A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, reported that pregnant women in South-East Asia are more likely to use smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco, than their than non-pregnant counterparts. The UK’s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said that pregnant women who are unable to quit smoking should...
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A webinar organised by Bangladesh-based organisation ‘Voices of Vapers’ discusses the evidence on the efficacy of tobacco harm reduction products like e-cigarettes. The case studies clearly indicate that vapes are at least “95 percent safer” than combustible tobacco products, and “twice as effective as traditional nicotine replacement therapies.” The speakers...
A new measure has banned the import, sales and manufacture of e-cigs, heated tobacco products and herbal cigarettes, with offenders subject to a maximum fine of HK$50,000. In August 2021, Hong Kong’s Council on Smoking and Health said that government statistics had shown that local teenagers use the products more often than...
Youth vaping is continuing at epidemic levels– more than 2 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2021 – and some start very young. According to the latest data the 2021 Monitoring the Future Survey, 7.6% of 8th graders were current e-cigarette users, meaning they had vaped in the last 30 days. Those numbers increase to 13.1% of 10th graders and almost one in five-- 19.6% -- of 12th graders. Middle schools have an important role to play in reaching students before they get to high school with the facts they need to make informed choices. Vaping: Know the truth, a free national youth vaping prevention curriculum developed as part of Truth Initiative’s proven-effective and nationally recognized truth®campaign, gives young people the facts about e-cigarette use and provides resources to quit with This is Quitting, a first-of-its-kind text message program that is already helping more than 430,000 young people. Vaping: Know the truth, which Truth Initiative and Kaiser Permanente launched in collaboration with the American Heart Association, is available to schools and the public at large at no cost through the leading social impact education innovator, EVERFI. The curriculum, which offers a modern approach to guide teachers and educate America’s youth about the dangers associated with e-cigarette use, is meeting an urgent need. Here’s why. Youth need the facts about vapingMany young people are unaware of the risks of e-cigarette use, including that it can worsen symptoms of anxiety and depression. In fact, according to a 2021 Truth Initiative survey, a large majority of young people who have used e-cigarettes started vaping...
