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Using “reduced risk” messages instead encouraged tobacco smokers to ditch the cigarettes without enticing non-smokers to start vaping.

Counterfeit or bootleg e-cigarettes that officials believe have been tinkered with to contain THC have become the prime suspects behind the US deaths

Cancer Research UK finds E-Cigarettes can help smokers quit tobacco, but warns vaping is ‘not risk free’

E-cigarette use continues to rise, with 6.3% of British adults vaping in 2018, up from 5.5% the previous year, according to figures analysed by NHS Digital earlier this month.

Hospitals should stock e-cigarettes for sale to patients and permit “vaping” in private rooms as part of the NHS ”smoke free” efforts, according to health chiefs.

The annual Stoptober campaign in England is embracing e-cigarettes for the first time - in a sign Vaping is being seen as the key to getting people to quit.

While the US FDA announces a new blitz aimed at targeting E-Cig sales to minors, a UK minister has said he would consider placing e-cigarette adverts on cigarette packets.

Alaskan House Rules Committee recently voted to revise a bill that had previously designated vaporizers as tobacco products.

Smoking shelters should become "vaping lounges" for less risky e-cigarette use, NHS bosses said.

In this extended (13 minute) film, experts take a deeper look at the evidence on some of the issues that surround the use of e-cigarettes - including the safety of e-liquids and vapour, secondhand vaping, the 'gateway' theory, and the safety of vaping relative to smoking.

A forthcoming study investigating the health impact of aerosol vapour emitted from Electronic Cigarettes shows it poses no meaningful secondhand risks.

The British Psychological Society releases a statement supporting the role of E-Cigarettes for helping smokers to quit.

Amid the news that MPs will carry out an inquiry into e-cigarettes, Professor John Britton discusses e-cigs as a tool to help stop smoking, the gateway theory, the possibility of e-cigs on prescription and the effects of nicotine.

In an analysis of potential health benefits of getting smokers to quit tobacco, the researchers found that those 6.6 million people who switched to vaping would live for a collective total of up to 86.7 million extra years.

Nearly 20% of those who quit in first half of 2017 have been successful, with e-cigarettes becoming most popular method of quitting, say UCL researchers. E-cigarettes are the most popular method of quitting nationwide, the study found.

The consensus statement, published by Scotland's national health education and promotion agency, was agreed by the Scottish government, health boards, academia and charities such as the British Lung Foundation and Cancer Research UK.

Most E-Liquid has four main ingredients; there’s some variation, but not really very much. If you know the basics you’ll be able to spot any differences quickly. In the meantime, here’s what you can expect to be pouring into your atomiser.

“Results revealed that greater frequency of e-cigarette use beyond ever use [using one at least once] and especially with 20 or more days of use in the past month was strongly associated with both having made a quit attempt and a greater likelihood of three months or more of cigarette smoking cessation,”

The National Health Service in particular has contributed greatly to these amazing results. Electronic cigarettes are now recommended by the NHS as a tobacco cessation treatment. Largely thanks to this, the UK is a country with one of the lowest cigarette consumption rates per capita in Europe, which is really fantastic news!

Studies have consistently shown vaping to be far less hazardous than smoking with the Royal College of Physicians concluding the risks of vaping are unlikely to exceed 5 percent of those of smoking.

“The substantial increase in e-cigarette use among US adult smokers was associated with a statistically significant increase in the smoking cessation rate at the population level”, said the latest study published on BMJ.

In a somewhat extraordinary and unexpected development Scott Gottlieb, the newly appointed head of FDA, has announced that the submission deadline for PMTAs is to be delayed until 2022.

Ministers will be monitoring the UK’s exit from the EU in order to “identify where we can sensibly deregulate without harming public health”, whilst taking a fresh look at the Tobacco Products Directive, (TPD) since it impacts e-cig regulations.

A new study funded by Cancer Research UK is the first to explore the effects of e-cigarettes by looking at long-term human body-level exposure. The results are promising.

E-Cigarettes have only a tiny fraction of the risk of smoking. It is well known that almost all the harm from smoking is caused by the products of combustion, which are absent from vaping.

This report provides an update on the use of harm reduction in tobacco smoking, in relation to all non-tobacco nicotine products but particularly e-cigarettes. It shows that, for all the potential risks involved, harm reduction has huge potential to prevent death and disability from tobacco use, and to hasten our progress to a tobacco-free society.

For the first time, more than half of the UK's electronic-cigarette users have since given up smoking tobacco, a study suggests.

In the wake of the TGA’s decision to maintain a ban on nicotine for e-cigarettes, research shows such restrictive environments inhibit smokers’ attempts to quit.

As of May 20th. E-Liquids in bottles larger than 10ml will no longer be available for sale within Europe due to EU TPD Regulations. Our remaining stock of 30ml and 50ml E-Liquids are selling out very quickly and when they are gone we are unable to replace them

A leading E-Cigarette scientist has defended links between the Tobacco and Vaping industries.

Prisoners in the Isle of Man could be allowed to smoke E-Cigarettes, the Manx government has announced.

New research suggests availability of e-cigarettes makes smoking appear less attractive to young people, discourages tobacco uptake.

New data reveals a significant decline in number of smokers over last five years, while the daily number of cigarettes consumed has also fallen

Across Canada, some provinces have legislated that e-cigarettes are equivalent to tobacco products, by promoting the idea that combustible tobacco smoke and vapour are equally harmful. The assertion that e-cigarettes are not a viable cessation tool is scientifically incorrect, morally dangerous and likely in violation of our charter right to access harm-reduction alternatives

New vaping in public places advice recognises there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

New research found those who switched to Vaping had reduced toxins and carcinogens in their bodies.

Millions of long-term smokers have developed diseases that have caused them to die early. It is well understood that these diseases are caused almost exclusively by inhaling smoke. Vapor products, commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, do not burn tobacco or any other material, and so do not produce the smoke that causes smoking related diseases.

This is the first long-term research into the effects of vaping in former tobacco users

There has been an interesting mix of small businesses and Big Tobacco companies that have entered the vaping industry in the last five years, but the newest player speculated to be entering the arena may just be the most well-known: Apple.

Lots of other plants contain nicotine, including eggplant, potatoes, and tomatoes. So, one forward-thinking company named Next Generation Labs decided to test the FDA’s logic.

An excise duty of €0.30/ml now applies to all e-liquids, even those without nicotine, and the only flavor allowed is "tobacco". In the future, cross-border sales of e-liquid will be banned, a situation that will turn the 50,000 Finnish vapers into cash cows.

E-cigarette vapour does not damage DNA, even at doses 28 times that of equivalent smoke exposure.

E-Cigarettes are a much safer, tobacco-free alternative to smoking and have helped millions of smokers around the world to quit. They provide the nicotine to which smokers are addicted and the familiar hand-to-mouth smoking ritual, but without all the tars, chemicals and gases that cause almost all the harm from smoking.

The Health Information and Quality Authority has said that an increased use of e-cigarettes by smokers trying to quit "would increase the number of people who successfully quit compared with the existing situation in Ireland."

Research casts doubt on link between popularity of e-cigarettes and desire to smoke tobacco. The majority (96%) of qualitative responses given in interviews with 100 non-smokers aged between 16 and 29, showed young people were able to clearly differentiate between smoking traditional cigarettes and e-cigarette use, with most expressing disinterest in vaping, considering the devices were used only for attempting to quit or reduce tobacco consumption. There was no reported change in the respondent

Vaping scored a victory in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri when the city council decided to separate Vaping from smoking legally. This means that Vaping will no longer be included in smoking bans in St. Joseph

Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos presents his new book on E-Cigarettes. “It is an honor for me to present you the book titled: “Analytical Assessment of e-Cigarettes: From Contents to Chemical and Particle Exposure Profiles” - Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos.

Scientists at British American Tobacco have compared the potential for cigarette smoke and Vapour to cause genetic mutations in bacteria strains. Genetic mutations are thought to be involved in the development of cancer and this study will add more weight to the argument that Vaping should be being championed by the likes of the World Health Organisation rather than being treated with caution.

A recent survey that took place in America has revealed some fascinating facts about Vaping and how it fits into the task of trying to quit smoking. Does it make it easier for people to quit for good? According to the results, it would seem this is indeed the case. The study was conducted by the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health of the University of California in San Diego. It took place across a two-year period and explored how successful smokers were in quitting with or without t

Cigarettes kill. Anything that makes some smokers give them up is to be encouraged.

Last week Public Health England announced that fewer people than ever are smoking in England (less than 17 per cent). They also highlighted the role of E-Cigarettes in helping smokers to quit cigarettes. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) estimates that 2.8 million Brits Vape, more than in any other country outside the US.

At the release of the latest findings from University College London, Robert West added a word of caution that the efficacy evidence might not translate to other nations. One week later and reports are coming in from as far apart as Malaysia and Detroit that it does – or would if it were given a chance.

Rigorous assessment of available evidence on E-Cigarettes

A total saving of around 90 million life-years! Millions of smokers have already made the switch to the safer alternative, E Cigarettes and economists agree that if things keep moving forward at this rate smoking will be eliminated altogether.