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Fear, misinformation, and exaggeration: behind the SA-led national approach to youth vaping
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, Blair Boyer MP has proposed a national plan to reduce youth vaping in schools. This will...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 19, 2022
Professor Chapman’s criticism of Cochrane review findings is deeply flawed
COCHRANE REVIEWS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD for determining if a treatment is effective in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). [1] The recent...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 12, 2022
Please make a submission to the TGA vape consultation
VAPERS SHOULD MAKE a brief submission to the TGA consultation on Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs). Without your input, even stricter...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 12, 2022
Vaping and other reduced-risk nicotine products reduce national smoking rates
A UK GOVERNMENT REPORT released today confirmed that vaping is reducing smoking rates in the UK . In 2021, 13.3% of adults smoked in the...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 7, 2022
The TGA’s consultation on vaping is a sham
AUSTRALIA’S PRESCRIPTION-ONLY MODEL for nicotine vaping looks set to continue with even greater restrictions, after the Therapeutic Goods...
Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 1, 2022
Strongest evidence yet that vaping is more effective than NRT – Cochrane update
RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD has found the strongest evidence yet that nicotine vapes help people to quit smoking more than...
Colin Mendelsohn
Nov 17, 2022
TGA admits that Australia’s vaping regulations are not working
THE HEAD OF THE THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION (TGA) has finally admitted the disastrous and predictable failure of Australia’s vaping...
Colin Mendelsohn
Nov 15, 2022
Contact your MP about vaping – like Martin Sheppard
THE MOST IMPORTANT thing a vaper can do to get the nicotine regulations changed to a retail consumer model is to write a brief, polite...
Colin Mendelsohn
Nov 12, 2022
Sarah Game MLC introduces groundbreaking Bill into South Australian Parliament
SARAH GAME MLC has introduced Australia’s first parliamentary bill to correct Australia’s flawed prescription-only vaping model. Speech...
Colin Mendelsohn
Nov 4, 2022
Australia should legalise nicotine vapes and regulate them as adult consumer goods – Report
A NEW REPORT recommends that Australia should legalise nicotine vaping products and regulate them as adult consumer goods. [ link ] The...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 26, 2022
How many adult Australians vape?
THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 1,300,000 current adult (18+) vapers in Australia, or about 5.5% of the adult population. A tiny minority of...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 22, 2022
Cancer Council Victoria spins good news about vaping into bad news
LARGE NUMBERS OF ADULT SMOKERS IN VICTORIA are switching to vaping. This is great news for public health, but Cancer Council Victoria...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 21, 2022
Cancer Council NSW untruthful about vaping
CANCER COUNCIL NSW is misleading the public with its latest advice for parents on vaping: 5 Things Parents Should Know about Vaping. The...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 20, 2022
Dual users have significantly lower toxicant exposure than exclusive smokers, review
A NEW REVIEW has confirmed that toxic chemicals are significantly reduced in dual users (both smoking and vaping) trying to quit,...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 9, 2022
Vaping substantially cuts health risks of smoking – report finds
A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW of 400 vaping studies commissioned by the English government has firmly concluded that vaping poses only a small...
Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 2, 2022
Australia’s experiment with prescription-only vapes – a spectacular policy failure
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S medical, prescription-only model for nicotine vaping was introduced by Greg Hunt on 1 October 2021. After...
Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 29, 2022
Why lying about the harms of vaping is deadly
A NEW STUDY has clearly demonstrated that exaggerating the risks of vaping leads to more smoking. Smokers who (incorrectly) believe...
Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 21, 2022
Vaping could reduce Australian smoking rates and save lives. Study
RELAXING AUSTRALIA’S HARSH REGULATIONS on vaping could save the lives of 70,000 – 104,000 Australians by 2080 and prevent untold...
Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 9, 2022
Alcohol and Drug Foundation misleads on youth vaping
THE AUSTRALIAN ALCOHOL AND DRUG FOUNDATION has released advice on youth vaping which is riddled with false and alarming claims and...
Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 7, 2022
Correcting the myths about vaping. Interview
MY INTERVIEW TODAY on Triple M radio Newcastle aims to correct some of the common myths about vaping. Vaping is much safer than smoking...
Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 5, 2022
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