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Three tobacco-flavored cartridges and a vaping device have been approved by the FDA for sale in the US. It comes after a decadelong debate over e-cigarettes.
Most e-liquids we studied contained chemicals known to cause respiratory issues and lung damage when inhaled.
From October 1, Australians will only be able to buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine if they have a prescription from a doctor. But there’s another evidence-based way to help more smokers quit.
Last year when the government tried to ban the import of import of e-cigarettes without a prescription, it cut corners. This time, the Office of Best Practice Regulation helped get the decision right.
E-cigarettes are an effective way to help people quit smoking.
Vaping is changing how smoking is depicted on our television and cinema screens. Where once cigarettes were portrayed as glamorous, vaping is linked with stress and struggle.
Despite being widely viewed as a safer alternative to tobacco, e-cigarettes aren’t harmless, especially to adolescents. But social media is rife with glossy content that makes vaping look fun and cool.
Young vapers do not know that their habit may also endanger bystanders, as the vapers may also expose them to e-cigaratte emission.
Product placement in music videos totals $15 million to $20 million a year and is rising. E-cigarette makers are discovering it’s a great way to lure young adults into vaping.
Yet regulators remain torn.
Vaping increases the number of receptors that allow coronavirus to invade your cells and compromises your immune system.
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From 2021, it will be harder to import e-cigarettes. That protects young people, in particular, who are increasingly being lured into nicotine and tobacco addiction.
From 2021, Australians will no longer be able to buy nicotine-containing e-fluids, without both a prescription and someone licensed to import it for them, raising fears many will go back to smoking.
Our oral microbiome is the second most diverse and equally important microbiota in the body.
An addiction psychiatrist explains why smoking raises the risks from COVID-19 and how to quit.
Even as evidence of its adverse effects emerges, vaping is growing more popular among young people.
In terms of health harms, the risks of ‘heat not burn’ products are likely to sit somewhere between e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes.
A prominent paper on vaping and heart disease has been retracted.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Research in Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor and Director of Evidence-Based Healthcare DPhil Programme, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Coral Gartner is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
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Senior Adviser, The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor and Dean, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Director of Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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University Research Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow, The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of East Anglia
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Professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology, and environmental sciences and engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
