Friday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA’s view on the SCHEER Opinion – EU TPD implementation report: the countdown has started – THR Discussion With Christopher Balkaran – Why Japan’s Huge Drop in Smoking Is a Story Prohibitionists Ignore – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada – The EU’s Aversion To Vaping – The Foundation Hits Back – CRUK Updates Its Position – America’s Perverse Tobacco Policy – Nic Pouch Ad Problem – DS 371 – ‘Thai tobacco tax’ the more you walk, the more you walk – Growth at risk? – E-cig vapor mixture key to proving harm reduction – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
Snus has Sweden on track to be world’s first smoke-free country – Proper Funding, Not Prohibitions – They protest far too much – what happened to scientific curiosity? – Sweden, Norway, Japan embrace THR – World Vape Day 2021 – UKECRF Vape Research Update – Proposed federal e-cigarette tax would threaten public health – Canada Proposes New Federal Vape Tax From 2022 – High school seniors who used e-cigarettes may have otherwise been cigarette smokers: – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday's News at a glance:
Switching to HTPs improves health of COPD patients unable to quit smoking ~ Vaping junk science and the gateway effect ~ Damn Straight: Vapers of New Brunswick will be watching Dorothy Shephard ~ Cigarettes must now be regulated differently to vaping – informal traders ~ Leading vaping company outlines commitment to youth smoking prevention ~ Teens Who Vape Would Be Smoking If Vapes Weren’t Invented, Study Suggests ~ FDA Has Sent 103 Warning Letters to Vape Companies This Year ~ Turkey Suffers From Anti-Vape Attitude ~ Lockdown Caused More Smokers ~ In-store vape clinics with 'smoking cessation coaches' planned by Edinburgh firm ~ Vaping Policy Targets Minors, Based On Iffy Evidence, And Winds Up Hitting Adults
Friday’s News at a glance:
Promote Vaping via Mass Media Campaigns – Is the European Commission about to crack down on vaping (again)? – Juul Publication Complaints Absurd – Could Covid be treated with nicotine? – FDA’s PMTA List Is Here – The Truth Initiative versus the truth – ASH on the Cost of Smoking – PMI Sharing Truth About THR Products – Effective E-Cigs – Bloomberg Orgs Block Kids Hospital – APPG Wants Your Opinions – ETHRA Responds To SCHEER – Philippines Congress passes vaping bill – Why e-cigarette ban in India will do more harm than good – New Brunswick Lung Association – WHO Reasserts Anti-Vaping Stance – The Vape Debate – The Vape Divide – Nicotine and addiction – Italian research says switch to HTPs – Cops have better things to do – Benefits You’ll Notice Immediately – $36.6 million spend on Smokefree 2025 goal – Australia’s vaping ban – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
Levelling up and capitalising on Brexit – Anti Vaping WHO – The Great Vape Debate – No increased cardiovascular risk for snusers – New RCP Report: Smoking and health 2021 – Toilet Tantrum in Australia – Britain must stand up to the WHO – Rejigging tobacco strategy is essential – Covid-19 and smoking: – Asian Consumers to Celebrate ‘Safer Choice’ – Switching to safer alternatives is also quitting – 2021 New Zealand budget on health reforms – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Harm reduction advocates to observe May 30 as World Vape Day ~ International governments intensify support towards science-backed reduced-risk tobacco alternatives, complementing Tobacco Control Policies ~ WHO’s Conflicted? ~ APPG on Vaping Achieving a Smoke-Free 2030 inquiry ~ ‘Historic’ Bill To Regulate Vaping In Philippines Nears Senate ~ Filipino congressmen approve ‘vaporized nicotine product’ bill on final reading ~ The Weak, Unconvincing Case Against Vaping ~ Oral Nicotine Users Behavior Study Report ~ Experts Fault Kenyan Gov’t For Banning Oral Nicotine Products ~ Dutch Zealot Wants Vapes Banned ~ WHO Denies Ecig Reality ~ The empirical evidence is clear: anti-vaping policies are pro-tobacco policies ~ Politicians and regulators just can’t stop thinking of the children ~ Ban on flavored vaping may have led teens to cigarettes, study suggests ~ A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Youth Smoking and a Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in San Francisco, California ~San Francisco’s Flavored Vape Ban Linked to More Teen Smoking, Study Finds
Friday’s News at a glance:
Harry’s blog 111: Stop talking about stopping – Vaping and Science – Dutch Vapers Can Still Prevent Flavor Prohibition – San Francisco Flavor Ban Tied to More Teen Smoking – Why you should NOT equate snus with cigarettes – British government review of rules – Taskforce Says Smoking Is An Illness – Netherlands Bans Flavours – Europe’s TPD Update – VPZ Breaks Records – NZ Wants Vaping Starter Kits – WVA Details Plans For World Vape Day – On World No Tobacco Day – Kiwis celebrate World Vape Day – World Vape Day aims to raise awareness – At ‘World No Tobacco Day’ Roundtable – Health Risks Of Vaping – Nicotine buzz in the air – CAPHRA supports ‘historic’ vaping bill – WHO’s Latest Tobacco Report – The E-Cigarette Summit – The Canadian Vaping Association – Canada’s Reckless Fight – Rethink THR Strategies – Science should prevail over politics – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
WHO has gone rogue on tobacco policy – millions at risk from tired dogma and a refusal to grasp innovation ~ Happy World Vape Day! ~ World Vape Day: Millions of Adult Smokers Have Quit, But Danger Looms ~ S3 E11: Taxing Vaping For Harm Reduction ~ Vaping: part of the solution for Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan? ~ Why developing nations are facing obstacles to tobacco harm reduction ~ India Scored A Self-Goal With Its E-Cigarette Ban ~ Tobacco control: What we’re missing ~ We won the fight against smoking ~ NRA takes shot at the AMA for protecting vaping monopoly ~ BAT Publishes 10-Year Review of Vaping Science ~ Missed Opportunities in New Zealand ~ Menthol E-liquid Demand Surge ~ GFN 21 “Fives” Are Live ~ Time for some serious talk on tobacco? ~ ETHRA May news roundup ~ The Best In Vape-Related News: May 2021
Friday’s News at a glance:
Clive Bates: “We must restore the confidence of consumers lost because of misinformation” – Ethan Nadelmann on Tobacco Harm Reduction – EU TPD a ‘wasted opportunity’ to learn from Sweden – Nicotine Pouches Face Attacks – European Commission weighs up the benefits and risks – Nicotine flavor ban – NNA Writes To Government – ETHRA Addresses APPG Inquiry – AVCA Celebrates World Vape Day – Researchers Tackling Misperceptions – WHO Report Slammed – Smokers Condemned To Death – Nicotine misperceptions – Taxes Keep Smokers Smoking – Will China Bring Vapes Under the Country’s Tobacco Monopoly? – Did the CDC’s Lack of Transparency – Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control – India Missed A Public Health Opportunity – Consumer advocates to tackle lies about vaping – Kenya’s ban of oral nicotine increased smoking – US Nicotine Vaping Product SimSmoke – World Vape Day 2021 – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA letter to Dutch members of parliament – IBVTA writes to local authorities – Bloomberg‘s dark money – Why the Dutch vaping flavour ban won’t drive down underage smoking rates – Historic Pinoy Victory For Vaping – San Francisco’s Vape Flavor Ban Saw More Teens Start Smoking – Maine Should Learn From Massachusetts – Local authority wants smoking bans outside pubs – Ukraine: The war on e-cigarettes is absurd – Harm reduction month: vaping and public health – E-cigs seen as inclusive harm reduction strategy – Health expert says smoke, not nicotine, causes deaths – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest