Dr.Scott Gottlieb,extended the application deadline for vapor companies from 2018 to 2022. The extension allows existing products to remain on U.S. shelves for an additional four years. Gottlieb also indicated that the FDA would reconsider the guidelines as written and that he would direct the Center for Tobacco Products to issue final guidance to companies about the process, something the CTP had yet to do for its 2016 e-cigarette regulations.
In a rare move, the companies that make the multiple sclerosis drug daclizumab (brand name Zinbryta) have voluntarily pulled the medication from the market and stopped all clinical studies after reports of eight cases of serious brain inflammation among patients in Europe.
Austrian government MPs presented a bill on Wednesday which would continue to allow smoking in bars and restaurants, despite a huge groundswell of opposition. The bill, which would overturn a ban due to come into force on May 1st, was branded a "huge step backwards for public health" by the opposition.
It was just a matter of time that negative studies would come out against Vaping, this one was conducted on 17 people. What a joke.<br type="_moz" />
Shanghai could ban smoking in Parks. According to the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Landscaping and City Appearance, the ban will first be piloted in a park that has yet to be designated. It added that the ban could eventually be implemented at all public parks in the city.
No doubt you will have seen some of the stories in the media recently following the publication of PHE’s latest update of the evidence on e-cigarettes. E-cigarettes do seem to be a bit like Marmite, courting controversy among the public and media alike.<br />
Despite the sometimes confused, and confusing, media reporting around the safety of e-cigarettes, there is growing consensus around the evidence. While not without some risk, when compared to smoking e-cigarettes are far less harmful.
The American Cancer Society is recommending — with caution — to health care clinicians that they add electronic cigarettes and vaporizers as a smoking-cessation option.
The American Cancer Society is recommending-with caution-to health care clinicians that they add electronic cigarettes and vaporizers as a smoking-cessation option.
Thousands of West Australians are risking hefty fines by using nicotine electronic cigarettes as the State Government moves to tighten laws that could outlaw vaping as much as smoking.
The Florida Constitutional Revision Commission met at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville Tuesday to hear from residents about 37 proposed amendments. <br />
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One of the most contentious proposals would divert funds from state tobacco-cessation programs to cancer research and another would ban greyhound racing in the Sunshine State.