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Global survey of consumer organizations advocating for safernicotine products
The organizations are run by enthusiastic individuals, most of whom have successfully quit smoking with the help of SNP. Organizations depend on the input of a small number of core workers, all organizations are under-resourced and potentially fragile, and yet, they report significant activity and success. The challenge for these groups is to gain recognition at national and international level as legitimate stakeholders in the development of tobacco control policy with respect tosafer alternatives to smoking.
Molecular insights into the benefits of nicotine on memory and cognition (Review)
The findings reported in the studies included in the present review article indicate that nicotine can stimulate memory function. Therefore, although nicotine is similar to other psychoactive substances, in that it can induce dependence or abuse, it also has certain beneficial effects, including enhancing cognitive function in healthy individuals and restoring memory function in patients with diseases, such as AD, PD and hypothyroidism.
Believe it or not, banning flavored e-cigarettes is a terrible idea
flavor restrictions are likely to have a net negative effect on public health by increasing the riskiest of behaviors: smoking. Unfortunately, some of our most prominent advocacy groups see reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes as the antithesis of public health—and flavors as the root cause. The evidence, however, suggests that certain flavored products, including most e-cigarettes, are not a gateway to combustible cigarette use, but rather a remarkably successful means of helping smokers break their habit. Flavors are an integral part of e-cigarettes’ appeal and cited as a major reason that former smokers are able to stay off of combustibles.
E-Cigarettes Composition: Nicotine Concentration and Nicotine Salts
When considering regulations aimed at reducing the burden of smoking, we strongly urge policymakers to consider the utility of harm reduction and reduced-risk products alongside prevention measures. It is imperative that access to e-cigarettes and vapor products remains at a level that encourages, rather than discourages, people to choose these less harmful products over combustible cigarettes. Doing so will reduce the incidence and cost of tobacco-related disease. Research indicates that higher nicotine concentrations help smokers make the initial switch from combustible cigarettes. They can achieve nicotine delivery similar to combustible cigarettes, and the concentration can be decreased gradually based on the user’s needs and desires. It has been shown that nicotine concentrations used after complete switching from combustible cigarettes decreased compared to what was used at initiation or complete transition.
How Much Evidence Is Enough to Exonerate E-Cigarettes?
Because science builds on itself, it is likely that time is the only thing that will help definitively determine the relative risk and net public health impact of e-cigarettes. We may also find that these values end up differing by product and population. Yes, questions remain about e-cigarettes; however, leaning into the precautionary principle is getting harder. The absolute risk of combustible cigarettes, and thus their harm to public health, is so high that exercising extreme caution with e-cigarettes may be inadvertently harming people who smoke. To benefit public health, perhaps it is time for organizations to begin specifying what evidence they need to exonerate e-cigarettes. It would be a sad day for science if the answer is that no evidence is convincing enough.
Tobacco Control 2.0: A Modern Approach to a Decades-Old Problem
No one entity is solely responsible for protecting consumers from the harms of combustible products. To further reduce mortality and disease, public health advocacy groups, tobacco/nicotine product manufacturers, and regulatory bodies must work together.
Labelling and composition of contraband electronic cigarettes: Analysis of products from Australia
It appears that manufacturers have removed any mention of nicotine from the original packaging of nicotine-containing disposable e-cigarettes to circumvent restrictions on nicotine-containing products and continue their sale. The packaging of e-cigarette products in Australia is generally not indicative of their contents, particularly nicotine, and most did not display required warnings. Ingredients with associated health risks, prohibited in legal vapes by the TGO110, were found in samples. Consequently, the risks of e-cigarette use cannot be appropriately identified from the information supplied on the packaging or device.
E-cigarette Retail Licensing Policy and E-cigarette Use Among Adolescents
An e-cigarette retail licensing requirement may be a useful policy tool in reducing e-cigarette use among adolescents.
Do e-cigarette retail licensure laws reduce youth tobacco use?
A prominent supply-side policy initiative to curb youth access to ENDS is an e-cigarette licensure law, which requires retailers to obtain a state license to legally sell ENDS products over the counter. ELLs expose retailers to greater scrutiny from state regulators in terms of compliance checks and also offer opportunities for retailers to meet with regulators to discuss issues related to correct enforcement of e-cigarette laws. This study explores the effects of ELLs on youth tobacco use,
Prevalence and correlates of e-cigarette source and use of e-cigarettes with nicotine: A case study of Mexico, where e-cigarettes are banned
Despite Mexico's e-cigarette ban, adults who smoke access e-cigarettes through multiple sources, including online and vape shop purchases. Most participants reported using e-cigarettes with nicotine, though many did not or did not know.
