New Zealand’s tobacco policy has generally disregarded the needs of smokers. On the upside, there’s been a substantial reduction of smoking uptake in youngsters. On the downside, the present path is not as efficient in helping people to quit as...
A new study has found billions of dollars will be saved if e-cigarettes remain freely available. The University of Otago study shows liberalising the rules around vaping products has led to a gain of 236,000 life years for the general...
Policy in front of Hamilton City Council at Thursday's meeting would have made public spaces in the CBD, including Garden Place, Civic Square and Victoria on the River, smoke and vape free. But an amendment, put forward by Cr Mark...
All we have today in terms of Vaping can be traced back to one single visionary, Hon Lik a Chinese pharmacist and tinkerer. Hon was spurred on not only by his steady decline in health, but the fact he had...
His initiative has won praise for shining a spotlight on a national problem. But it has also been criticized by some anti-tobacco activists as being too weak and by e-cigarette supporters as being too aggressive. Some libertarians and conservatives recently...
Vaping could soon be banned in Wellington's smokefree areas. The Wellington City Council is proposing to extend its smoking ban to include vaping, the Grey St pedestrian area and beaches – though the latter would only be during daylight savings. But...
Early in the study, both groups used their treatments nearly every day. Over time, though, a strong difference emerged. Some 40 per cent of smokers in the e-cigarette group were still vaping at one year while only 4 per cent...
“…we in the UK will be able to show the world that, far from being on the wrong side of history, we got it undeniably right back in 2014”. - Louise Ross: Ex Manager for Leicester’s Stop Smoking Service, Vape...
E-cigarettes have helped thousands of people in the UK successfully quit smoking. Yet 44% smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as smoking or don’t know that vaping poses much lower risks to health Dr Lion Shahab, leading smoking academic...
