Amanda Matos

When “Public Health” Gets It Backwards

There are moments when you read a policy proposal and genuinely wonder if reality has been completely ignored. The recent push to ban safer nicotine alternatives in the Philippines is one of those moments. …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Could low-dose nicotine support brain function? The science behind it and t …

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 …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Impact Unfiltered and the Politics of Silencing

In recent weeks, a little-known NGO called Impact Unfiltered has found itself at the center of a troubling controversy in Brussels. The organization claimed that thousands of consumer submissions to the EU Tobacco Tax …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Brazil May Finally Be Ready to Talk About Vape Regulation

For years, Brazil has relied on a simple approach to vaping: ban it and move on. No real distinction between products, no serious discussion about regulation, just a total prohibition that, in practice, hasn’t …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Carnaval in Brazil: A Complete Guide for Vapers Traveling to the Biggest Pa …

Everything you need to know about Vaping in Brazil for your upcoming trip to Rio Carnaval As a Brazilian, I’m probably a little biased when it comes to Carnaval — I was born and …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Youth Vaping Declines in New Zealand: A Signal Worth Paying Attention To

New Zealand’s latest numbers on youth vaping deserve far more global attention than they’re getting. According to the new Action on Smoking and Health survey, which includes more than 30,000 tenth-grade students, youth vaping …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Brasil registra aumento de 25% no tabagismo enquanto alternativas permanece …

24 de outubro de 2025 – Novos dados oficiais mostram que o tabagismo no Brasil aumentou 25% entre 2023 e 2024, marcando o primeiro crescimento em vinte anos. A taxa passou de 9,3% para …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Brazil and the Regulatory Vacuum of Vaping: Lessons from Chile and the Grow …

The debate over vaping regulation is heating up in Latin America.  Chile took a crucial step by establishing rules for the commercialization of electronic cigarettes, but Brazil remains stuck in a prohibition that only …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Brazil has a lot of homework to do about harm reduction

As a Brazilian deeply passionate about harm reduction and individual freedom, I can’t help but feel frustrated when I look at the vaping situation in Brazil.  It’s a country that seems stuck in the …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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