News-n-Views 18th/24th October

We gather weekly the most important Vaping news.

INTERNATIONAL REGULATION

HONG KONG BANS SALE OF E-CIGARETTES AND OTHER HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS BUT PERSONAL USE STILL ALLOWED

Lawmakers pass bill banning import, sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products

‘SMOKING KILLS’ COULD BE PRINTED ON EVERY CIGARETTE UNDER NEW UK PROPOSALS

MPs propose raft of tough new measures aimed at getting more people to stop smoking

OPINIONS

SURVEY FINDS STUDENTS ARE USING VAPING AS QUIT SMOKING AID, RECOMMENDS BAN

A small-scale focus group study by Dhaka Ahsania Mission found that many of the participants took up vaping to help them quit cigarette smoking.

NICOTINE REGULATION IN EUROPE:’IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE GOING BACKWARDS’

Despite ample evidence that snus and new nicotine products can save lives by helping people quit smoking, harm reduction advocates and industry experts fear that European policymakers are less informed about nicotine regulation today than they were a decade ago.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

COMBINATION NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY, VARENICLINE SHOWS BENEFIT FOR SMOKING CESSATION

Using a combination of nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline may be more effective as first-line therapy for smoking cessation than varenicline alone, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

STORY OF THE WEEK

EXPERTS CHALLENGE WHO STANCE ON SAFER NICOTINE

The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR), a Knowledge·Action·Change (KAC) project, launches a new series of briefing papers ahead of the publication of its latest report, Fighting The Last War: The WHO and International Tobacco Control on 27 October.