SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with the surge in e-cigarette use, as health experts warn of toxic risks and public frustration grows over indoor vaping by celebrities and ordinary users alike. The government has launched a new campaign emphasizing the dangers of vaping, even as other countries tighten outright bans. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Minister of Health and Welfare, Chung Eun-kyung, has called for stricter regulation of liquid-based e-cigarettes, equating their health risks to those of traditional combustible cigarettes, especially amid rising use among adolescents. In a written response submitted to the National Assembly following her confirmation hearing, Chung emphasized that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with a surge in obesity and e-cigarette use, even as traditional smoking declines and physical activity rates improve, according to a nationwide health survey released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The survey, conducted among 230,000 adults across 258 health centers, revealed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant shift in tobacco policy, South Korea’s Ministry of Finance has indicated support for regulating synthetic nicotine products under the country’s Tobacco Business Act, following new research that challenges claims about their safety. A comprehensive study commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare has found that synthetic [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would require warning labels and images on electronic cigarette devices, addressing a regulatory blind spot in the nation’s tobacco control measures. The bill, recently introduced by Representative Jeon Jin-sook of the Democratic Party, aims to expand current regulations that mandate health warnings [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute announced on October 9 that they will launch their second anti-smoking advertisement campaign of the year, titled “E-cigarettes Are Not OK At All,” running from October 10 through the end of the year across various media platforms. This [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent ruling, the Seoul Administrative Court dismissed the argument of an electronic cigarette liquid importer, Company A, that its product should not be classified as tobacco because it was extracted from the stem, not the leaves, of the tobacco plant. The importer had been importing e-cigarette liquid made [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that users of electronic cigarettes, particularly those using liquid-type e-cigarettes, exhibit weaker intentions to quit smoking compared to traditional cigarette users. The study, conducted by a research team led by Professor Kim Dae-hyun of the Department of Family Medicine at Keimyung University College of Medicine, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. said Tuesday it will launch the new IQOS ILUMA e-cigarette heating device next month, as competition heats up in South Korea’s growing non-combustible tobacco market. The IQOS ILUMA is the latest heatable e-cigarette device from the U.S. tobacco maker in three years. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for smoking booths continues to rise, a vaping room has been set up in downtown Seoul for e-cigarette smokers. Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Tuesday that it had set up an outdoor smoking booth for both electronic and non-electronic cigarette smokers at the Parc 1 Tower complex [...]