Stop the junk science on vaping. E-cigarettes don’t turn kids into smokers

Ever since e-cigarettes became mainstream consumer products circa 2012, there has been a steady flow of anti-vaping scare stories. In the last 12 months, it has become a flood. The stories nearly always emerge from the US, usually from California, and focus to three claims: that e-cigarettes are as dangerous as smoking, that they don’t help people quit and that non-smokers who use them [...]

2017-02-09
health.spectator.co.uk

Experts to FDA: End the Smokeless Tobacco Misinformation Campaign

Two internationally renowned tobacco policy experts are urging “the FDA and like campaigns and health information websites” to “follow established ethical principles and accepted communication methods to inform the public of less-harmful tobacco/nicotine products as well as the greater harms of smoking.”

2017-02-09
blog.heartland.org

Can Propranolol Reduce Nicotine Cravings?

Nicotine addiction is the leading preventable cause of mortality, and causes over 6 million deaths each year. One fundamental mechanism that maintain smoking relapse in smokers is the persistence of memories of both nicotine reward and nicotine-associated conditioned stimulus [...] Preclinical studies suggest that the drug reward memories can be reactivated by nicotine-associated CS undergo an unstable stage, [...]

2017-02-09
medicalresearch.com

'Extinction therapy' could help smokers quit

Scientists believe that lengthy exposure to environmental triggers for cravings, such as seeing a cigarette box or a lighter, could actually help smokers to quit. They studied a technique known as extinction therapy, targets the harmful Pavlovian associations that drive addiction with the aim of rapidly "unlearning" them.

2017-02-09
onmedica.com

Lawmakers propose hefty tax on some e-cig products

State lawmakers are exploring a measure that would implement a wholesale tax on Nicotine e-cigarettes and related products that would likely be passed on to retailers and consumers. The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii say the tax will reduce e-cig use. "Increasing taxes is really a proven and effective strategy when it comes to incentivizing users to quit," said Trish La Chica, the agency's policy director.

2017-02-09
hawaiinewsnow.com

Islanders welcome study that shows vapes are less harmful than cigarettes

Islanders who use e-cigarettes instead of smoking are welcoming news that they are much less harmful than regular cigarettes. It comes after the first long-term study of its effects in ex-smokers. After six months, people who switched from real to e-cigarettes had far fewer toxins and cancer-causing substances in their bodies than continual smokers, scientists found.

2017-02-09
itv.com