Queanbeyan students feature in new anti-smoking ad to combat rise of vaping Queanbeyan High School students will feature in a new anti-smoking campaign targeting indigenous youth. The Canberra Times · Aug 26, 2022
New Survey Data Cast Further Doubt on the FDA's Opposition to Flavored E-Cigarettes The "epidemic" of adolescent vaping seems to be fading fast, and vaping is replacing smoking among adults, a harm-reducing trend that regulators seem determined to discourage. Reason · Aug 25, 2022
Vaping Companies Are Thumbing Their Noses At FDA Rules And Getting Away With It The Food and Drug Administration is determined to crack down on businesses that sell vaping products without its approval since e-cigarettes and e-liquids that contain nicotine have been considered a prescription-only medicine since 2021, reported STAT. Benzinga · Aug 25, 2022
Leading vaping retailer opens new store for Lanarkshire customers VPZ's Baillieston shop creates new job opportunities in the area and improves local access to stop smoking advice. Daily Record · Aug 24, 2022
Eleventh Circuit Finds FDA Treatment of Vaping Product Marketing Applications to be Arbitrary & Capricious The likelihood that the Supreme Court considers the FDA's treatment of vaping products is increasing. Reason · Aug 24, 2022
A Cop Rear-Ended a Car, Sending a Toddler to the Hospital. The Car's Driver Was Breathalyzed. The Cop Wasn't. Plus: Twitter whistleblower reports, court says FDA must reconsider vaping products, and more... Reason · Aug 24, 2022
Study: Marijuana, hallucinogen use at all-time high among young adults Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs, according to the Monitoring the Future panel study. Tribune News Service · Aug 23, 2022
Marijuana And Hallucinogen Use Among Young Adults Reached All-Time High In 2021, Alcohol The Most Used Substance Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and 10 years ago, reaching historic highs in this age group since 1988, according to the study Monitoring the Future (MTF), an annual drug use s Benzinga · Aug 22, 2022
Edinburgh vape store to open 10 more this year New sites in England and Scotland and will increase the footprint to more than 160 Insider UK · Aug 22, 2022
Vaping retailer VPZ eyes 10 openings in expansion plan It comes as the business called for the UK Government to introduce tighter controls and licensing for selling vaping products. The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022
What is behind Gen Z’s Elf Bar obsession? Despite e-cigarettes being deeply uncool just a few years ago, young people are flocking to the brightly coloured disposable vapes known as Elf Bars. Ellie Muir got lost in a puff of flavoured smoke to investigate how we got here The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022
Call to offer vape kits to smokers as trial helped more than 40% quit The North East has the highest smoking rate in England, but offering smokers e-cigarettes could help them kick their habit Chronicle Live · Aug 19, 2022
Education Department shuts down parents' claims kids are vaping in class, on school bus The Education Department finds no evidence to back claims from parents in regional WA who say children are vaping in class and on the school bus. ABC News · Aug 17, 2022
Wellness vapes: what you need to know about vaping vitamins and other supplements So-called wellness vapes are growing in popularity. Unlike regular vapes (e-cigarettes) that contain nicotine, these products contain vitamins, hormones or essential oils. But they have caught the attention of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of the unproven health claims made by many of the companies that sell… The Conversation · Aug 16, 2022
Benzinga · Aug 8, 2022 Is Tobacco Vaping Associated With Cannabis Use In Youth? Here's What A New Study Found A study found that adolescents who use e-cigarettes are over three times more likely to use cannabis than those who don’t. "E-cigarette use among cannabis-naive adolescents was associated with an increased likelihood of both self-reported past 12-month and past 30-day cannabis use 1 year later," stated the study.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022 ‘When I see kids vaping, I warn them: that’s what killed my daughter’ The mother of a teenager who died after her lungs collapsed believes e-cigarettes were the cause and is calling for tougher legislation
Reason · Aug 5, 2022 Brickbat: Doesn't Anybody Knock? Officials with the Catoosa County, Georgia, school system say they have installed some new technology that will keep students safer when the school year starts. It's a special detector called HALO that is going to be placed in restrooms and locker rooms. The technology can detect vaping fumes. A principal…
The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2022 Tobacco giant’s cash for vapes scheme paused after backlash from Australian health experts Proposed program that would see Philip Morris pay pharmacists $275 when they order VEEV vapes labelled ‘nothing short of appalling’
Dublin Live · Aug 2, 2022 Dublin professor concerned for young people as vaping promoted on TikTok The professor believes that it’s becoming a child protection issue
ABC News · Jul 31, 2022 WA researchers look at how state laws can be used to stop influencers promoting vaping on social media West Australian researchers hope laws can be put in place to "shield" teenagers from social media influencers who promote vaping on their platforms, amid growing fears about young people using e-cigarettes.
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022 Altria's $13B Juul investment has lost 95% of its value Altria reports its nearly $13 billion investment in troubled vaping company Juul is worth 95% less than it originally paid
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 27, 2022 New Idea To Stop Kids From Vaping Just Dropped: Sending *Checks Notes* Army Veterans To Schools The sunny state of Queensland seems to be embroiled in a never-ending war against vapers. Specifically, vapers who duck out of their Modern History class to slurp a grape-flavoured Gunnpod in the dunny. Schools across the state have already installed “silent vape dectors” in bathrooms to stop kids from vaping…
Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2022 Vaping helps British American Tobacco reach over 20 million cigarette-free customers Revenues from vaping rise nearly 50% to £590 million within overall first-half sales of almost £13 billion
The New Daily · Jul 26, 2022 Federal health department sues online vape shop amid wider crackdown The Department of Health has dragged an online vape shop to the federal court, alleging the company broke drug laws by selling nicotine products.
Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022 New Zealand rugby league international sacked by club after vaping in toilet at half-time Rugby league star Kevin Proctor was caught vaping in a changing room cubicle at half-time during Gold Coast Titans’ clash with Canterbury Bulldogs, and has since been sacked