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Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» PARIS: Heated tobacco products have soared in popularity as a "smoke free" alternative to cigarettes in recent years, but a peer-reviewed report has suggested their emissions could be considered smoke -- a claim strongly rejected by the tobacco industry.
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US orders all Juul vaping products off the market
AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was ordering all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the former industry leader had failed to address certain safety concerns.
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US seeks to drastically cut nicotine content in cigarettes
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels -- a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
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US to ban menthol cigarettes
AFP, Published on 30/04/2021
» WASHINGTON: US health authorities announced Thursday their intent to soon ban menthol cigarettes, adding the action would save hundreds of thousands of lives.
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US trade watchdog sues over $13 bn Altria-Juul vaping deal
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» NEW YORK - The US trade watchdog said Wednesday it had sued Altria and Juul over a $12.8 billion e-cigarette deal which allegedly breached antitrust laws.
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US announces partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes
AFP, Published on 03/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US government announced Thursday it was banning most flavored e-cigarettes in a bid to curb the rising tide of youth vaping, but under industry pressure it stopped short of the full ban promised in September by the White House.
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E-cigs may damage the heart, study says
AFP, Published on 07/11/2019
» PARIS - Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver -- increasingly popular among teens -- may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes.
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WHO says e-cigarettes 'undoubtedly harmful'
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated, the WHO said Friday as it warned against the use of vaping products by smokers trying to quit their deadly habit.
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JUUL: e-cigarette dominates the market -- and fears of parents
AFP, Published on 03/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - In just three years, electronic cigarette maker JUUL has come to dominate the American market with its vaping devices that look like thumb drives, a business success that has brought a public health dilemma for authorities in the US, and elsewhere.
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Exploding e-cigarette killed Florida man, coroner says
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» MIAMI - An exploding e-cigarette killed a Florida man and set fire to his apartment, an autopsy has found.
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