Although the number of people who believe in tobacco harm reduction keeps growing, at over 1.1 billion smokers worldwide and more than 8 million smoke-related deaths each year, the smoking epidemic is still a long way from being on the right track. Given the world’s grim smoking status, the third edition...
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London Fire Brigade Back Vaping!
It has been shared on Twitter that the London Fire Brigade back vaping! Basically the LFB (London Fire Brigade) have a fact sheet giving advice for those who are caring for vulnerable people who smoke. You can read the factsheet here – Caring For Smokers. The document starts off by recommending...
US Needs To Correct Vaping Misinformation
A report published on the Addiction Journal website examines misinformation on vaping in the USA. It states that the Surgeon General (SG) of the United States launched an initiative to reduce health misinformation. The SG wrote… “Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health. It can cause confusion, sow...
Hong Kong May Reverse Parts of Its Vape Ban
While a measure banning the import, sale and manufacture of alternative smoking products took effect only last April, Hong Kong’s authorities are now considering reversing parts of it. In 2021 Hong Kong’s Council on Smoking and Health said that local teenagers used vapes more often than adults. To this effect...
8 New Year’s Resolutions All Vapers Should Try to Make
We’re already at the end of 2022, if you can believe it. And, with a new year on the horizon comes an urge to reevaluate our lives and come up with some resolutions to benefit us into 2023. If you’re a vaper, you might not have considered all of the...