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Big Tobacco is killing the planet with plastics. No smokescreen should be allowed to hide that

The most common source of plastic pollution in our environment is not bottles, plastic bags or food wrappers, but cigarette butts. Smokers stub out...

Biomarkers of Exposure and Potential Harm in Exclusive Users of Electronic Cigarettes and Current, Former and Never-Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Study Protocol

Despite public health efforts to reduce the health burden of cigarettes by encouraging smoking cessation, a proportion of smokers remain unwilling to quit. A...

WHO Claims That Tobacco Taxes Reduce Consumption Rates

The World Health Organization (WHO) insists that taxes and advertising restrictions may have contributed to a decline in the number of people using tobacco,...

Vaping Works Better Than Nicotine Patches for Pregnant Smokers

A new study published in Nature Medicine found that pregnant smokers were more likely to quit when using e-cigarettes than nicotine patches. The finding is great news, because...

Updated WHO Position | E-cigarettes (2022)

There are many different types of e-cigarettes in use, also known as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and sometimes electronic non-nicotine delivery systems (ENNDS)....