Wednesday’s News at a glance:
E-Cigarette Flavor Bans Will Drive More People Back to Smoking ~ When an Apple is an Orange and its Blue In Colour ~ Legalise Vaping Australia welcomes AACS research ~ New research reveals public health blind spot on vaping ~ Electronic Cigarettes PSP: the progress so far ~ Twitter Caught Up In This Year’s Annual Through With Chew Misinformation Orgy ~ E-cigarettes: What Consumers Need To Know ~ European Commissioner Slammed ~ Questions in Parliament ~ Thai Junk Science Videos ~ EU Commission accused of ignoring science on e-cigarettes ~ E-cigarettes – a tool to reduce inequalities in smoking? ~ Hong Kong’s bizarre e-cigarettes ban will boost traditional tobacco products
Friday’s News at a glance:
Did Twitter Punish Criticism of Government Propaganda? – Comment is free, but clearly fact-checking isn’t – You Don’t Know Nicotine – $9.3M Worth Of Nicotine Seized – Does Vaping Increase the Risk of Stroke – Teen Smoking-to-Vaping Is More Frequent – Landmark Study Fails To Find Gateway – New Study Casts Doubt – THR Advocate Destroys Juul Study – Shadow Banned – A tale of bootleggers and Baptists – SRNT Under Fire – The Feds Don’t Have A Role To Play – The Arrogance of Public Health Advocacy – Vaping ban proposed for Hamilton CBD – NYC Poised for Key Decision – Brides and Grooms Are Saying ‘I Juul’ – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
Vape Madness – Vaping In The News – February 23rd – Hibs Sponsored By VPZ – How Bad is Nicotine Really? – Nicotine: The Helpful Drug With the Bad Reputation – Pennsylvania Department of Health – Vaping Reduces 8 Biomarkers of Smoking – Consumers importing more snus than cigarettes – Vaping: no moral panic, please, just evidence – Pritzker pitches new 36 percent tax on e-cigarettes – BAT pushes for e-cigarette regulations – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
E-cigarette evidence update – patterns and use in adults and young people ~ Vaping in England: an evidence update February 2019 ~ Regular e-cigarette use remains low among young people in Britain ~ Vaping Cures Infection ~ Help With Research ~ Here Comes Trouble ~ More good news from scientists, but politicians aren’t listening ~ The American Cancer Society: For and Against Tobacco 21 ~ Restricting Access To Flavored E-Cigarettes Should Be The Last Resort ~ Scare-mongering ~ UAE Ban On E-Cigarettes To Be Overturned Soon ~ Lying about vaping ~ How Technology Disrupts Smoking ~
Friday's news at a glance
Laughable Bullshit Tsunami Incoming From The Telegraph? – Anti-vaping activists pitch unscientific fringe positions – What are the vaping research priorities? – PHE report reveals mixed results – Update from NNA Smoke Free Estonia – UK Teen Vaping – Homeless Harm Reduction – New PHE Vaping Report – Lung Damage Idiocy – Switching from Smoking to Juul Reduces Toxic Chemical Biomarkers – Fined, Jailed and Deported for Vaping – Swedish Snus Is Safer than Smoking – ATHRA no longer accepts vape industry donations – Letter: Tobacco in Hong Kong – Cannabis advocates wary – Philip Morris fights to lift WA’s ‘nanny-state’ ban on vaping – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
Voices in the calm, NNA February newsletter – Vape hysteria keeps growing – Vaping research priorities – Farsalinos Attacks Proposed Law – Telegraphing Ignorance – Vaping In The News – March 2nd – Study After Study Shows That Vaping Does Help Smokers Quit – E-cigs better – landmark study – Vaping Is Saving Lives – Smokers given free ‘vape’ kits – Tobacco harm reduction: a global health coup – Councillors Display Zero Empathy – Smoking and vaping at Wellington beaches – Almost Half of Juul Starter Kit Buyers Quit Within 3 Months – Vaping tax – E-cigarette users urge quick solution – Smoking kills thousands of Malawians every year – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Gottlieb Resigns from FDA; the Future of Vaping Remains Uncertain ~ FDA Commissioner Gottlieb, who raised alarms about teen vaping, resigns ~ FDA Supremo Scott Gottlieb Resigns – Will This End the ‘War On Vaping’ In America? ~ Harry’s blog 83: The arrogance of public health ~ EU Vaping Regulations: A Chance for Change? ~ Tobacco control ratf**king ~ Nicotine-Free Vaping ?! ~ Ad Hominem ~ Double standards and the futility of making personal attacks on journalists ~ FDA’s Bizarre Ban on E-Cigarettes Would Endanger Millions of Lives ~ ~ Do bad facts make smokers avoid safer snus? ~ A Ban on Smoking and Vaping in Cars With Minors Will Have Racist Consequences ~ European Union, who is afraid of electronic cigarette?
Friday’s News at a glance:
Smoking is not addictive – Federally Funded Authors Promote Misperceptions – Half of Yorkshire smokers and ex-smokers would NOT try vaping – New Bills in Congress Would Ban Vape Flavors – Rahman Not Using His Noodle – Goodbye Gottlieb – Gottlieb’s Legacy – FCC Crackdown on E-Cig Ads is a Danger to Public Health – How Vape Shops Make the World a Better Place – Anti-E-Cigarette Puritans Put Lives at Risk – JUUL Wants to Promote Itself as a Quit-Smoking Product – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
UCL Vape/HNB Study – New report: smoking and vaping policies in NHS hospital trusts – Boston Study UKECRF’d – Vaping In The News 9th March – The vaping industry speaks up – Vaping Helped Resolve a Chronic Nasal Infection – Trump wants the e-cigarette industry to pay $100 million a year in user fees – Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does – Legalising vaping in Australia – Why will Big Public Health only fight smoking on their terms? – Ben Pryor: Clarity on vaping needed – Access to e-cigarettes will improve Australia’s health – Vape products help smokers quit – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Government messages are still not getting through to NHS trusts ~ National No Smoking Day – Tackling Confusion Over Vaping ~ Easier access to nicotine vaping products likely to improve public health and reduce health system costs, study says ~ Reducing harm or barking at cars? ~ Lithuania: Excise taxes on vapor products go into effect ~ Jharkhand becomes the first state to implement ban on e-cigarettes after government advisory notice in India ~ Bataan solon wants ban on e-cigarettes until these are cleared to be safe ~ Edgewater Raises Age for Sale of Tobacco to 21 and Increases Smoke/Vapor-Free Protections ~ Even Norwegians do not understand how low-risk snus is ~ Trump Wants $100M in Fees from the Vape Industry ~ Trump Budget Seeks Ill-Advised E-Cigarette Tax ~ Trump Wants to Tax Your Juul ~ $100M Vape Industry Tax ~ JUUL Joins UKVIA
