The nicotine in e-liquids for e-cigarettes has encouraged many smokers to take up vaping, but still causes concern as reflected in numerous regulations and policies. Studied for decades, this alkaloid continues to drive political and scientific debate.
Tag: Nicotine
Forty experts rally the cause of Ecigs in Australia
Nicotine is considered a dangerous poison in the national law and deregulating its sale remains a challenge for many smokers who do not currently have legal...
WHO repeats tired arguments as pro-vape campaigns gather strength
Activists worried as WHO gear up for new attacks on vaping
The World Health Organisation’s next tobacco control conference, FCTC COP 7, takes place in...
Smoking cessation: Clinician providers not always negative towards Ecigs
Consumer health experience with emerging alternative tobacco products revealed patient's concerns about safety and harms. Patients were calling the centre, seeking responses about specific...
Scotland: First study to be carried out about vaping during pregnancy
The UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, which is a network of 13 universities, will be recruiting several hundred women for this study...
Misleading news about vaping based on reheated discoveries
A comparative study of vapers ans smokers was carried out by a Greek team of researchers and addresses the issues of aortic stiffness and...
FDA worries about vaping trends in youth, but the latter are...
Earlier this year, a study conducted by Fiona Measham, Professor of Criminology at the School of Applied Social Sciences of Durham University addressed behavioural...
First generation Ecigs do help patients curb craving for cigarettes
A research team from the University of Minnesota and the Medical University of South Carolina leaded by Dr Ellen Meier addressed the issue of behavioral/sensorimotor...
Smoking is Such Fun! But who is the victim here?
Today, on Facebook, someone added a video to my timeline. It was a gentleman reciting a ‘poem’ on smoking and smokers. The ‘poem’ went...
