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18.4 Safety risks and abuse potential of e-cigarettes
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Relevant news and research: Safety risks and abuse potential of e-cigarettes

Fellows, T. (2025). Vapes a wealth hazard. The Courier Mail. Available from:


Murray, L., Scavnicky, M. K., Korponay, C., Lukas, S. E., Frederick, B. B. and Janes, A. C. (2025). Brain reactivity to nicotine cues mediates the link between resting-state connectivity and cue-induced craving in individuals who smoke or vape nicotine. Neuropsychopharmacology. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40082646


Office of the Queensland Parlimentary Counsel (2025). Health Legislation Amendment Bill. . Available from: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/bill.first/bill-2024-057


The Honourable Tim Nicholls (2025). A Fresh Start for Queensland: New Bill to put clinicians in charge and destroy illegal vapes. . Available from: https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/102170


Clean Up Australia (2025). Litter Report FY24. . Available from: https://irp.cdn-website.com/ed061800/files/uploaded/CleanUpAustralia_LitterReport_FY24_FINAL.pdf


Douglas, A. E., Milstred, A. R., Krom, P., King, A., Cherkasova, M. V. and Blank, M. D. (2025). Electronic cigarette cue reactivity in exclusive electronic cigarette users. Drug Alcohol Depend, 112583. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39908651


Hines, F. (2025). California takes aim at vape waste with statewide ban. CALPIRG. Available from: https://pirg.org/california/articles/california-takes-aim-at-vape-waste-with-statewide-ban/


Vaccari Bongetta, G. N., Ferreira Franca, R., Pozzolo Pedro, M. O., Leopoldo, K., Florence, L. L. A., Blaas, I. K., Koch Gimenes, G., Torales, J., Ventriglio, A., de Berardis, D. and Castaldelli-Maia, J. M. (2025). Exploring the Practice of Dual Vaping: Health Risks and Behavioral Patterns in Nicotine and Cannabis E-Cigarette Users. Brain Sci, 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40002430


Akinola, L. S., Buzzi, B., Kalck, E., Le, K., Klein, S., Vaughn, J., Basir, J., Poklis, J., Whiteaker, P., Shelton, K. L. and Damaj, M. I. (2025). Characterization of a novel oronasal-restricted nicotine vaping self-administration model in mice. Neuropharmacology, 110315. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39832529


Kundu, A., Sanchez, S., Seth, S., Feore, A., Sutton, M., Sachdeva, K., Abu-Zarour, N., Chaiton, M. and Schwartz, R. (2025). Evidence update on e-cigarette dependence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Addict Behav, 108243. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39826373


Matt, G. E., Greiner, L., Tran, K., Gibbons, J., Vingiello, M., Stigler Granados, P., Shadbegian, R. and Novotny, T. E. (2025). Estimating the accumulation and re-accumulation of commercial tobacco, electronic cigarette, and cannabis waste based on a stratified random sample of census blocks. PLoS One, 1, e0313241. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39761231


Miloslavich, K., Brett, E. I., Fridberg, D. J. and King, A. C. (2025). Examining Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) Cue Reactivity Using a Remote Platform: Cigarette and ENDS Desire in Dual Users. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39826089


Dempsey, R. K., Zia, K., Elliott, R. A., Noghrehchi, F. and Wong, A. (2024). Trends in e-cigarette exposures reported to an Australian poisons information centre between 2017 and 2023 with a reflection on legislative changes in 2021. Int J Drug Policy, 104684. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39700670


Piasecki, T. M., Korcarz, C. E., Hansen, K. M., Bolt, D. M., Fiore, M. C., Stein, J. H. and Baker, T. B. (2024). Validity of the E-Cigarette Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives (e-WISDM) in Exclusive E-Cigarette Users: Evidence from a Laboratory Self-Administration Study. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39697095


Earlier news and research

For news items and research on this topic earlier than 2025, click here.

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