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If the level of potential harm from vaping products is considered unacceptable for them to be sold as consumer products [nicotine vapes are now prescription-only in Australia] that should also make everyone question why is it acceptable for tobacco cigarettes to be sold when they have a much stronger evidence base in terms of risk to health, says Gartner

Without nicotine, a cigarette is just smoldering leaves wrapped in some fancy paper

Even if the Trump administration finalizes the rule, the FDA plans to give tobacco companies two years to comply, meaning that the earliest cigarettes would actually change would be fall 2027

These products are generally safer than cigarettes because they do not burn tobacco, and it is tobacco smoke, not nicotine, that causes most of the harmful effects of cigarettes

Lawmakers in Denmark are considering a similar proposal for anyone born after 2010, and in recent months both the Malaysian and Singaporean health ministries have flagged their intention of following New Zealands lead in aiming for a tobacco endgame