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Public Health Experts: Proposed US Vape Tax May Create More Smokers

While the proposed House bill includes a nicotine tax which would apply to vaping products and nicotine pouches, making the tax on them on par with the existing one on cigarettes, it excludes FDA approved NRTs such as nicotine gums and patches. The measure is part of the latest version of the party’s social-spending and climate […]

Estonia Proposes Amendments to The Local Tobacco Act

Sadly, Estonia has recently ranked third in Europe for smoking-related deaths. To this effect, the current bill proposes amendments which would clarify regulations regarding alternative nicotine products, with the aim of encouraging safety and accessibility to such products and reduce smoking rates. Bill sponsor MP Tarmo Kruusimäe said that previous amendments to the Tobacco Act, have […]

Which e-cigarette is best for you?

Vaping devices (sometimes wrongly referred to as e-cigarettes) have seen rapid technological advances over the past three years. Box formats have replaced tube formats virtually everywhere, and smokers wanting to quit by switching to vaping can feel a little overwhelmed by the plethora of choices.  So which vaping device is best for you? There is […]

Study Finds What Vapers Knew: Accidental Quitting Is Real

Many people begin using e-cigarettes with no intention to quit smoking, but then do quit smoking. The phenomenon is so widely recognized in the vaping community that it has a name: accidental quitting. Lots of vapers refer to themselves as accidental quitters or accidental vapers. People who smoke but don’t intend to quit begin vaping […]

Australia: Vape Ads Allowed in Pharmacies Under Some Circumstances

In 2020, Australia’s Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt had announced a new measure banning the importation of vape liquid containing nicotine. A number of public health experts, tobacco harm reduction advocates and MPs, had spoken up against this measure, resulting in it being put on hold. However earlier this year the TGA announced that the sales of […]

E-liquids and flavours

After studying the composition of e-liquids, we will take a closer look at one of their major constituents: flavours. We hear a lot about food-grade flavours, but are all flavours suitable for inhalation? Which criteria need to be taken into account when developing e-liquid recipes? We will be examining the question from all angles with Laboratoire […]

General characteristics of propylene glycol (PG)

Physicochemical properties of PG At room temperature, PG has the appearance of a slightly syrupy liquid. It is odourless, tasteless, and colourless. With the molecular formula C3H8O2, PG has a boiling point of 187°C, a melting point of -60°C, and a density of 1.036 kg/L at 20°C. PG is a polar molecule, its negative and […]