that, by their account, could prevent millions of premature deaths from tobacco over the next 80 years or so. According to the FDA’s projection, if their proposed nicotine reduction policy, which would limit the amount of nicotine contained within cigarettes sold …

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FDA Considers Regulating Nicotine Levels In Cigarettes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at regulating nicotine levels in cigarettes. According to a recently released statement issued by the FDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the advance notice of proposed rulemaking was issued in order to “obtain information …

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