Vaping liquids exposing Aussie users to toxins, researchers warn
More studies are needed to improve public health policy around e-cigarettes, they say.
Tag: Vaping
Why Dr Colin Mendelsohn is happy to defy the medical establishment on vaping
We will look back in twenty years and wonder why we didn’t embrace the products earlier, he writes in a new book
Is Big Tobacco’s move into medical devices all bad?
In their splendid 1200-page book (no kidding!) on ethics and the law for the health professions, Professor Ian Kerridge, a Sydney haematologist and academic ethicist…
After killing millions, Big Tobacco moves into healthcare
John Safran takes a look at the strategic shifts of Philip Morris, a company responsible for a global public health catastrophe.
A GP guide to vaping and nicotine prescribing
With recent changes to TGA regulations, GPs are likely to see an increasing number of patients seeking advice on vaping and nicotine prescriptions.…
GPs warned to expect an influx of patients demanding vaping scripts
It will soon be illegal for patients to purchase or import nicotine-containing e-cigarettes without a prescription.
App Review: Quit Vaping – designed by an ex-vaper
The app reminds patients of their reason for quitting e-cigarettes
Poly-use of nicotine products ‘an underestimated hazard’
Most users of e-cigarettes smoke conventional cigarettes too, expert warns.
If vaping helps your patient quit smoking, what’s the harm?
The safest option is not to smoke or vape, but the priority for smokers should be to stop smoking, writes Associate Professor Coral Gartner.
As an imaging scientist, I can see that vaping is like cigarettes all over again
I am disturbed by the lack of regulation, alarmed by the persuasive marketing and fearful of the deadly impact on people's lungs, writes Professor…
