A report on a 2018 menthol cigarette ban by seven Canadian provinces finds that "provincial menthol bans significantly increased non-menthol cigarette smoking among youths, resulting in no overall net change in youth smoking rates." Not surprisingly, given the history of black markets in general and tobacco in particular, the researchers "also document evidence of evasion: provincial menthol bans shifted smokers' cigarette purchases away from grocery stores and gas stations to First Nations reserves (where the menthol bans do not bind)." None of this should be a shock given that marijuana prohibition is in retreat after years of failure
But if there were any others, either from 2015 or previous years, I missed them
According to BAT, this data is the most comprehensive comparison to date between smoke and e-cigarette emissions in which Vype was found to have on average 92-99% less toxicant levels than in conventional cigarette smoke
The next heart attack, the next stroke, the next cardiovascular death may not come from a cigarette, but from a flavored pod, a nicotine pouch or a waterpipe in a caf. Senior researcher Thomas Lscher, a consultant cardiologist with the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals in London, called the new report a wake-up call for regulators. The shift from cigarettes to e-cigarettes and flavored pouches is no effective harm reduction
