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BTH #5 – Vaping use high among recent ex-smokers

Behind the Headlines is a regular feature taking a slightly deeper dive into a piece of recent media coverage of NGP research. This edition’s story: “Vaping use high among recent quitters but rare among those who gave up longer ago” Former smokers “who quit tobacco within the last five years are likely to use e-cigarettes, […]

28 Feb 2020

BTH#4 – Are concerns of a teenage ‘vaping epidemic’ overblown?

Behind the Headlines is a regular feature taking a slightly deeper dive into a piece of recent media coverage of NGP research. This edition’s story: ‘Are concerns of a teenage vaping epidemic overblown?’ When the US government first released the NYTS (National Youth Tobacco Survey), multiple media outlets – including CNN – reported a “surge […]

17 Feb 2020

Heated Tobacco and Air Quality

By Liz Mason, Heated Tobacco Science Manager Our infographic presents encouraging recent research conducted on behalf of Imperial Brands Science, and suggests using our Pulze heated tobacco device causes no noteworthy indoor air quality issues. This data add to our existing research demonstrating vaping doesn’t impact indoor air quality, or pose bystander health issues either. […]

15 Feb 2020

NGP Flavours – Something Better is Something Different

By Josie Newman, Scientific Market Materials Executive Moving away from smoking can be tough. However, we believe Something Better is also something different – and that’s why flavours can prove vital in helping adult smokers transition to Next Generation Products We also believe flavour bans, like the one imposed in the US in January 2020, […]

11 Feb 2020

BTH#3 – Does ‘dualling’ really double the risk of stroke for young people?

Behind the Headlines is a regular feature taking a slightly deeper dive into a piece of recent media coverage of NGP research. This edition’s story: Vaping dangers: does vaping and smoking really double the risk of stoke for young people? In January 6, 2020 an article in The Independent warned: “young people who vape alongside […]

13 Jan 2020

BTH #2 – “Vaping damages your lungs, but is still ‘safer’ than smoking”

Behind the Headlines is a regular feature taking a slightly deeper dive into a piece of recent media coverage of NGP research. This edition’s story: ‘Vaping damages your lungs, but is still safer than smoking, suggests long-term study’ On December 16, 2019 the Daily Mail stated: “E-cigarette users are 29% more likely to suffer emphysema and […]

23 Dec 2019

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