A great article appeared on the Nature.com Journal website titled “Nicotine e-cigarettes as a tool for smoking cessation.” The authors are listed as Kenneth E. Warner, Neal L. Benowitz, Ann McNeill and Nancy A. Rigotti. They are all respected researchers in Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR). Article ContentThe article begins with...
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Think Tank Demos Sets Out New Vision for Vaping
Think tank Demos has set out a new vision for the ecig government policy in the United Kingdom, throwing its weight behind tobacco harm reduction and electronic cigarettes. The centre ground body is classed as “transparent” by the analysis website ‘Who Funds You?’, which gave Demos an A grade in...
Study Looks Into The Effect of Conflicting Health Guidance on Vape Perceptions
A registered online study aimed to determine how the conflicting information about vaping presented in the media, online and from public health bodies, affects tobacco users. Titled, “The effect of conflicting public health guidance on smokers’ and vapers’ e-cigarette harm perceptions,” the study “randomised 334 daily smokers who do not...
Philadelphia Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets Groups Who Smoke Most
The Philadelphia Health Department has launched a new campaign that is designed to help the groups in the city who smoke the most in their smoking cessation journey. Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole said that smoking cessation has been overlooked as other heath emergencies have taken precedence. “Smoking contributes to the deaths...
Vape Myths Addressed by Experts
Three leading UK tobacco harm reduction experts have spoken out about common vape-related myths and set out the truth regarding electronic cigarettes in the latest Nursing Times. John Waldron, a policy manager at Action on Smoking and Health, Dr Debbie Robson, a senior lecturer in tobacco harm reduction at the...