Republished from Clivebates.com with the consent of the author WHO goes through great contortions to avoid truthfully saying less dangerous. The most important feature of this section is that WHO...
Republished from Clivebates.com with the consent of the author Nicotine e-cigarettes did not cause the lung injuries described in this section. This entire section is completely misleading and has no place...
Republished from Clivebates.com with the consent of the author The World Health Organisation continues to present misleading information about e-cigarettes that spreads doubt and confusion among the public, media and...
In a press conference the association leaders said that the ban on vaping products will work against the Prime Minister’s vision of creating a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040. The organization...
In 1976, Professor Michael Russell, a pioneer in the study of tobacco dependence, famously said, “People smoke for nicotine but die from the tar.” It’s the thousands of chemicals contained...
London, UK: A new report published by the Consumer Choice Center highlights how calls for heavy handed chemical policy could exacerbate the state of the UK’s semiconductor production. Maria Chaplia, Research Manager at...
Big Industry players are acknowledging that vaping is not risk-free, but there is growing scientific evidence that it is certainly less harmful than smoking cigarettes. Risk-proportionate regulations and taxation for...
Speakers in a discussion have urged policymakers to incorporate Tobacco harm reduction strategy in their tobacco control plans and establish safer alternatives such as vaping products as smoking cessation medium...
They call for sensible regulations for vaping products to achieve government’s health agenda and revenue ambitions Speakers at an event urged policymakers to incorporate Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) strategy in...
《菸害防制法》修法一直受大眾的矚目。目前台灣有近三百多萬吸菸者，但非吸菸者卻有近二千萬。對於非吸菸者而言，縱然他們可能真心希望台灣是民主和開放社會的範例；假如決議就只有簡單的少數服從多數，吸菸者幾乎可以說是沒有勝算，結果不是真正的民主，而是多數人暴政。 民主是和衷共濟，透過協商找出最接近兩全其美的方案。本次修法，屢受關注及討論原因之一，是衛生福利部提出的版本中，包括全面禁止電子煙在內之各式類菸品。 「為甚麼不乾脆戒菸？」對那些非吸菸者，可能會覺得戒菸事在人為，只要有決心的話，誰都可以立地成佛。然而事實證明，過去幾年容許吸菸者有替代品可供選擇的國家，吸菸率的降幅尤其明顯。以英國為例，自從 2013 年英國公共衛生署積極建議吸菸者改用電子煙，英國整體吸菸率下降了 25%。相比之下，世界上電子煙法規最嚴格的澳大利亞，同期的吸菸率僅下降了 8%。 Read the full article here
... The packaging of a number of popular food items has attracted the attention of Consumer Reports, given the presence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), because of which fast-food giant McDonald’s is...
