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Read more about the article No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2022: smoker number increased, concrete answers needed 

No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2022: smoker number increased, concrete answers needed 

Yesterday, the Italian Ministry of Health released new data on smoking prevalence: there are 800000 more smokers in the country than in 2019. Rates increased especially among women and young people. The report found that also the numbers of the users of heated tobacco products and electronic cigarettes is rising. “An expected disaster, partly anticipated by our data published in 2020 and obtained thanks to a study conducted during the acute phase of Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, no prevention policies, no answers from the Italian health authorities. Reporting a disaster is not enough: we need to come up with alternative and effective solutions”. Stated professor Riccardo Polosa, founder of the CoEHAR, who opened the first National Conference on Tobacco Harm Reduction.

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Read more about the article Catania, world capital of antismoking research: the CoEHAR mural

Catania, world capital of antismoking research: the CoEHAR mural

As a tangible demonstration of the gratitude towards the city that marked the beginning of the change, this morning CoEHAR presented the “CoEHAR Mural” along A.Doria Avenue (near INFN- Institute of Nuclear Physics). The mural is an artistic work created by the collective “MaleTinte”, thanks to the patronage of the Municipality of Catania and the Italian Anti-smoking League, LIAF, and the support of the BCC, Cooperative Credit Bank of Regalbuto and PPG Italy Group.

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Read more about the article CoEHAR and ANPVU to Commissioner Kyriakides: ecig as aids for smoking cessation

CoEHAR and ANPVU to Commissioner Kyriakides: ecig as aids for smoking cessation

Prof. Riccardo Polosa, Founder of the CoEHAR, and Carmine Canino, President of  ANPVU, National Association of ecig consumers, have sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides, regarding her statements on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes to quit smoking.

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Read more about the article Smoking cessation policies in Brazil and UK: the law behind ecig

Smoking cessation policies in Brazil and UK: the law behind ecig

In a recently published paper, “Health protection, public policies for smoking cessation and regulation of electronic cigarettes in Brazil and the UK: a study of comparative public law”, by Costanza Nicolosi, expert in the economics of legal regulation and Ph.D. in law, the author analyzes the legal approach taken by  two countries, UK and Brazil, in e-cigarettes’ regulation,  marketing, and production

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Read more about the article Cigarette smoking and SARS-CoV-2 infection: CoEHAR study found less infected people among current smokers
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Cigarette smoking and SARS-CoV-2 infection: CoEHAR study found less infected people among current smokers

CoEHAR researchers investigated for the first time the relationship between biochemically-verified smoking status and SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large population study. The study “The impact of laboratory-verified smoking on SARS-CoV-2 infection: Results from the Troina sero-epidemiological survey”, found that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody positivity were reduced in smokers compared to former and never smokers (19.8% vs. 31%)

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Read more about the article Experimental Biology 2022: CoEHAR flies to Philadelphia to present the Replica project
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Experimental Biology 2022: CoEHAR flies to Philadelphia to present the Replica project

CoEHAR presented the results of the Replica project during Experimental Biology 2022, the annual meeting that brings together thousands of scientists and experts in the field of anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, investigative pathology, pharmacology, and physiology. Representing CoEHAR, the researcher Alfio Distefano, PhD student in neuroscience at the University of Catania

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Read more about the article CoEHAR exposes for the first time that most e-cigarette research is flawed and in need of urgent critical reform 

CoEHAR exposes for the first time that most e-cigarette research is flawed and in need of urgent critical reform 

Under the leadership of CoEHAR, a team of international researchers, examined the 24 most frequently cited vaping studies published in medical journals. The findings are shocking: almost all of these studies were found to be methodologically flawed; they lacked a clear hypothesis, used inadequate methodology, failed to collect data relevant to the study objectives, and did not correct for obvious confounding factors. 

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