Scrutinized | Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Pt. 3

“Show yourself and your conflicts” is the call from Dr. Roberto Sussman, an advocate for consumers of non-combustible nicotine products in Mexico and Latin America, to the billionaire philanthropist, and anti-vaping crusader, Michael Bloomberg.

2021-04-06
regulatorwatch.com

Study: More than 60% of adult e-cigarette users in the U.S want to quit

More than 60% of U.S. adults who vape are interested in quitting, according to a study [...] And among those who vape to help them to quit smoking, some are successful while others continue smoking and using electronic cigarettes. According to the findings, former cigarette smokers had the highest intentions and interest in quitting. This is likely due to an increasing number of smokers using e-cigarettes to transition away from cigarettes, said the study's authors.

2021-04-06
news-medical.net

Smoking is making you pay 50% more premium on a term insurance plan! Here’s how

Impact of smoking on insurance premium: The smoking habit not only makes you sick slowly but also financially weak over a period of time. When it comes to managing personal finances, smokers face double whammy. First, they blow their hard-earned money, which could be invested, in the smoke. Second, they also have to pay a penalty in terms of higher premiums while buying insurance products like term cover. Ankit Agrawal, Co-founder and CEO, InsuranceDekho, says it is a well-known fact that smoking is injurious to health and people who smoke have a higher mortality rate. [...]

2021-04-06
financialexpress.com

DepEd backs stricter measures on e-cigarettes

The Department of Education on Sunday expressed its full support for stricter measures to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems or Electronic Non-Nicotine Delivery Systems, also known as e-cigarettes or “vapes.” “On matters related to substance use prevention, education alone is not enough. In their classes, we teach our learners how to reject harmful substances. Outside these classes, we need policies and structures that will help reinforce our learners’ health-promoting choices, complementing what we teach them in school,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a news release on Sunday.

2021-04-06
manilastandard.net

Holding the Bloomberg anti-vaping propaganda complex to account

Bloomberg scrutinised. Unusually, a journalist decided to take a sceptical look at Bloomberg Philanthropies and its many proxies and the impact of their war against vaping. The result is an excellent must-read piece by Mark Gunther [...] The response. The interesting thing is that this drew a joint response from Kelly Henning of Bloomberg Philanthropies, Matthew Myers [...] What is unusual about this letter is that Henning, Myers and Koval actually try to defend their positions. Normally, they don’t defend their positions, they just assert them with millions of dollars of amplification. It offers a rare opportunity to provide a critique of their stance. [...]

2021-04-06
clivebates.com

Molecular insights into the benefits of nicotine on memory and cognition (Review)

The health risks of nicotine are well known, but there is some evidence of its beneficial effects on cognitive function. The present review focused on the reported benefits of nicotine in the brain and summarizes the associated underlying mechanisms. Nicotine administration can improve cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and dyskinesia and memory impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). [...]

2021-04-06
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