September - 2019

7 lung deaths related to e-cigarettes in the United States - could South Africa be next?

South Africa might face a similar health problem as the US as e-cigarettes are sold here without regulation. This lack of regulation has resulted in a proliferation of outlets selling these products without providing basic information such as the ingredients and the impact of e-cigarettes. With over 300 000 e-cigarettes users in South Africa, how can we stop it from happening here? The burning question is how were e-cigarettes allowed into the market without them being tested

ANTI-SMOKING COUNCIL CALLS ON GOVT TO REGULATE E-CIGARETTES IN SA

This follows multiple deaths linked to vaping in the United States. CAPE TOWN - Government needs to put out e-cigarettes: that’s what the National Council Against Smoking is hoping for. It wants e-cigarettes to be better regulated. This follows multiple deaths linked to vaping in the United States. The draft tobacco bill, which was released for public comment last year, included the regulation of e-cigarettes. The council’s Savera Kalideen said: “More than 90 countries have r

A number of e-cigarettes related deaths have been reported in the United States

The dangers of “vape lung” in South Africa

Vaping is a common practice among South African teenagers, with many parents allowing their children to smoke nicotine-free e-cigarettes, believing them to be safer than tobacco, according to a report in the Sunday Times. According to the report, regulation to control the use of e-cigarettes is in development, but there has been little progress made on the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Bill in the last year. The National Council Against

No vape-related deaths reported in SA

JOHANNESBURG - No vaping-related deaths have been reported yet in South Africa according to the National Council Against Smoking. We're listening! Tell us what you think about Microsoft News Health authorities across the world have been flagging concerns about vaping potentially leading to death. Nine people have died in the US of vaping-related deaths. Some states there have already imposed bans on flavoured e-cigarettes, while India has made a similar announcement. Accordin

Death of vaping: These countries have banned e-cigarettes

Soon, South Africa may have no choice but to join the fight in preventing the production, sale and use of e-cigarettes. Once a popular trend among smokers, electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, were, at one point, the answer to a lot of social problems caused by combustible cancer sticks. However, after India announced, on Wednesday, that it was hopping onto the bandwagon in banning e-cigarettes, it is clear now that the global death of vaping is imminent. What are e-cigare

More alarming evidence that e-cigarettes are harmful

Setting the record straight: Tax stamps work

We read with some amusement the article “SARS’s track plan might not work,” that appeared in the Sowetan on 10 September 2019. The article is disconcerting on many levels. SARS is indeed poised to implement a track and trace system for tobacco products. That much is true. Such systems are endorsed by the World Health Organisation, law enforcement agencies and pretty much anyone who knows anything about tackling the illicit trade problem. So, when a publication simply publishe

India bans e-cigarettes after government passes emergency order

India's cabinet has approved a ban on the import, production and sale of e-cigarettes, the country's finance minister said, citing a public health risk to young people from "vaping". The government of Narendra Modi approved an emergency order, drawn up by the health ministry, that could see first-time offenders jailed for up to a year and fined 100,000 rupees (£1,100). Simply possessing e-cigarettes or similar devices will also be an offence, health minister Harsh Vardhan sai

MINT, MENTHOL E-CIGARETTE LIQUIDS HIGH IN CANCER-CAUSING COMPOUND - STUDY

The Food and Drug Administration barred the use of pulegone as a food additive after receiving petitions from health and environmental groups. LONDON - A cancer-causing compound banned by US regulators last year as a food additive has been found at potentially dangerous levels in mint and menthol-flavoured e-cigarette liquids and smokeless tobacco products, researchers said on Monday. The findings, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, provided the latest evidence

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