The FDA in the US is encouraging smokers to keep up their efforts to quit with their latest campaign called Every Try Counts. Every Try Counts is the latest campaign by the FDA in the US targeting smokers. Instead of trying to get people to quit smoking, the campaign encourages smokers who have failed in their …
Vaping still has a bad public reputation with a survey showing that only 15% of adults believing that it’s much safer than smoking. This is a contrast to peer-reviewed research. It found that vaping is the most popular and successful cessation tool on the market at the moment. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
The American Cancer Society (ACS) finally recognised the research in favour of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation devices. In a statement earlier this year, they recommend that physicians support those who choose to use vaping in order to quit smoking. In it the organisation points out that smoking kills millions of people a year and that …
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This week, the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, is being held in Cape Town. Health leaders are discussing the best ways to end the death toll caused by cigarettes. Africa seems like an appropriate place for this conference as in contradiction to the rest of world, smoking rates are on the rise on …
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New Zeeland’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) met to discuss regulations on e-cigarettes and the importance of education on the subject. In addition to members of the MOH and ARFNZ at the meeting, representatives from the Ministry of Health were also in attendance. All were in consensus that …
Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) represents manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of smoke-free vapour products in South Africa.
