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OPINION - Talking Point: Will changing vape packaging reduce addiction?

The proportion of children aged between 11 and 17 who vape increased from 4% in 2020 to 7% last year

Evening Standard

Putting vapes in plain packaging 'reduces their appeal to children'

Researchers said removing bright colours, pictures and fancy lettering made youngsters less likely to be attracted to vaping

Wales Online

Removing colourful packaging ‘reduces appeal of vaping for teenagers’

New study finds standardised vape packaging associated with decrease in interest for children

Evening Standard

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Putting vapes in plain packaging ‘reduces their appeal to children’

Research has shown that the proportion of children vaping is on the rise, with many being influenced by social media sites including TikTok.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh getting pop-up 'wizard mini golf' with secret portals and smoking cauldrons

Ever fancied combining the world of wizardry with mini-golf? Well, now you can as Potion Putt arrives in the capital putting people's magic and wizarding putt-putt skills to the test.

Edinburgh Live

Seven health risks from vaping to watch out for - including popcorn lung disease

The much-touted 'safer' alternative to traditional smoking is said to have its fair share of 'hidden dangers' - including lung disease and a potential increased risk of cancer

Daily Mirror

Childhood respiratory illness linked with higher risk of death in adulthood: Research

The risk of dying from respiratory disease as an adult increases, if you had a lower respiratory tract infection as a child. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Grandad looks '10 years younger' after having 16 teeth pulled out with Turkey implants

Paul Pilkington quit smoking when his wife died and decided to replace his yellow rotting teeth with shiny new ones, and booked a flight to Turkey to have the procedure done

Daily Mirror

Man has new £7,000 Turkey Teeth after years of smoking killed his old ones

Paul says he looks 10 years younger and is no longer afraid to leave the house

Wales Online

Queensland government to launch parliamentary inquiry into vaping, with focus on children and teenagers

Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland's efforts to reduce smoking rates are being undone by a rapid rise in vaping — including in schools.

ABC News

US national booked for smoking in bathroom, misbehaving with passengers on Air India flight

A case has been registered against a US citizen for allegedly smoking in the bathroom and misbehaving with other passengers on Air India London-Mumbai flight, said Mumbai Police on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Queensland to hold inquiry into health risks of e-cigarettes amid concerns some contain toxic chemicals

More knowledge needed about whether vaping is a ‘stepping stone’ to smoking and to raise awareness of harmful effects among youth, premier says

The Guardian - AU

Seth Rogen reveals why he smokes marijuana ‘all day, every single day’

Actor says: ‘Would I just much rather smoke weed all day? Yes’

The Independent UK

Research shows rise in nicotine use during early COVID

Australia's nicotine consumption increased by 30 per cent in the early stages of the pandemic due to high stress and restrictions, researchers suggest.

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The Independent UK

Ministers to set out plans to make England smoke-free by 2030 in ‘coming weeks’

Health minister Neil O’Brien said the Government would soon bring forward its plans for practically eliminating smoking by the end of the decade.

Daily Record

Paisley man hails ‘Quit and Win’ campaign for helping him kick the habit

He has been tobacco free for eight months and decided to stop smoking after losing his wife Mattie to COPD.

The Conversation

NZ's smokefree law will reduce the number of tobacco retailers – here's what people who smoke think of that

New Zealand’s smokefree law, which came into effect in January, introduces several world-first endgame measures, including removing most nicotine from smoked products, disallowing product sales to anyone born on or after January 1 2009, and a major reduction in the number of tobacco retail outlets nationwide (from about 6000 to…

The Independent UK

Cole Sprouse roasted for smoking indoors on Call Her Daddy: ‘He gives me the ick’

‘It’s giving rich white kid pretending to be a tortured artist,’ one person said

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The Conversation

Is lung inflammation worse in e-cigarette users than smokers, as a new study suggests?

A small study that compared the lungs of cigarette smokers with e-cigarette smokers found that e-cigarette smokers had more lung inflammation than those who smoked tobacco. The pilot study, published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, is the first to use PET imaging to compare smokers’ lungs with vapers’ lungs.

Wales Online

Smokers have no idea about one serious condition the habit causes

Fewer than one in five smokers linked smoking with the brain disease in research for No Smoking Day

Daily Record

Poorer households spend almost 30% of their income on tobacco, says charity

Homes in the country’s lowest income group containing two or more people who smoke will spend more than £6,000 on tobacco this year

Daily Mirror

Unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war smoking cigarette shot dead by Russian soldiers

Tymofii Shadura is seen smoking a cigarette in a clearing in a forest and says "slava Ukraini" before he is hit with a barrage of gunfire as the assailants are heard shouting abuse at him

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Investigates Alleged Russian Shooting of Prisoner of War

Kyiv has opened a criminal investigation into what it said was Russia's "brutal and brazen shooting of an unarmed person" depicted in a video spread on social media and prompted a public outcry in Ukraine. The 12-second video, which rapidly amassed shares on Twitter, shows an apparently unarmed man in…

Wales Online

75,000 GP appointments 'could be freed every month by ending smoking'

Cancer Research UK insists the Government should do more to prevent young people start smoking

The Independent UK

75,000 GP appointments could be freed every month by ending smoking – charity

Cancer Research UK has called for action by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

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