Discontinuation of Varenicline may boost e-cigarettes use as alternative nicotine replacement therapy
High levels of cancerogenic nitrosamines have been recently found in the smoking cessation medicine Varenicline (Champix). As a precautionary measure,...
Atakan Befrits/ Willingness to accept misinformation is based on perception: e-cigarettes comparison is anchored in the wrong end
Sweden is usually referred to as the best example in Europe of a country that combined wide bans of places...
Israel set a new tax on ecigs/Polosa:”it means ignoring years of international scientific studies”
Israeli finance minister Avigdor Lieberman has recently announced what looks like so far the biggest tax-hike for vaping products internationally....
CoEHAR/O’Leary: “There is a desperate need of living systematic reviews to improve the level of research internationally”
“The results of LSR are of particular interest for lawmakers, clinicians, as well as the public seeking reliable information on...
Online the sCOPe Livestream to counteract COP9
While kick-off today the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...
COP9/Riccardo Polosa: “I’m deeply concerned by WHO’s lack of interest in global developments towards safer nicotine products.”
In the lead-up to the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...
Regulatory Agency recommends e-cigarette as prescriptions for NHS in England
A groundbreaking decision by the regulatory agency update the guidance on electronic cigarettes and accept the devices as an effective...
International experts urge WHO to change its approach to Tobacco Harm Reduction
In an open letter sent to the delegates of the FCTC ((WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control), one hundred specialists...
Vaping and misinformation: inadequate journalism must be addressed
A recent article published in a media outlet in Australia demonstrates -once again- how wrong information on vaping spread unjustified...
GTNF2021/Polosa:”The book of addictions must be rewritten”
The 2021 edition of GTNF has come to an end. As every year, the topics discussed covered a wide variety...
