Stakeholders at a consultation on Monday pledged commitment to tobacco control initiatives by signing a consensual statement. The statement emphasized the need to address newer nicotine products, in addition to traditional tobacco. The signatories vowed to work collaboratively to ensure the successful implementation of these efforts for a healthier society. The pledge was made at the...
The Dutch government on Friday said it would ban the sale of all types of nicotine pouches in the Netherlands, while widening the rules for tobacco to include all other types of tobacco-free nicotine products. The government said the ban would make it easier to uphold the rules regarding nicotine pouches, which are currently only...
The UK government has announced new plans to wean a million smokers off tobacco and onto vaping with its world-first "swap to stop" initiative. Smokers in England will be able to access vaping starter kits in a bid to help one in five current smokers quit the habit. As part of the plans, which were announced...
The 2023 state legislative year is underway and there are several state legislatures that have bills to raise cigarette, tobacco and vape taxes and ban flavored tobacco products. During this legislative cycle many states have introduced bills to increase cigarette/OTP and vapor taxes. So far, a total of 23 states have introduced legislation in 2023. These states include Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii,...
Sellers of e-cigarettes and similar products will be fined around €430 for selling to minors, according to a recent amendment to the Law on Consumer Protection. In Serbia, minors can purchase e-cigarettes and other products such as vapes in local markets, kiosks, and even in coffee shops, though sellers will now be fined for selling...
The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) has called for the government to look into measures to limit harm and exposure of youth to nicotine after the Health Ministry exempted nicotine liquids and gels from the Poisons Act 1952, reports The Star. “We are deeply aggrieved by the decision of the Health Ministry and the government...
Tobacco companies in Indonesia, India and Mexico circumvented international football governing body FIFA’s advertising ban on their products by associating them with the World Cup, according to a new social media analysis by public health group Vital Strategies. Data recorded by Vital Strategies’ digital media monitoring system found 354 instances of tobacco marketing in public posts across Facebook, Instagram...
According to a study, India has the highest burden of TB globally, and the disease is responsible for killing about 480,000 people every year and more than 1400 every day in the country. WHO states that a total of 1.6 million people died from TB in 2021 (including 187 000 people with HIV). Globally,...
E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc (MO.N), will face their first U.S. trial this week over claims that they created a public nuisance by marketing addictive e-cigarettes to minors. Minnesota seeks to force the companies to pay for measures to remedy the harms of addiction. It says...
It comes amid our campaign to outlaw disposable brands of e-cigs which are becoming a growing litter and pollution menace. Scottish health chiefs have no idea how many youngsters have needed hospital treatment after falling ill from vaping. While the number of under-18s hospitalised as a result of vaping quadrupled last year in England there are no comparable figures...
