Third of children in Switzerland grow up with a parent who smokes

Some 31.3% of children grow up in an environment where at least one parent consumes products containing nicotine every day, such as tobacco or electronic cigarettes. The proportion of children whose parents use illegal drugs (cannabis, cocaine, heroin) is 1.8%, which Obsan considers low. In 2011, Switzerland changed its laws on cannabis, permitting adults to buy and use cannabis with up to 1% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the active ingredient that gets smokers high.

2020-10-20
swissinfo.ch

UK Study: TPD Regulation Pushes UK Vapers to The Black Market

Introduced in 2017, the aim of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is to educate the public about the risks of vaping and prevent use by non-smokers and minors. Meanwhile many public health experts in the UK had been concerned that with all the restrictions set in place by the regulation, those seasoned smokers who had switched to vaping, would revert back to smoking. And sadly, past data have already indicated that this was indeed the case.

2020-10-20
vapingpost.com

LSU Health New Orleans review suggests HNB tobacco products may threaten health

New Orleans, LA - A review of heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco products from the laboratory of Dr. Jason Gardner, Professor of Physiology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports an association with elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, cell death, and circulatory dysfunction shown by early studies. Additionally, chemicals found in the vapor produced by HNB devices have previously been shown to impair lung function, put users at risk of heart attack and stroke, cause cancers, increase circulating low-density lipoprotein ("bad cholesterol") and more. [...]

2020-10-20
eurekalert.org

Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA

Anton Israel, president of the Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines (NCUP) said “if the FDA ignores the views of legitimate and impacted stakeholders and proceeds with the adoption of an administrative order lifted from the playbook of their anti-tobacco patrons, we would be constrained to file an anti-graft case with the Ombudsman.” Clarisse Virgino [...] said they were “shocked and aghast by the admission of the FDA that they received money from the Union and Bloomberg Initiative. These groups are known advocates of prohibition for all forms of tobacco products [...]

2020-10-20
mb.com.ph

Endorsement: How can Colorado help prevent teens from getting addicted to nicotine? Voting yes on Prop EE is a good start.

In 2019, more than 50% of teens surveyed in the 12th grade say they have used an electronic vapor device in the past 30 days and slightly more than 25% of those teens say they crave the nicotine from those hits after a few hours. That’s according to the 2019 Healthy Kids Colorado survey, and it’s evidence that Big Tobacco has found a way to ensnare a new generation with a lifelong addiction to an unhealthy product. The survey also found that of the thousands of teens who have used vaping products in the past 30 days, more than half have tried to quit.

2020-10-19
denverpost.com

Is Vaping Cool? What People Really Think

We can spot them from a mile away. Vapers—disappearing in a huge cloud of smoke every time they take a hit. Their cars look like fog machines if they are vaping while driving, and they are painfully visible in public as well. [...] According to a study by Sareen Singh et al. (2020), electronic cigarette use has skyrocketed in the United States, rising to unprecedented levels among young people. They examined patterns of what they term the “youth vaping epidemic,” potential harms stemming from the use of e-cigarettes, and the public health, clinical, and regulatory responses to youth e-cigarette use.

2020-10-19
psychologytoday.com