Two different scientific papers, published in different contexts, point to the same uncomfortable truth: nicotine is more complex than the slogans suggest. In a study on patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment, researchers administered 2 mg of nicotine gum and observed...

Dear vapers, It’s time for another weekly wrap-up – I hope you’re ready. Here are some updates from the past week. First, it’s worth mentioning again that the WVA has joined a pan-European coalition of consumer groups in an open...

Across Africa, tobacco control policy remains largely frozen in time. While science and technology have evolved, many governments continue to regulate all nicotine products as if they carry the same level of risk as combustible cigarettes. The result is a...

Deutschland steht vor einem gesundheitspolitischen Desaster. Während fast jeder dritte Erwachsene im Land raucht – eine Schockquote von fast 30 Prozent, die seit Jahren kaum sinkt – plant Landwirtschaftsminister Alois Rainer (CSU) den Frontalangriff auf die wichtigste Ausfahrt vom Rauchen:...

The debate over how the EU should tax nicotine products has taken a significant turn. In its draft opinion on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TED), the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has come out in favour...

The EU is highly likely to jeopardise harm reduction efforts by imposing higher taxes on less risky nicotine products, while Sweden has systematically proven through its approach that harm reduction is one of the most effective ways for countries to...