E-cigarettes are some young people’s training wheels for smoking. Here’s the evidence
Young people are three times more likely to smoke if they've tried e-cigarettes first.
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Australia’s looming e-cigarette ban robs smokers of a chance to quit
The recent decision to effectively ban e-cigarettes will hurt poor and disadvantaged smokers the most.
Twelve myths about e-cigarettes that failed to impress the TGA
E-cigarettes remain effectively banned in Australia because advocates' evidence has failed to convince the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
How e-cigarettes could ‘health wash’ the tobacco industry
Classing e-cigarettes as quit smoking aids could help rebrand the tobacco industry as a legitimate player in health policy. Here's why we should be concerned.
Smoking harms not just your physical health, but your mental health too
The effects of long-term tobacco smoking on our mental faculties such as memory and concentration are only now becoming known.
Why requiring low-nicotine cigarettes is still ill-advised
Requiring low-nicotine cigarettes sounds good, but it's not the answer. Policy makers instead should speed up the support of safer, satisfying forms of nicotine and tobacco.
Big Tobacco sees its future in cigarettes, not vaping
In 2012, in the early days of the rise of e-cigarettes, Kingsley Wheaton, Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at British American Tobacco, said “Our core business is, and will remain in, tobacco…
Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia: 40 international and Australian experts
Experts are petitioning the TGA to remove nicotine from the Poisons Standard so e-cigarettes can legally be used to quit smoking.
Electronic cigarettes could have a huge effect on public health
New evidence gets to the heart of their cardio-vascular impact.
Is nicotine really as safe as e-cigarette supporters make out?
A core platform of the massive promotion of e-cigarettes has been the argument that because these products involve no combustion but only vapourisation, they must be substantially less dangerous than smoked…
Australia’s prohibition of e-cigarettes is out of step with the evidence
A new report has found electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are much safer than smoking and has encouraged their widespread use among smokers.
We’re unsure if e-cigarettes are harmful, but it still makes sense to restrict them
Scotland has just joined the growing list of countries getting tough on the vapes. Here's why the libertarians should pipe down.
How a softly-softly approach could make Big Tobacco turn over a new leaf
Vaping has given governments a huge opportunity to cajole cigarette companies towards better public health.
Could FDA e-cigarette regulations help more people quit smoking?
Federal officials could give the FDA authority to develop e-cigarette regulations. But developing regulations that maximize their benefits and minimize their risks is harder than it looks.
How shaky are the twin pillars of the case for e-cigarettes?
The central arguments made for the importance of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are that they are an exceptionally good way to quit smoking and that they represent trivial risk to health compared…
Why e-cigarettes could be holding back your plans to quit smoking
Doctors can now prescribe e-cigarettes as a quitting tool but the benefits of vaping may have been overstated.
Spotless leopards? Decoding hype on e-cigarettes
This is the full text of a paper I presented to the Oceania Tobacco Control Conference, Perth on October 21, 2015. E-cigarettes are the latest innovation in nicotine delivery products to fly the harm-reduction…
‘You’ll see vapers everywhere in Europe’. Well, … no
Every traveller forms impressions about patterns of frequently or seldom seen cultural differences when visiting other countries. You see far fewer women than men on the streets of more conservative Islamic…
Vaping as a ‘gateway’ to smoking is still more hype than hazard
Looking for a gateway effect between e-cigarettes and smoking is understandable. But is it the best question to ask about e-cigarette use?
E-cigarettes may help smokers cut back but that doesn’t mean they’re not toxic
The regulation of e-cigarettes has been controversial across the world. As the South African government decides on its approach, there are pros and cons to weigh up.
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