A newly published review suggesting links between nicotine vaping and cancer risk has drawn strong criticism from scientists and industry figures, who argue its conclusions risk misinforming smokers and undermining harm reduction efforts. The paper, titled...
A comprehensive new meta-analysis has found strong and consistent evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes can help adults quit smoking, with researchers reporting higher success rates compared with traditional nicotine replacement therapies. Published in the journal Addiction, the...
A major new US study has found that e-cigarette use is increasingly associated with higher smoking cessation rates among adults, as vaping becomes more embedded in population-level tobacco use patterns. The research, published in Frontiers in...
New research from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has found that the UK government’s “Swap to Stop” initiative has led to a significant rise in smokers turning to vaping as a quit...
The retraction of a vaping-related paper in Journal of Cancer Policy, published by Elsevier, has renewed scrutiny over the quality and interpretation of research on e-cigarettes, with implications for public health messaging and regulatory debate. The...
Public health experts have raised concerns about the interpretation of a new observational study examining the relationship between vaping, smoking and blood pressure. The study, published in The American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory...
Quitting smoking – and switching completely to e-cigarettes – can lead to measurable improvements in vascular health, according to a new systematic review published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The study, conducted by researchers...
Nicotine pouches could offer smokers a harm-reduction option with a risk profile similar to pharmaceutical nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), according to a newly published scientific review. The paper, by harm-reduction researcher Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos and published...
Exclusive vape users did not show a statistically significant increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with non-users, according to new research analysing biomarker data from more than 6,400 adults. The study, published in the Journal...
A newly published academic commentary has raised fresh questions about how evidence on vaping for smoking cessation is interpreted and communicated, after researchers identified a pattern of systematic reviews reporting positive results for e-cigarettes but stopping...
Open access publisher MDPI has retracted a controversial paper that claimed e-cigarette users face a higher risk of early stroke than traditional cigarette smokers, following concerns about major errors in the analysis and an investigation that...
Vaping and other non-combustible nicotine products are now more popular than cigarettes among adolescents in more than half of the countries analysed in a major international study – with researchers warning that youth vaping prevalence is...
Smokers who use e-cigarettes alongside tobacco – known as “dual use” – reduce their intake of harmful chemicals and may be more likely to quit smoking altogether than those who continue to smoke only cigarettes, according...
Restrictions on flavoured vaping products may be driving smokers back to cigarettes, according to a major new study analysing sales data across Canada. The research, published in November 2025, examined the impact of provincial bans and...
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