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Australia to tighten e-cigarette laws in biggest crackdown on tobacco industry in over a decade

Renju Jose - May 2, 2023

The federal government will take action to restrict flavours, colours, and nicotine levels while outlawing all disposable vapes and the import of non-prescription vapes.

India’s vaping ban is failing. Parents, schools, activists unite to corner govt

Sonal Matharu - January 24, 2023

India's youth is in the grip of banned vape. And the police and judges ask 'what's an e-cigarette'.

Vaping may increase health risks in Covid-19 patients, warns FDA

Anna Edney - March 28, 2020

Some health experts have speculated that vaping is causing younger patients in USA to be hospitalized with Covid-19 at a higher rate than anticipated

Blanket vaping ban could do more harm than good to smokers, say experts

Mohana Basu - December 13, 2019

Paper published in Science journal says rushed blanket ban on e-cigarettes takes away a powerful tool from smokers trying to quit the habit.

Vitamin E acetate in vaping liquid : What’s safe in your diet might not be in your lungs

Cosby Stone - December 8, 2019

Inhaling oils and other lipids can lead to deposition of oily droplets in lungs.

Something is not right, says e-cigarette traders body as it starts campaign against ban

Taran Deol - November 22, 2019

Modi govt in September issued an ordinance to ban the use, sale, manufacture, distribution and advertisement of e-cigarettes in India.

Why this woman in Colombia didn’t develop Alzheimer’s despite being at great risk for it

Sandhya Ramesh - November 10, 2019

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.

Scientists are working hard to dismiss the anti-vaping argument

Robert Langreth - November 3, 2019

Vaping advocates, some of whom are backed by groups with industry ties, are trying to undermine research questioning the safety of e-cigarettes.

Panic over diseases can help prevent epidemics, but also create other health problems

Faye Flam - October 7, 2019

Exaggerators in public health fields may think they can do no harm by issuing alarming warnings. But there are costs to such tunnel vision.

Toxic chemicals and not fatty substances are responsible for vaping-related lung damage

Robert Langreth - October 3, 2019

The results, based on lung biopsies of 17 US patients, may help investigators narrow the long list of suspects in the mysterious outbreak that has killed at least 12.

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