Weekly Issue | Jan 16th, 2023
“New statement from Health Canada joins more than 100 official statements from ministries of health, Depts of Health and professional societies all over the world. All agree that nicotine vapes and/or #snus are safer than combustible tobacco cigarettes." Link to statements~ Charles Gardner PhD.
Hi Dear Friends,
We hope you are doing amazingly well. We had a great time in our Town Hall this last Saturday; please remember, if you are interested in participating in the case studies, email Olivier at ot@innco.org. And if you need help with a Press Release, you can contact Sola at oo@innco.org.
In the past six months, INNCO has answered 12 special requests by members. If you need assistance with anything we can help, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@innco.org.
We had a Press Release concerning media coverage on topics related to Harm Reduction for people who smoke or used to smoke combustible tobacco; if you have yet to see it, you can check it out here.
INNCO released a video in which Charles Gardner explains the current figures of young people using cigarettes and nicotine vapes. Also, he briefs us on how those numbers have changed during the last five decades. You can watch it here.
We released a video in which Charles Gardner, Ph.D., Executive Director of INNCO, and Atakan Befits, Global Advocacy & Policy Analyst of INNCO, talk about the Lisbon Addictions Conference 2022. Thet also discloses details of the data presented by our Organization through an E-Poster, and their remarks and lessons learned in Lisbon. We also see interactions with attendees and one of the organizers of the Conference. (Watch here)
The dates for the Global Forum on Nicotine have been officially announced. GFN23 will be from June 21st to the 24th. You can visit their website here.
Dr. Colin Mendelsohn's book is now available as E-Book. You can find it on Amazon US, Amazon AU, and Booktopia.
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Curated by the INNCO's Secretariat
My application for Editor-in-Chief of Tobacco Control
A vision for a journal covering all aspects of nicotine in society based on open science, curiosity and organised scepticism
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Metal Risk Overblown
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Media Release: Australian vapers call on Federal Governmen...
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Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry Reiterates That ...
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E-Cigarette Opponents Are Science Deniers
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Join us in June for the 10th Global Forum on Nicotine in W...
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Bigger and better - but doesn't cost big bucks💰
Register now at https://...
In Silico review: ecig add no additional cardiovascular he...
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Harm Reduction
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Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation: Cochrane Livi...
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E-cigarette network raises New Zealand, an example case, h...
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How Harm Reduction Can Help You Stub it out in 2023
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Researcher Stories: E-cigarettes
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The detailed look at the Debra numbers
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The CDC's Peddling of Misinformation About Vaping is a Thr...
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“Poorly Designed, Conducted, and Interpreted” Research Det...
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PRI’s Positive Ecig Position
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Dutch Danger
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The Truth About Youth Vaping in the United States
Charles Gardner Ph.D., Executive Director of INNCO, explains the current figures of young people using cigarettes, and nicotine vapes. Also, he bri...
INNCO at Lisbon Addictions 2022
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Harm Reduction & Human Rights
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