Introduction: Adolescents are uniquely vulnerable to nicotine addiction, and smoking is common among male adolescents in China. Although China implemented a ban on cigarette and e-cigarette advertising in public places, Chinese youth remain exposed to this marketing, which may contribute to future use.
Background: Cigarette smoking/nicotine exposure in pregnancy shows an increased risk of hypertension in offspring, but the mechanisms are unclear. This study tested the hypothesis that m6A RNA hypomethylation epigenetically regulates vascular NOX (NADPH oxidase) and reactive oxygen species production, contributing to the fetal programming of a hypertensive phenotype in nicotine-exposed offspring.
Introduction: This study comprehensively assessed the association between eight metabolites of urinary nicotine and cognitive impairment.
The Bulgarian government proposes to ban the sale of e-cigarettes with characteristic taste-aromatic qualities and containing flavorings in any of their constituent parts, such as filters, paper, packaging, capsules or other technical elements.
A new Global Vape Alliance has been announced today alongside an historic ground-breaking declaration to foster collaboration, promote responsible practices, and champion the cause of harm reduction in the vaping industry. The Alliance brings together major international vaping bodies including the Electronic Cigarette Industry Committee of the China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (ECCC), the US Vapor Technology Association (VTA), the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) and the Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA).
A regional civil society group asked the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international treaty on tobacco control which will convene its member states in November 2023 to protect, instead of alienating smokers, by accepting harm reduction strategies that will help them switch to less harmful alternatives such as vapes.
A stitch in time could save nine amid rising morbidity and mortality being driven by smoking cigarettes. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) data showing that tobacco kills at least 8 million people each year, including 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke, delays by governments to adopt alternative and less harmful Tobacco products could see the world sleepwalking into an irreversible health catastrophe.
Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), in its current form, is not capable of influencing change as far as Tobacco Harm Reduction is concerned.
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