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Expanding the Drug War To Include Tobacco Would Be a Big Mistake
The judicially approved Brookline ban reflects a broader trend among progressives who should know better.
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Could messages from social media influencers stop young people vaping? A look at the government’s new campaign
Times have changed. While in decades past we watched anti-smoking campaigns on TV, we now need anti-vaping messages on TikTok.
Science & Policy
When Doctors Are the Source of Public Health Misinformation
Medical professionals are often unaware of the relevant research on the relative risks of tobacco products, and that can matter for public health.
Market & Brands
DICODES goes small
DICODES goes small Mit der SBS 18350 QI und der Dani Micro 18500 hat dicodes sein Angebot an innovativen Akkuträgern für E-Zigarettenverdampfer nach unten hin abgerundet. Vom 18350er bis zum 21700er Akku ist jetzt im Hause dicodes für jede Art zu Dampfen etwas dabei, zumal es ...
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Digital payments to health workers boost retention, motivation, and impact
An immunization worker gets set up to receive her wages on her mobile wallet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: WHOCampaigns in Africa to stop polio and other diseases have a more stable, better-motivated workforce thanks to WHO’s collaboration with countries and...
Regulation & Policy
It's Not a Cigarette. It's Not a Vape. And It's Big in Japan.
Heated tobacco products are coming to America, at long last. How will they change the landscape for smokers and prohibitionists?
Regulation & Policy
Taxes on e-cigarettes: South Africa must strike a balance between economic arguments and health concerns
Risk-based taxes set tax rates based on the risk to health of tobacco and nicotine by relying on scientific evidence.
Regulation & Policy
En Banc Fifth Circuit Rejects FDA's Vaping Regulation "Surprise Switcheroo"
Another significant court loss for the Food & Drug Administration's arbitrary approach to regulating vaping products.
Regulation & Policy
From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here’s what’s changing
Vapes will be harder to access from today, but the restrictions are staged, with some due to roll out later in the year. Here’s what’s changing.
Retail & Distribution
California banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022 − but a study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids
The study suggests that online sales to kids went unchanged in the months after the law went into effect.
Market & Brands
France signs agreements to support WHO's work
©WHO/Chris B.Geneva – His Excellency Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, today signed several funding agreements totaling € 25.5 million to support critical health priori...
Regulation & Policy
Repeal Day Lessons for Tobacco Prohibitionists
Today’s nicotine prohibitionists may do well to take a few moments to contemplate their anti-alcohol predecessors.
Regulation & Policy
Canada and WHO pursue closer engagement on gender, equity, universal health coverage and more
In a full day of meetings on 20 November, WHO leaders and a Canadian government delegation reflected on their decades-long cooperation and sought to sharpen their strategic engagement on shared global health priorities, notably, health-systems strengthening, universal health c...
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Germany reaffirms its commitment to WHO and key health priorities
Mr Ingo Behnel, Ambassador Dr Katharina Stasch, Dr Gesa Miehe-Nordmeyer and Dr Catharina Boehme. ©WHO/Lindsay MackenzieIn a meeting on 3 November, Germany reaffirmed its support for WHO as the Organization takes on wide-ranging global health challenges and advocated prompt act...
Regulation & Policy
Remember the Teen Vaping 'Epidemic'?
Policies inspired by that exaggerated threat continue to undermine the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.