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Cantopop singer Hubert Wu fined for bringing banned e-cigarettes into Hong Kong
25 Apr 2024 15:03 GMT
Hong Kong Cantopop singer Hubert Wu Hung-kwan has been fined HK$5,000 (US$638) for trying to bring in more than 120 heated tobacco products and vaping devices at the West Kowloon high-speed rail station earlier this year.
Wu, 33, pleaded guilty to …
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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: 500 MB in untaxed cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal e-cigarettes seized in Phuket || April 23
25 Apr 2024 11:35 GMT
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Alcohol, e-cigarettes, cannabis: concerning trends in adolescent substance use, finds new WHO/Europe study
25 Apr 2024 10:38 GMT
Across Europe, central Asia and Canada, a concerning picture of adolescent substance use emerges from a new WHO/Europe report. With over half of 15-year-olds surveyed having experimented with alcohol and a shocking 1 in 5 having recently used e- …
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WHO calls alcohol and E-cigarettes use among youth ‘alarming’, stresses on need for better policy
25 Apr 2024 05:15 GMT
The WHO on Thursday released a report stating that the increasing trends of alcohol and e-cigarette abuse are "alarming"—the European branch of WHO also recommended measures to restrict access.
According to the report, the data is based on a …
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WHO: Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’
25 Apr 2024 00:32 GMT
COPENHAGEN, April 25 — The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is “alarming”, according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European branch, which recommended measures to limit access.
Based on …
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Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth 'alarming': WHO
25 Apr 2024 00:19 GMT
When it came to current use - defined as having drunk at least once in the last 30 days - eight per cent of 11-year-old boys reported having done so, compared to five per cent of girls.
But by age 15, girls had overtaken boys, with 38 per cent of girls …
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Brazil upholds ban on e-cigarette sales
24 Apr 2024 22:54 GMT
… million people have already used electronic cigarettes in Brazil, even though … – although manufacturers say that electronic cigarettes are less addictive, recent research … import, export and consumption of electronic cigarettes in Brazil. The proposal is …
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Brazil’s drug authority votes to uphold ban on e-cigarettes
24 Apr 2024 19:27 GMT
… talking about risk-reducing products. Electronic cigarettes pose less of a health …
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FDA Seeks Penalties From 22 Retailers Over Sales of Unauthorized E-Cigarettes
24 Apr 2024 18:16 GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upped the ante against certain retailers by issuing complaints for civil money penalties (CMPs) to stores that have continued to sell unauthorized e-cigarettes, including Elf Bar.
The FDA …
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Former Researcher Sues KT&G Over E-cigarette Patents
24 Apr 2024 18:07 GMT
A former KT&G Corp researcher has filed a lawsuit against his former employer claiming that he was insufficiently compensated for inventing “the world’s first e-cigarette” while working at the firm, reports the Yonhap News Agency.
Kwak Dae-geun demands …