Foundation For a Smoke Free World breaks with Phillip Morris
The Foundation for a smoke free world has undergone a change of management and is cancelling all its previous contracts with the tobacco industry.
News and debate on nicotine, e-cigs and snus
Young people after flavour ban: "I'd rather buy cigarettes"
Since 1 January, shops in the Netherlands have been prohibited from selling e-cigarettes that do not taste of tobacco and smoke essence. Young people are getting vapes on Snapchat or buying cigarettes instead. "If only it can...
Norway bans flavours in e-cigarettes - but nicotine pouches survive
Norway prohibits all flavourings in vejp products. The exception is so-called 'tobacco flavours'. The ban applies regardless of whether the e-liquid contains nicotine or not. "It's absolutely absurd." says activist Frank Tinmansvik.
The infected debate on nicotine use - how does it affect you?
The health risks of smokeless nicotine products are significantly lower than those of smoking and cigarettes. But that doesn't matter. It is not a genuine concern about the risk of harm that lies behind bans or...
E-cigs and pouches take centre stage as cigarette sales decline
Fewer Swedes are buying cigarettes. But the more nicotine pouches and vejps. CAN states this in your latest report on nicotine sales in Sweden. "Cigarettes will disappear. Politicians and authorities can now either...
Activists mobilise for WHO tobacco meeting in Panama
"The WHO focuses more on e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches than on discouraging cigarette use. They don't care about protecting the alternatives that can improve smokers' health," said Lindsay Stroud, Tax Payers...
"I will never smoke again" - Stories from Sweden
How do Swedes stay smoke-free? That's the question Vejpkollen asks in a series of reports on nicotine use in Sweden - a country that is becoming smoke-free.
Inveterate smokers prefer e-cigs to snus and medicines
Among Norwegians who still smoke, e-cigarettes probably have the greatest potential to reduce smoking. Traditional nicotine medicines, on the other hand, are not very popular. This is according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Amanda, 25 - "I got rid of the really dangerous thing, smoking"
Story: She is 25 years old and has been using nicotine since her early teens. Amanda Seguel started as a smoker, but soon switched to vejping and nicotine pouches. "Right now I don't actually use...
New research examined injury risks with heat-not-burn products
Smokers can expect to reduce the risks associated with their nicotine use by switching from cigarettes to heated tobacco, known as heat-not-burn. In an independent Chinese study with 224 participants, researchers were able to measure...
France: Close to banning single-use e-cigarettes
The French Parliament wants to ban disposable vejps. This follows a majority vote in favour of an opposition proposal, which is also supported by the government. Critics warn that a ban...
Research: Dull packaging does not attract young and old to vejpa
Standardised packaging, without dramatic expressions and bright colours, attracts fewer children and minors to buy vejp products. At the same time, it also reduces the interest of adults to try e-cigs. This is according to a new British...
