The Global Tobacco Control Progress Hub is a new interactive data analytics platform that provides a “window on the world” of WHO FCTC treaty implementation. The platform was launched in 2022 by ASH Canada and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The main purpose of the...
Since its inception, e-cigarette use (or vaping) has been marketed as a “healthy” alternative to cigarettes, and even as a pathway to quitting tobacco use altogether. Unfortunately, no current scientific evidence supports either claim. When it comes to stopping tobacco, safe and proven alternatives exist, but none involve vaping. When it comes to quitting tobacco, a...
The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) has issued notices to at least 10 tobacco manufacturers, including a multinational company, over violation of tobacco advertisement guidelines. Health Director General Dr Baseer Khan Achakzai told Dawn that these companies were involved in marketing tobacco products through social media and other means. “Moreover, they had hired children who...
Twenty years after adopting the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), China is still addicted to cigarettes. The world’s largest producer and consumer of tobacco, it has an estimated 300 million smokers, nearly a third of the world’s total. Despite years of anti-smoking campaigns – Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly gave up...
A Subiaco-based national organisation fighting to reduce smoking and vaping and the Australian Medical Association have presented Meta with an ‘Exploding Vape’ award. AMA and the Australian Council on Smoking & Health held its annual Dirty Ashtray Awards ceremony on Tuesday, which was attended by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler. It aims to put a...
As Labour announces a new policy that would halve the number of vape stores around the country, we take a look at how other countries are dealing with the rise of vaping among young people. Prime minister Chris Hipkins announced this week that if elected for another term, a Labour government would cap the number of vaping...
Young people are at risk of experiencing significant respiratory symptoms, including bronchitis and shortness of breath, after just 30 days of electronic cigarette use, according to a new study. Researchers reached the conclusion using four years of data from online surveys. Drug regulators should consider the findings and work to minimize the negative...
New Zealand has set new regulations to limit youth vaping, effective Sept. 21, reports the Xinhua News Agency. New specialist vape shops will be banned in locations within 300 meters of schools and Maori meeting places, according to Health Minister Ayesha Verrall. “Vapes will need child safety mechanisms, and names like ‘cotton candy’ and ‘strawberry jelly donut’...
The tobacco industry has historically targeted its marketing efforts on Black communities When menthol cigarettes were first introduced nearly a century ago, tobacco companies were already aware of menthol’s ability to mask the harshness of tobacco and provide a cooling sensation that made smoking more casual and enticing to try. Today, tobacco companies continue to employ...
Data from Australian Secondary School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey predates ‘huge’ increase in vaping E-cigarette use is the single strongest risk factor for adolescents taking up tobacco smoking, outranking social norms, poor mental health and misperceptions about smoking harms, research published on Wednesday has found. The findings come from 4,266 Victorian students aged 12 to...
