In yet another statement spreading falsehoods about vaping, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, questioned the effectiveness of vaping as a smoking cessation aid, and even claimed vaping acts as a gateway to smoking. Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) Michael Landl, said it is distressing...
According to a survey of real estate agents and brokers sponsored by Pfizer Canada in 2013, 81% of buyers are less likely to buy a house that was smoked in. Tobacco smoke may affect the value of a house by up to 29%. If the average house costs 369000 dollars,...
A group of tobacco researchers has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Surgeon General to correct misinformation about nicotine vaping shared by those public health agencies. The authors laud Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recent COVID-inspired initiative to reduce health misinformation, but remind the SG...
A draft document by the European Commission has indicated that the European Union will be proposing an EU-wide vape tax as part of an amendment on tobacco taxes. A leaked draft of the proposal suggests that the union wants to force Sweden to raise the local snus tax aswell. Until...
Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler, will be proposing further restrictions on vaping products. In Canada and the UK, smoking rates in young adults declined faster after vaping became available. The consultation will be announced at an event at an Parliament House in Canberra being held this week,...
