February Vape Blog Roundup: E-Juice Flavour Bans Increase Smoking Rates, Ampol Wants To Sell E-Cigs & More
Vaper Empire aims to keep vapers in Australia and New Zealand up to date with the latest vaping news, which is why we update our blog on our website regularly to keep vapers informed. Here's a look at the latest blog articles we shared this month.
We would have thought this would be obvious but apparently not. Another study has come out that shows banning flavoured vaping products may lead to an increase in smoking rates. The study found that smoking rates in San Francisco, California increased when the city banned flavoured e-cigs.
This is fantastic news and you can read all about it on our site.
Ampol Wants To Sell Nicotine E-Cigs At Their Stores
The company that owns Caltex, Ampol, wants the Australian Government to allow it to sell nicotine e-cigs and other vape products at their stores. The company has more than 1,900 stores in Australia between its Caltex and Ampol brands. If allowed to sell e-cigs at their stores, smokers and vapers would have improved access to vaping products.
The company sent a submission in to the Senate committee that is examining vaping, urging the government to allow them to sell vaping products that contain nicotine at their convenience stores. Currently, Australians who are of legal smoking age can buy cigarettes at their stores, but nicotine e-cigarette sales are still prohibited.
Banning Flavoured E-Cigs Leads To Increased Smoking
We would have thought this would be obvious but apparently not. Another study has come out that shows banning flavoured vaping products may lead to an increase in smoking rates. The study found that smoking rates in San Francisco, California increased when the city banned flavoured e-cigs.
Without access to the e-liquid and e-cig flavours that they use, some vapers using vaping to stay off cigarettes are almost certainly going to go back to smoking. We believe that smokers should have convenient access to vaping products in all of the flavours that the market has to offer, making it as easy possible for smokers to transition to vaping, which international research has shown to be the smart decision.
Check out the complete article on our website to learn more about the study and its findings.
How Do Australian Pharmacists See Nicotine Vaping Products?
The vaping news that Australian pharmacists are reading helps shape their understanding of vaping products, which is why it's important for pharmacists in the country to have access to unbias information about vaping, which is what a new study has concluded after examining the news stories that are being published on major Australian pharmacy news websites.
Find more on this story here.
More And More Kiwis Are Using Vaping To Quit Smoking
A professor at the University of Otago Medical School has led a new study which has examined the use of e-cigarettes in New Zealand and found that more and more New Zealanders are using vaping products to quit smoking. The findings of the study also suggest that e-cigs are helping to reduce the rate of smoking in the country.
This is fantastic news and you can read all about it on our site.
