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, 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 [...]
New ResMed-supported research presented at ERS 2024 projects future Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) burden in Western Europe, accounting for increased air pollution, tobacco smoking, and vaping, with Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) enhancing survival rates. 88.7 million new COPD hospitalizations projected across Western Europe between 2019 – 2050 Vaping projected to incur almost €30 billion additional [...]
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 [...]
LONDON, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Innokin Technology has announced the launch of a new arrival to their industry-leading lineup of vaporizers. Introducing Lota: Innokin’s all-new sub-brand pushing the boundaries of performance, reliability, and innovation within the entry-level vaping sector. Innokin’s Lota is set to shake up the vaping space by combining Innokin’s decade plus of [...]
LONDON, England, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The vaping sector has a track record of embracing innovative technology and applying it to next-generation nicotine delivery. Aquios Labs is looking to introduce an entirely new product category to the industry: water-based vaping. Most traditional vaping devices and e-liquids contain no water at all, and in those [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Two major South Korean duty free stores said Monday they have suspended sales of flavored e-cigarettes, following the government’s warning against the use of such vaping products due to rising health concerns. Lotte Duty Store and the Shilla Duty Free said they have halted sales of flavored vaping products [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday strongly advised people not to use flavored e-cigarettes, joining a wave of nations around the world that have imposed tougher regulations amid growing health risks linked to vaping. South Korea’s Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo said the government also immediately banned teenagers from using [...]