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
UK: Detailed TPD implementation plan
The UK's implementation plan has been released today and is also available in pdf version. A few extracts related to e-cigarettes are available below....
Australia: Voke Inhaler, poison or drug?
Nicovations Australia, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, filed a registration request (application) for their nicotine inhaler, Voke, to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration...
New Zealand: Scientists put forward ecigs as a harm reduction perspective
For smokers, cigarette smoke is far from being comparable with other forms of nicotine delivery, including patches, lozenges, gums and other nasal or mouth...
France: The Ecig officially recognized in tobacco harm reduction
"A non-negligible proportion of e-cigarette users significantly reduced the harmful effects of tobacco combustion"
About thirty experts were invited at the French Ministry of Health's building...
E-vapor, less harmful than tobacco smoke but still not innocuous, why?
Shen and co-authors demonstrated that significant differences in cellular response exist between e-vapor and tobacco smoke exposed cells. They further demonstrated that e-vapor has clear...
Ecigs and the “collateral benefits” on the respiratory function
A few weeks ago, the pulmonologist Riccardo Polosa and his co-authors from the University of Catania, Italy, confirmed preliminary findings of health benefits by switching to electronic cigarettes...
France: A benefit-risk approach for ecigs in smoking cessation
France, a bad pupil in terms of smoking prevalence
According to the author, the decrease of smoking prevalence that has been characterized in countries like the UK, the USA,...
UK: Towards a progressive implementation of the TPD
In the UK , the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has been responsible for overseeing vaping products. On the very official website gov.uk,...
