WILL PHARMACIES NEED A TOBACCO LICENCE TO SELL E-CIGARETTES?

Many of the regulations and requirements about the impending move to prescription-only supply of e-cigarette products are still being determined, a Senate hearing was told recently. Therapeutic Goods Administration director, Adjunct Professor John Skerritt, was grilled at length by members of the Senate Community Affairs Committee at an Estimates hearing held on 1 June. Among the questions Dr Skerritt fielded were ones about state and territory tobacco licensing regimes. Senator Eric Abetz (Lib, Tas) asked Dr Skerritt about whether pharmacists would need a tobacco licence when the products move to Prescription-Only from 1 October.

2021-06-08
ajp.com.au

San Francisco’s Vape Flavor Ban Saw More Teens Start Smoking

In the summer of 2018, San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale of flavored nicotine vaping products (as well as flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes). By January 2019, when the prohibition took effect, almost every retailer in the city was immediately compliant. It had been an expensive fight, with companies that sell vaping products spending tens of millions of dollars on one side and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a longtime anti-smoking funder who has since turned his abstinence-only approach to vaping, bankrolling the opposition with millions of his own.

2021-06-08
filtermag.org

New method eliminates interference of nicotine in detection of methamphetamine

Recently, a research group led by Chu Yannan and Huang Chaoqun from the Institute of Health & Medical Technology of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) developed an effective method for on-site detection of methamphetamine (MA) in the presence of nicotine via homemade ion mobility spectrometry. [...] MA is a highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system. The on-site rapid detection of trace amounts of MA and screening illicit drugs in clandestine laboratories are important for drug enforcement agencies and the forensic community in general. [...]

2021-06-08
phys.org

BAT hikes sales growth outlook amid shift to e-cigarettes

British American Tobacco raised its annual revenue growth forecast on Tuesday as the cigarette maker’s focus on e-cigarettes and tobacco-heating devices pays off, sending its shares up 2%. The London-listed company said it expected revenue growth of more than 5% at constant currencies, above its previous range of 3% to 5% for the year to December. It stuck to its growth expectation for adjusted earnings per share in the mid-single digit range.

2021-06-08
financialpost.com

How vaping can be a smokefree weapon

Over the past few months a spate of high school principals in New Zealand have spoken out about a hazy, sickly-sweet 'epidemic' emerging in their schools: vaping, or e-cigarettes. Vaping is held up by anti-smoking advocates as a game-changer in helping people addicted to tobacco wean themselves off it. And while statistics show smoking is on the decline throughout New Zealand, there is evidence that vaping is enjoying an ascendency.

2021-06-08
rnz.co.nz

Ban on smoking OUTSIDE pubs – and 7 other ways the crackdown on cigarettes might work

IT'S no secret that smoking is bad for your health - it's one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK. That's why the Government has signed up to a pledge to make the nation smoke-free by 2030. In 2007 the smoking ban came into force, making it illegal to smoke inside pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, work spaces, anywhere in the country. And last week, it emerged that seven councils in England have taken that ban one step further. Oxfordshire became the first to say they will ban smoking outside in public places.

2021-06-08
thesun.co.uk