e-cigarettes
China Effectively Bans Online Sales of E-Cigarettes
China issued its starkest warning yet over electronic cigarettes, calling on the industry on to stop selling and advertising the products online.…
S.Korea’s top convenience store chain stops selling flavoured liquid e-cigarettes
South Korea’s top convenience store chain GS25 has stopped selling flavoured liquid e-cigarettes, the parent company GS Retail said on Thursday. The…
Italian health authorities issue alert about e-cigarettes
The Italian Higher Health Institute ( ISS ) has issued a grade 2 alert about e-cigarettes to the health ministry and regional…
South Korea urges public to stop using liquid e-cigarettes
South Korea’s health minister said on Wednesday he “strongly advised” the public to stop using liquid e-cigarettes amid a global backlash against…
India bans e-cigarettes
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that e-cigarettes will be banned in India. Envisioned as a tool to combat tobacco addiction, electronic…
New York bans flavoured e-cigarettes
New York state has banned the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes amid growing national concern about the safety of the products. The ban…
Michigan becomes first US state to ban flavoured e-cigarettes
Michigan has become the first US state to ban flavoured e-cigarettes as part of efforts to curb youth vaping. The measure goes…
WHO says e-cigarettes ‘undoubtedly harmful’
Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the WHO said as it warned against the use of vaping products by…
San Francisco bans e-cigarettes
San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes that have not undergone the required Food…
Popular US e-cigarette products contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins
A study published by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on the online journal Environmental Health Perspectives shows that dozens…