Tag: smoking rates
More Data Indicating That E-Cigs Have Slashed US Smoking Rates
Gallup, an American research-based global performance-management consulting company, known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide, announced that US smoking rates have hit a...
Iceland: Decrease in Smoking Linked to Vaping
According to figures published in the Directorate of Health’s newsletter, in 2017, only 9% of Icelanders reported smoking on a daily basis, a drop...
Do Increased Cigarette Prices Encourage Smokers to Quit?
Study author Prof Prabhat Jha, from the University of Toronto and St Michael's Hospital, says that increased cigarette prices would not only save millions...
Latest research suggests that tobacco laws may also discourage vaping
Researchers from New York University found that states with higher cigarette taxes and anti-tobacco regulations, had fewer vapers. Therefore, claim the researchers, along with...
The Risk Perception of Smoking in the US Has Been Declining
To the shock of many, a study by Duke University School of Medicine, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, indicated that between 2006 and...
Minnesota laments about e-cigs’ rise in popularity, despite leading to all...
Last Thursday, the Minnesota Health Department stated that for first time since 2000, tobacco use is on the rise. Wrong: The only rise recorded...
Good news from England and Italy, but tax threat persists in...
There’s good news on the medical front, too. Italian researchers say their latest research confirms harm reversal in smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes,...
