Cigars Deliver More Nicotine Than Cigarettes
Australia mulling to outlaw vape sales outside pharmacies from next week
Australia plans to outlaw the sale of vapes outside pharmacies from next week under some of the world's toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes, the health minister said on Monday. The government had reached a compromise with the minor Greens party to get the legislated restrictions through the Senate this week, Health Minister Mark Butler and the party said. Our world-leading laws will return vapes and e-cigarettes to what they were originally sold to the Australian community and to governments around the world as therapeutic products to help hardened smokers kick the habit, Butler said in a statement. From Monday next week, it will be unlawful to supply, manufacture, import or sell a vape outside a pharmacy in Australia, he said. The ban applies to all vapes regardless of whether they contain nicotine. There are currently no restrictions on what retail outlets can sell vapes. Many products do not disclose that they contain nicotine. The Greens had insisted on amendments t
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Experts not in favour of nicotine replacement therapy as prescription drug
Nicotine replacement therapies are safe and empower individuals to quit smoking, a group of doctors have said while expressing concern over the proposal to reclassify them as prescription drugs. Experts feel the move to reclassify them as prescription drugs will limit their accessibility to those seeking to stop tobacco consumption. The Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has proposed to place nicotine replacement therapies under Schedule K of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules so that in future they would be available only on the prescription of authorised medical practitioners and not as over-the-counter preparation. Nicotine polacrilex gums, lozenges and transdermal patches are used for nicotine replacement therapies (NRT). NRT offers a 50 per cent higher probability of quitting smoking compared to attempting to quit without it, and it is both safe and readily available without the need for a prescription, experts have .
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Statutory warning: Cigars deliver more nicotine than cigarettes, says study
The average of nicotine delivered by the small cigars was 3.49 milligrams per cigar, compared to 2.13 in cigarettes
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