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Tag: tobacco

Solving the problem of youth vaping

Solving the problem of youth vaping: A University of Queensland researcher said current Australian laws were failing to prevent young people using nicotine vaping products...
Solving the problem of youth vaping

Smoking rates surge during COVID-19

Smoking rates surge during COVID-19: University of Queensland researchers have found nicotine consumption in Australia increased by 30 per cent during the early stages of...
Smoking rates surge during COVID-19

E-cigarette retailers flouting age restrictions

E-cigarette retailers illegally selling nicotine e-liquids, including to underage users, new study says: Tobacconists are the most common source of nicotine e-liquids in Australia, despite...
E-cigarette retailers flouting age restrictions

Generational damage from second-hand smoke

Second-hand smoke a possible asthma risk for future generations, study finds: Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand...
Generational damage from second-hand smoke

Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths

Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths – first global estimates: The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country’s cigarette taxes had met...
Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths