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Iceland Moves To Reduce Underage Use Of Nicotine
Iceland will attempt to reduce use of nicotine pouches by under-18s if an upcoming parliamentary bill passes into law, strengthening existing laws against the practice. The pouches are designed to allow the ingestion of nicotine without smoking. The user places one under…
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Coronavirus Impacting Iceland’s Stocks Of Vape Supplies
One of the unforeseen consequences of 2019-nCoV, better known as the coronavirus, is that Iceland is fast running out of stocks of vape supplies, such as coils and machines. A vape shop worker that the Grapevine spoke with says that the most…
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Health Directorate: Icelandic Women Smoke And Drink Less, Vape As Often As Men
A new study from the Directorate of Health shows that Icelandic women typically smoke less, drink to drunkenness less, and use mouth tobacco less often than Icelandic men. At the same time, young Icelandic women vape just as often as young Icelandic…
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Plane Returns To Keflavík Airport After Vape Ignites On Board
A Wizz Air Airbus flight from Keflavík International Airport to Poland was forced to turn around and land again shortly after takeoff, when smoke began to pour out of the overhead luggage compartment of the cabin, Fréttablaðið reports. The cause: a poorly…
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Icelandic MPs Filtering Out Emails About Vaping
Members of Iceland’s Parliament have received so many emails objecting to proposed vaping regulations that they have started to filter them out, one MP reports. As reported, there are currently no regulations in Iceland regarding vaping, and a new bill re-introduced to…
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Previously Proposed Vape Bill Back On The Table
Parliament is re-considering a bill proposed by the Bright Future party in 2017, which would create restrictions on vaping, Vísir reports. The bill was first proposed by former Minister of Health Óttarr Proppé of Bright Future in early 2017, and would prohibit…
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Reader’s Letter: Popcorn Lungs
Hey Grapevine Editorial Team! My name is Phyllis and I am an independent writer. Currently, I specialise in drug rehab, addiction treatment and health issues. I could provide an informative qualitative article “Does Vaping Cause Popcorn Lung.” I think such a topic might…
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Vaping “A Blessing” In Drastically Reducing Number Of Smokers In Iceland
An Icelandic doctor credits vaping with contributing to the dramatic decline in smokers in Iceland, calling it “a great blessing” for Icelanders’ health. In 2014, 35,000 Icelanders self-identified as smokers, comprising 14% of the population. In 2017, only 9% of Icelanders smoked,…
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Iceland’s Most Frivolous Legislation: The Laws That Would Have Been, But Weren’t
A lot of people think of parliament as a super serious place where super serious ideas are debated. This isn’t really entirely so. Most of the debating happens in closed committees, and the MPs you see grandstanding and shouting from behind the…
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Iceland’s Own Vaporware
Iceland’s healthcare system is in a state of crisis. Hospitals lack the funds to operate at full capacity, the spectre of privatisation is starting to wind its way into the healthcare industry again, and Iceland’s Minister of Health, Óttarr Proppé, must somehow…
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Fears “Vape Law” Could Create Black Market For Vaping Liquid
A proposal that would put a number of regulations on the sale and use of e-cigarettes is poorly thought-out, and could create a black market, contends the owner of an e-cigarette supply shop. As reported, the bill in question would make the…
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Vaping Will Be On Par With Tobacco Use, If Bill Becomes Law
The use of e-cigarettes, or “vaping”, will be the same as smoking tobacco in the eyes of the law, if a bill from the Minister of Health is passed. As it stands now, there is no legislation in Iceland regarding where one…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Viking Reparations
Hey Nanna, I read that when the Vikings raided Ireland they killed all the men and kidnapped the tall beautiful women so today 80% of Icelandic women have mainly Irish blood while the men are 90% Norwegian blood. Should the Icelanders not…
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Vaping Banned In Icelandic Secondary School
After numerous complaints from parents, the principal of a secondary school in Reykjavík has forbidden vaping on school property. RÚV reports that Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, a secondary school for students aged 16 to 20, has banned the use of e-cigarettes. Principal Lárus…