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expert reaction to Government announcement on plain cigarette packaging

Following publication of the Chantler Review* the Government announced it will move ahead with standardised plain packaging for cigarettes.   Professor Ann McNeill, UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol...

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do e-cigarettes help smokers to quit?

We often hear anecdotes about e-cigarettes helping people to quit smoking – but what does the science say?  Do e-cigarettes make a big difference to a smoker’s chances of successfully quitting compared...

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expert reaction to e-cigarettes report from the World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report calling for regulation of e-cigarette use to address health concerns.   Prof Ann McNeill, Professor of Tobacco Addiction, National Addiction...

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e-cigarettes: a critique of the WHO reports

There is a row developing over e-cigarettes. Some people are extolling their virtues whilst others are calling for a precautionary clamp down. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published two...

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expert reaction to e-cigarette use among patients with cancer

Researchers publishing in the journal Cancer have reported their findings that e-cigarettes may not help cancer patients stop smoking.   Professor Robert West, Editor-in-Chief of Addiction and Director...

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expert reaction to maternal cigarette smoking and male offspring fertility

In an article published in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers have reported that exposure to cigarette smoke in mice while before, during and after pregnancy reduced fertility through impaired...

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electronic cigarettes

This factsheet is also available as a pdf.   Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, personal vaporizer (PV) or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), are used to supply nicotine to a...

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expert reaction to study reviewing the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as an...

Researchers publishing in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews journal have analysed randomised controlled trials in which the efficacy of e-cigarettes to aid smoking cessation was analysed....

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what’s the real truth behind e-cigarettes?

The first Cochrane Review on this subject will be published next week in the Cochrane Library. This new emerging evidence gives some early insights into how effective e-cigarettes are as an aid to...

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expert reaction to study observing the presence of Formaldehyde-containing...

In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of researchers has analysed the levels of various chemicals in the vapour produced when smoking e-cigarettes, and gives estimates of levels...

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expert reaction to news on plain packaging of cigarettes

The government is set to bring forward a vote on legislation to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes sold in the UK, to before the general election in May.   Sir Cyril Chantler, UCL Partners and...

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evidence on standardised packing of tobacco products

The English government intends to put regulations on standardised packaging of tobacco products to a vote before the general election in May 2015. If the vote is passed, England will be the second...

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expert reaction to news that the use of e-cigarettes will be banned from...

The use of electronic cigarettes is to be banned in almost all hospital grounds in Scotland, with NHS boards implementing the measures alongside their requirement to become “smoke-free” by April 2015....

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expert reaction to Commons vote for standardised cigarette packaging

The House of Commons has voted by 357 votes to 113 to introduce standardised packaging for all cigarettes from 2016.   Prof. Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy at the University of Stirling, said:...

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expert reaction to study on e-cigarette use by teenagers

A new study in the journal BMC Public Health surveyed over 16,000 14-17 year-olds in North West England and asked participants about their alcohol and tobacco-related behaviors. The authors report that...

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expert reaction to paper on flavour chemicals in e-cigarettes

In a study published in the journal Tobacco Control, researchers in the USA have analysed the fluid flavourings used in e-cigarettes reporting the presence of some chemicals which are known to be...

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expert reaction to surveys of e-cigarette use in teenagers

Researchers publishing in the BMJ Open have surveyed a group of school-age children in Wales to examine habits around use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The study reports that regular smokers were...

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expert reaction to survey on e-cigarettes and tobacco cessation

Attempting to explore the use of e-cigarettes in smokers and their effect on quitting smoking, researchers publishing in the American Journal of Public Health have reported that smokers who had ever...

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expert reaction to two new papers – investigating frequency of e-cigarette...

The relationship between e-cigarette use and smoking cessation or reduction has been explored in two papers published in the journals Addiction and Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The authors of the...

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e-cigarettes – do they help cut down or quit smoking?

Evidence of the effectiveness of e-cigarettes as smoking cessation or reduction aids is still limited. Two new studies investigate whether frequency of use and type of e-cigarette affect whether users...

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