For years, smokers have paid higher premiums for health insurance, but those rates are climbing even higher thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as ObamaCare. Since the new healthcare policies took effect, insurers can now set premiums up to 50% higher for smokers. It makes sense that smokers pay higher rates … Continue reading The E-Cig Loop Hole That Could Save You Thousands on Health Insurance

After years of studying tobacco addiction and how it impacts public health, Professor Peter Hajek is launching an unapologetic public defense of vaping. In a recent report to Wales Assembly Members, Hajek said that vaping bans were pointless and ecigs should actually be embraced and celebrated for their potential to help people quit smoking. “At … Continue reading Public Health Expert Says Nonsmokers Do Not Get Hooked on Ecigs

  WATERLOO — While e-cigarettes seem better than regular cigarettes when studied in the lab because there are fewer chemicals, little is actually known about the effects on a person’s health and behaviour. “It fully depends on how it’s being used,” said David Hammond, an associate professor in the School of Public Health and Health … Continue reading Waterloo study aims to better understand e-cigarette effects

To say electronic cigarettes ignite controversy is an understatement. For some, e-cigarettes offer the prospect of disrupting the $800 billion global cigarette trade by providing a satisfying alternative to smoking. Nicotine itself is not a carcinogen, and e-cigarettes do not have all of the toxins and carcinogens produced by burning tobacco that cause half of … Continue reading E-cigarette hysteria is hazardous to your health

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23, 2015. The risks of e-cigarette use, or “vaping”, have been exaggerated by a health specialist concerned with the matter. Public Health England (PHE) expert Prof Gerry Stimson said substantial international research on the toxicology of e-cigarettes — summarised in the recent Public Health England report — showed that they were considerably less risky … Continue reading Risks of e-cigarette use exaggerated, says UK health expert

  THE debate over e-cigarettes is one of the most volatile and fast moving in public health, as scientists attempt to navigate the constantly shifting landscape – and the public tries to make sense out of all the hot air. Only last year there were calls for fierce regulation, alongside panic that the eye-catching devices … Continue reading Lizzy Buchan: Time to address e-cigarette confusion

Study suggesting e-cigarettes are less harmful ‘backed by groups linked to tobacco industry’ A fierce row has broken out over the extent to which e-cigarettes are harmful. Pro-“vaping” campaigners, who believe the new technology can help wean smokers off cigarettes, claim that attacks on e-cigarettes could become a threat to public health – leading people … Continue reading Academics at war over e-cigarette claims

E-cigarettes advertising ‘very much along the same line as the old tobacco industry’ The Irish Cancer Society has welcomed the introduction of new rules for the advertising of e-cigarettes while reiterating the need to create a clear distinction between e-cigarettes and the tobacco industry. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) new code of standards … Continue reading Irish Cancer Society welcomes restrictions on e-cigarette ads

Joint statement on e-cigarettes by Public Health England and other UK public health organisations. We all agree that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than smoking. One in 2 lifelong smokers dies from their addiction. All of the evidence suggests that the health risks posed by e-cigarettes are relatively small by comparison but we must continue … Continue reading E-cigarettes: an emerging public health consensus

Several researchers have questioned robustness of data and pointed to links between some of those involved and the tobacco industry Claims by a government-funded agency that e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than smoking arose from a meeting of 12 people, some with links to the tobacco industry, researchers have said. Experts writing in the British Medical … Continue reading Experts criticise Public Health England e-cigarettes review