The UK government is publishing a review today that could lead to the smoking age being raised
Originally we understood this was to involve an increase in the age limit to 21. Information released today shows a more radical approach - increasing the age limit by one year, ever year, as has already been done in New Zealand.
Previous reports suggested.....
Updated: September 2022
In Australia in recent months, there has been a surge in calls to regulate vape devices.
There’s just one problem.
In Australia, vape devices are currently banned. And when something is banned, you can’t regulate it.
A lesson from history
Presumably regulators thought that when they banned vaping, the many people who relied on vape products would just stop using them......
The Scottish government has launched a new consultation on vaping. If the suggestions are put in place, they could hamper the ability of vaping to denormalise smoking.
While well-meaning, the consultation is based on a number of incorrect premises, threatens to penalise law-abiding businesses and fails to tackle the crux of the problem.
In this post I’ll cover some of the.....
In the tobacco control world, it's hard to find a more controversial figure than Derek Yach.
After starting his career fighting both South African tobacco companies over smoking and a white apartheid government for the health of black South Africans, Derek Yach went on to become one of the main architects of the WHO tobacco treaty. He later received flack.....
Our 10th annual vape predictions post brings together expert views from across the world to help us get a glimpse into what 2022 holds for us.
We aim for a global perspective, and this year you’ll find predictions for many parts of the world, from Africa to South America and from the UK to the US.
This is always a long.....
Dr Marewa Glover, Director of Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking, shares her predictions for vaping in 2022. Also see our full 2022 vape predictions round up.
Vaping displaces cigarette smoking. That’s not a prediction, it’s a fact. New Zealand’s 2020/21 government health survey provides more weight to the evidence that vaping can increase quit rates, reduce smoking.....
Professor Gerry Stimson of Knowledge-Action-Change shares his thoughts for the future of vaping. Also see our full 2022 Vape Predictions Roundup.
The end of combustion is in sight for tobacco, just as it is for fossil fuels. Many groups are trying to stop tobacco harm reduction (THR), but THR will be driven forward by the dynamic of new nicotine technologies,.....
Jim McDonald from Vaping 360 shares his thoughts on what’s going to happen to vaping in 2022 in the USA. For our full expert round-up, see Vaping Predictions 2022.
It’s nearly impossible to overstate the magnitude of the current threats to vaping in the United States. It’s almost as though all the strategies and goals of the tobacco control opposition.....
For the past 9 years we have run a predictions post, with experts from different fields and different regions sharing their perspective on the future of vaping. This year's, which will be published next week, is better than ever, with some truly superb write-ups and analysis from our predictors.
It’s a big article, though, and not everyone will have time.....
In this post you'll find quick summaries of the E-Cig Summit, day 2. Also see E-Cig Summit Part 1.
Contents
THR and Public Health PolicyNicotine policy in England: Recent developments and future plans to make smoking obsoleteMedicinal licensing for e-cigs: Why England is the frontrunner not an outlierThe 2021 review of NICE’s tobacco guidelinesCombustible tobacco age of sales: An opportunity? The.....
Vaping received a huge boost of confidence after the UK Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) approved e-cigarettes for sale via prescription.
In the UK, one of the most pro-vaping countries in the world, smoking rates have plummeted since the introduction of e-cigarettes. Youth smoking is at a record low, and there is clear evidence that almost all vapers are.....
I remember my local pub a decade ago.
Just outside, the smokers would gather, sipping their beer and blowing streams of smoke into the air by the road. Even when I vaped, I would join them, as quite often that was where the most interesting conversations were.
How different it is now.
One by one, the smokers took their last puff and.....
In the USA, states have enjoyed decades of revenue from the sale of tobacco cigarettes.
The money was supposed to repair some of the damage smoking has done. In reality, it has been largely frittered away.
The source of the revenue is the Tobacco Master Settlement. While aimed at punishing tobacco companies, the settlement actually ended up helping them.
But with cigarette.....
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has released a major report calling for the UK government to promote electronic cigarettes via a mass media campaign.
This would form part of a campaign that returned funding for anti-smoking campaigns to at least 2008 levels.
The suggestion is just one of a number of recommendations the RCP has made to encourage the use.....
Opposition to vaping is driven by a complex web of factors. These include money, anti-nicotine morality and a justified distrust of anything related to tobacco companies.
To get further into the web, it’s important to understand the precautionary principle.
What is the precautionary principle?
The precautionary principle applies across different fields of science.
It informs policy when:
a decision must be madeharm could be.....