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Philip Morris in talks to buy Swedish Match

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 09:18 AM

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International is in talks to acquire Swedish Match, the companies said, in a deal that would boost its smokeless offerings. Read more »

Tobacco industry sticks to game plan amid the pandemic

Chi Liquicia, VERA Files
Posted at Apr 15 06:09 PM

In the middle of a deadly health crisis, the tobacco industry scored a win in the country, sticking to a tried and tested playbook to protect its interests. Read more »

Panukalang batas sa vape regulation niratipikahan na ng Senado

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 12:49 AM

Niratipikahan na ng Senado ang Bicameral Conference Committee report hinggil sa ‘Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products 3 Regulation Act.’ Read more »

Medical experts ask Duterte to veto 'pro-industry' vape bill

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 05:45 PM

Doctors lamented how medical experts were allegedly ignored by the legislators who crafted the vape bill. Read more »

New Zealand to ban cigarette sales

Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 02:17 PM

New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world's toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry. Read more »

'Many e-cigarette vaping liquids contain toxic chemicals'

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Oct 12 05:58 PM

We also found all ten e-liquids contained a chemical called 2-chlorophenol, which is often used in pesticides and disinfectants. Read more »

House passes bill on e-cigarettes, vapes amid concerns over provisions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 06:30 PM

Voting 192-34-4, some spoke against the measure as critics say that if it becomes a law, it will make electronic cigarettes and other related products more accessible to the youth. Read more »

Menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars face ban in United States

Ankur Banerjee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 07:15 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a long-awaited win for anti-smoking and civil rights groups but one that could erase a huge share of sales for the Big Tobacco. Read more »

Nicotine vapes more effective than gum and patches for quitters, review finds

Kate Kelland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 08:48 PM

The findings, from a review which included evidence from 50 studies around the world, suggests vaping could boost the number of people who stop smoking - a habit known to cause deadly lung cancer and linked to heart disease, stroke and many other chronic diseases. Read more »

France testing whether nicotine can prevent coronavirus disease

Brigitte Castelnau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 04:38 AM

The theory is that nicotine could adhere to cell receptors, therefore blocking the virus from entering cells and spreading in the body, according to renown neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux from France's Pasteur Institut who also co-authored the study. Read more »

'Thirdhand' smoke poses health risks, say US scientists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 07:27 AM

WASHINGTON - The stale odor that announces a smoker's entry into a room may be more than merely unpleasant. Read more »

'No doubt' e-cigarettes harmful: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 10:22 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - Electronic cigarettes are harmful both to users and bystanders exposed to the fumes, the World Health Organization says in a report warning they can damage growing foetuses and impact teenagers' brains.   Read more »

'New public health menace': House leader wants vaping ban for minors

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 06:32 PM

Vaping is a "new public health menace" that must be heavily regulated, a House leader said Saturday, saying she would file a bill to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors. Read more »

DOH renews call to ban e-cigarettes, vape products

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 04:57 AM

MANILA— The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday renewed its call for a ban on electronic cigarettes and vaping products after the country reported its first case of an illness tied with their use. Read more »

Facing 'certain death', boy, 17, with vaping injury gets double lung transplant

Denise Grady, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 13 07:01 AM

A 17-year-old boy whose lungs were irreversibly damaged by vaping received a double-lung transplant at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a lifesaving measure taken when a patient’s own lungs are diseased or damaged beyond repair and there is no other hope of survival, doctors said Tuesday. Read more »

Juul ends e-cigarette sales of mint-flavored pods

Sheila Kaplan, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 08 09:27 AM

Juul Labs, the nation’s largest seller of e-cigarettes, said Thursday that it would stop selling mint-flavored pods, which have become especially popular among teenagers. Read more »

E-cigs may damage the heart, study says

Elizabeth Donovan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 07:28 AM

Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver -- increasingly popular among teens -- may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes. Read more »

Juul knowingly sold tainted nicotine pods, former executive says

Sheila Kaplan and Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 31 09:19 AM

A former top executive of Juul is alleging that the electronic cigarette giant sold at least 1 million contaminated mint-flavored nicotine pods — and refused to recall them when told about the problem in March. Read more »

San Francisco bans sales, manufacture of e-cigarettes

Andrew Marszal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 12:31 PM

LOS ANGELES - San Francisco on Tuesday became the first major US city to effectively ban the sale and manufacture of electronic cigarettes, as concerns grow over a sharp rise in vaping among youths. Read more »

Paano nag-uudyok ng pagyoyosi ang nicotine?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 12:10 PM

Ano ang meron sa nicotine na nakakaengganyo sa mga tao na magsigarilyo? Read more »