SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new government-commissioned study has found that nearly four in ten South Korean adolescents view e-cigarettes as either a substitute for conventional cigarettes or a tool to quit smoking, underscoring the growing influence of targeted marketing campaigns by tobacco companies. The report, released Tuesday by Sahmyook University at the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s latest public health research suggests that smokers who turn to e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products believing them to be safer may in fact be developing stronger nicotine addictions than users of traditional cigarettes. Commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Korean Association on Smoking or Health [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is intensifying its campaign against e-cigarettes, warning that the vapor inhaled and exhaled is far from harmless. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Saturday it will launch a second round of anti-smoking advertisements on September 1, focusing on the dangers of e-cigarette aerosol. The campaign, titled [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tobacco market is undergoing a seismic shift, with traditional cigarettes giving way to e-cigarettes and flavored tobacco products that promise less smoke and odor — but are raising fresh public health concerns. A government-commissioned report released Thursday by the Korean Society for Smoking Cessation, titled “2024 In-Depth [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Unregulated electronic cigarette vending machines selling synthetic nicotine products are proliferating near schools in South Korea, sparking public concern over youth access and health risks, amid mounting calls for legislative reform. A recent investigation revealed unmanned vape shops operating near elementary, middle, and high schools in central Seoul, often [...]
CHEONGJU, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – At the smoking hazard laboratory in Osong, a city in North Chungcheong Province, researchers have been meticulously analyzing the liquid contents of commercially available e-cigarettes using advanced equipment, according to officials who gave a tour to reporters on May 8. The intensive analysis stems from concerns that e-cigarette liquids may [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency announced a plan to strengthen the crackdown on individuals evading taxes on imports of liquid-type e-cigarettes made of tobacco leaves by falsely reporting that they are made of synthetic nicotine. The Korea Customs Service said Thursday it had developed a high-precision analysis method to identify [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — BAT Rothmans, the Korean arm of British American Tobacco, claimed Tuesday its tobacco heating device glo can reduce health risks of traditional cigarettes in a move to convince lawmakers and the public to ease regulations on e-cigarettes. Glo is a tobacco heating product brand produced by British American Tobacco [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that liquid-based e-cigarettes emit more ultrafine dust than regular cigarettes. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency photographed smoke and aerosols emitted from cigarettes to analyze their chemical composition, for the first time in the country, between September of last year and May. The results [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The global health body introduced the South Korean system of requiring warning images on electronic cigarettes as an exemplary case in its latest report. The Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic is a biannual survey released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the basis of its evaluation of [...]