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Smoking Relapse: What to Do If You Start Smoking Again You started quitting smoking, you felt good about it—and then something happened. You found yourself having a cigarette and maybe aren’t even sure why. |
An Australian vaping revolution: a talk with Dr. Colin Mendelsohn Millions of smokers around the world usually talks to general practioners when they get the intention to quit smoking for good. And it happens everywhere. Vaping has the potential to help rejuvenate smoking cessation in Australia and improve public health if smokers are allowed easier and legal access to appropriately regulated products. | Australian GPs Association Endorses Vaping for Smoking Cessation The RACGP has just released their latest edition of national smoking cessation guidelines, which in an unprecedented move supports the use of vaping products for smoking cessation. The GP organisation has been carrying out thorough reviews on the effectiveness and safety of the products, and has concluded that they are a legitimate quitting tool for adult smokers. |
Correlates of electronic cigarette use in the general population and among smokers in Australia – Findings from a nationally representative survey In Australia, sales of nicotine containing electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarette) are banned unless approved as a therapeutic good. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of e-cigarette use and its correlates in Australia using a nationally representative survey. | Health Department launches dodgy plan to stop nicotine vaping Using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover, the Federal Department of Health has dramatically escalated its war on vapers by proposing draconian changes to the laws which govern where and how vaping products can be sold in Australia. Make no mistake, this is biggest attack on vapers, the vaping industry and small businesses yet and we have to get ready to fight back! |
Ban smoking in high-risk areas The National Commission on Tobacco Control (NCTC) has urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to enhance Covid-19 mitigation efforts by banning tobacco cigarettes and electronic cigarettes, especially in “high-risk areas”. | Earth Talk – Little cigarette butts make big litter impact When cigarette butts become litter, they have a negative impact on the environment. The filters are made of a plastic that can take up to 10 years to decompose |
Rights & responsibilities of WHO FCTC & Member Countries: An individual's right to health is recognized as a fundamental international human right. |
The CDC Is to Blame For More Americans Than Ever Being Misinformed About Vaping and E-Cigarettes "Restricting access and appeal among less harmful vaping products out of an abundance of caution while leaving deadly combustible products on the market does not protect public health." |
COP 9 FCTC Rules of Procedure WHO framework convention of Tobacco Control - Rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties 2018 edition |
Smoking and the risk of COVID-19 in a large observational population study BACKGROUND: Smokers are generally more susceptible to infectious respiratory diseases and are at higher risk of developing severe complications from these infections. Conflicting reports exist regarding the impact of smoking on the risk of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. |
A Historical Timeline of Electronic Cigarettes 2003: What would become the first commercially successful electronic cigarette is created in Beijing, China by Hon Lik, a 52 year old pharmacist, inventor and smoker. He reportedly created the device after his father, also a heavy smoker, dies of lung cancer. | Association of initial e-cigarette and other tobacco product use with subsequent cigarette smoking in adolescents: a cross-sectional, matched control study This study assessed whether initiating e-cigarette use increases the uptake of cigarette smoking in US adolescents compared with behavioural and synthetic controls. |
Correlates of electronic cigarette use in the general population and among smokers in Australia – Findings from a nationally representative survey In Australia, sales of nicotine containing electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarette) are banned unless approved as a therapeutic good. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of e-cigarette use and its correlates in Australia using a nationally representative survey. | E-Cigarettes Added to Counseling Can Help Smokers Quit at 12 Weeks E-Cigarettes Added to Counseling Can Help Smokers Quit at 12 Weeks Tobacco smokers who receive e-cigarettes in addition to counseling are twice as likely to quit by 12 weeks, according to data from the multicenter, randomized E3 trial. This benefit is seen even when the e-cigarettes don’t contain nicotine, though to a smaller degree. |
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