Dutch parliamentarians want e-cigarettes and vapes to have a boring and uniform appearance. According to the D66, which will submit this proposal in parliament on Wednesday, this will make vaping less attractive to teenagers. A majority in parliament supports the plan, RTL Nieuws reports. “Young people now think it’s cool to have such an accessory with glitter...
Research has shown that the proportion of children vaping is on the rise, with many being influenced by social media sites including TikTok. Putting vapes in plain packaging reduces their appeal to children and could even stop them taking up vaping in the first place, a major new study has found. Researchers discovered that removing bright colours,...
Over two million high school students use e-cigarettes, the CDC reports. Dorian Fuhrman, co-founder of PAVe, says no amount of nicotine is safe. "JUUL created the youth vaping epidemic," Fuhrman said. Vaping has taken hold of children and teens, over two million of whom partake in the habit, according to the Centers for Disease...
Campaigners are calling for the Scottish government to act after a survey found one in 10 school pupils in S4 now regularly vape. Anti-smoking charity ASH Scotland said it was a "major worry" that e-cigarette use by 15-year-olds had tripled in the last five years. The Scottish government Health and Wellbeing Census polled 25,380 pupils in S2 and...
British American Tobacco Uganda has recorded a 6% increase in revenues to Shs 99.5bn for the year ended Dece.31, 2022, but the profit after tax declined marginally to Shs 9.9bn. The cigarettes distributor said the 4% decline in profit after tax was attributed to a surge in operational costs in line with higher sales volume...
The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria exported cigarettes worth N57 billion in 2022. The agency disclosed this in its foreign trade report published on its website and obtained by Ripples Nigeria on Sunday. A breakdown of the data showed that Nigeria exported cigarettes worth N10 billion in the first quarter of last...
Legal advisors and judicial officers from Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia attended a 3-day legal capacity building workshop in Port Louis, Mauritius from 01 to 03 March 2023 to strengthen tobacco control and reduction of NCD risk factors. Mauritius was proposed to host the...
Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA), a coalition of organizations behind the global movement to align plastics policies with tobacco control, launched a campaign to urge countries to ban cigarette filters and make tobacco polluters pay for the environmental damage they have caused over many decades. To kick off the campaign, the Global Center for Good...
Australia’s efforts to reduce smoking rates have been world leading, but renewed attention to tobacco control is urgently needed, writes Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis. Australia’s efforts to reduce smoking rates have been world leading. Ongoing increases in tobacco excise, smoke-free laws, mass media campaigns, the prohibition of tobacco advertising, and tobacco product plain packaging are all...
Netflix has come under fire for marketing tobacco or tobacco-related products in its Formula 1 show 'Drive to Survive'. Those campaigning against tobacco say that advertisers have found advertising loopholes, both in Netflix and F1. F1 no longer allows teams and cars to feature tobacco branding. Industry monitors said that Netflix's popular Formula 1...
