Monday’s News at a glance:
FDA Has Now Issued PMTA Denials to 168 Vape Companies – Vaping Products, All of Them Are Now ‘Subject to Enforcement Action’ – CVA Responds to Flavour Ban Proposal – Tobacco control experts lament ‘unbalanced’ debate – New Smoking Pandemic Lurking – The FDA’s Anti-competitive E-Cigarette Restrictions – FDA Leaves U.S. Vaping Industry Mired in Chaos – FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes – Democrats To Slug Poorest Americans With Tax Hikes – Bill prohibits use of vapes in areas frequented by minors – Don’t Rush FDA’s Vaping Products Review – What Does The TGA Think It’s Doing? – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
E-cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking ~ Epidemiology Paper Correlates Vaping To Anorexia – And Then We Wonder Why Anyone Is Skeptical About COVID-19 Data ~ Quit-Or-Die Approach An Ill-Advised Gamble For Public Health ~ Swedish Match is ready to shake up the industry by getting out of combustibles ~ What every vaper needs to know from 1 October 2021 ~ Nine of 10 Filipino smokers want better alternatives to cigarettes, survey says ~ A Spectacular Failure \\ SPOTLIGHT Series ~ Yes, Tobacco Harms. But Banning Vaping Harms More. ~ Nicotine Flavor Bans: Symbolic Politics With Real-World Harms ~ House Democrats Seek to Hike Taxes on Vapes as Smokers Keep Dying ~ Kiwi Lockdown Fag Failure ~ UKVIA Demands Packaging Action ~ America Let Down By The FDA ~ Democrats’ Proposed Vape Tax Would Violate Biden Campaign Pledge ~ Do vape companies targets teens? A perspective ~ The FDA’s Inexplicable Crusade Against Tobacco Smoking Harm Reduction Continues ~ Tax on vaping could lead to unintended consequence – report
Friday’s News at a glance:
Nicotine Tax: Vapers Apply Pressure & Some Democrats Have Doubts – New study reveals common misunderstandings – Updated PMTA Denial List Includes 295 Vape Manufacturers – Swedish Match deserves as much credit as Volvo – Parliament Square Vape Rally – Lithuania – The Next Country To Fall – WVA Members Address The WHO – HK Told To Regulate Not Ban – Quitting Success – More Warnings, “Experts” Demand – Farewell E-Cigarettes? – If the FDA Doesn’t Kill the Vaping Industry – FDA Issues MDOs to Turning Point Brands – The NYT still doesn’t understand the difference – sCOPe Livestream 8-12 November 2021 – MOH stop-smoking guidelines ignore the best way! – Countries’ case studies on vaping shatter WHO’s lies – 2 Years of Vaping Ban in India – Demand rise for science-backed smoke-free products – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday’s News at a glance:
The real threat from the WHO and what UK consumers can and should do about it – NNA Calls On UK Vapers To Act – News from Parliament – Senators Propose $100 Million in Vape Industry User Fees…Again – ‘Rights 4 Vapers’ bus touches down – Antivaping Campaign Highlights Mental Health by Pitching ‘Depression Sticks’ – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Vaping: necessary clinic and functional indicators to assess tobacco harm reduction and related benefits ~ Release: Health System Chaos Looms As Greg Hunt’s Vaping Prescription Plan Bombs With GPs ~ Why Importing Your Vapes Could Cost You 200k | BONUS ~ Bangladesh Government Says It Will Prohibit Vape Sales ~ C3/SOM breakfast webinars on prevention and work – vaping presentation by PHE ~ The US Obsession With Youth Vaping Looks Odd From Across the Atlantic ~ Bureaucrats and politicians seem determined to cripple a lifesaving alternative to smoking ~ New Cochrane Report ~ Estonian MPs Demand Transparency ~ CASAA Call For Sense On Tax ~ Vaping Works If Governments Allow It To ~ How should state policymakers approach e-cigarettes? ~ Fatal Assumption | Spurious Cost-Benefit Analysis Drives Risky Flavour Ban
Friday’s News at a glance:
Vaping & the workplace – Vaping Can Restore Lung Defence – UK Vape Ban Threat – URGENT Call To Action – NNA Asks UK Vapers to Help Stop FCTC Attacks – 323 Vape Companies Have Received MDOs – Turning Point Brands Sues FDA – Case Studies Trump WHO’s Lies – Riding For Vapes – Explosive Research Busts Bullying Billionaire – Academics Attack Shopkeepers – PM Spied Vaping – The Media Needs to Get Vaping Right – Vaping vs. Tobacco Smoking: – The FDA has decimated the market – Truth Initiative Creates Fake Vape Company – WHO Busted – Vaping And Mental Health: – Needlessly killing a powerful anti-smoking tool – Youth Vaping Has Not Led to Smoking – Now it’s the great vape conspiracy – False beliefs about tobacco alternatives – Vape flavor bans to worsen global smoking problem – PUDO Inc signs specialized vape product delivery solution – Reignite the Fight Against Smoking – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Monday's News at a glance:
October 1 crackdown will drive vapers back to smoking - WHO costing millions of lives with e-cigarettes opposition - Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt - Anti-Vaping Congressman Insists 'There's Simply No Evidence' - NZ Ignoring The Best Way - POTV's Disposable Vape Position Statement - New Dedicated Website Launched - India should adopt THR tactics - WHO must let all stakeholders have a say - Challenge WHO’s stance vs. vaping - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Nicotine vapes are about to become illegal without a prescription. But will it stop young people from buying them? ~ Government closes loophole on e-cigarettes ~ Australia: New Medical Vaping Plan Begins October 1st ~ Is better health for smokers a possibility? ~ Snus ‘best thing that ever happened’ in Scandinavia: medical expert ~ THR Radio Programs Get Heartening Feedback from the Community ~ In Memoriam – Father Jack Kearney ~ Does Vape Need Saving? ~ Philippine survey confirms huge support for vaping ~ UKVIA and Smoke Free App Team Up To Save Millions Of Smokers Lives ~ Group slams FDA chief for bias against vaping ~ Misinformation about vaping will keep adults smoking ~ Tobacco Tax Equity Act Perpetuates Economic and Health Disparities ~ Proposed Taxes on Harm Reduction Products Create Concerning Risks ~ CRUCIAL STEP IN TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION~ Two More California Cities Preparing To Ban Flavored Tobacco and Vape Products ~
Friday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA September news roundup – Combat addiction with harm reduction, not prohibition – CDC Says Youth Vaping Dropped – Teen Vaping Fell by Over 40% in 2021 – Youth Vaping Rates Decline Steeply in the US – U.S. Trade Agency Orders IQOS Off the U.S. Market – WHO’s Manipulation Caught Out – WHO Should Adopt UK Ecig Approach – Trading Standards Hunt Illegal Disposables – WHO Releases New Report – The Great De-Vape – Freedom of choice has been cancelled and will cost lives – Buying Nicotine in Australia Is About to Get Even Harder – Australia makes smoking so much easier – Advocates and Prohibitionists Temporarily Unite – Experts Urge Authorities To Embrace THR – San Jose Prohibits Flavored Vape and Tobacco Products – SA tobacco bill clouds the issues – A safer alternative for 1.3 billion people – Missing the mark on e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Wednesday's News at a glance:
A More Integrated Approach to Harm Reduction ~ Consumer-Centric Tobacco Harm Reduction Needed ~ How Can We Integrate Nicotine Into Harm Reduction Programs? ~ More Vape Manufacturers Challenge PMTA Denials ~ UKVIA’s Stoptober App ~ Stoptober Is Back ~ INNCO Calls For Impact Studies ~ EU Asked to Scrutinize Lithuania’s Flavor Ban ~ Red Tape Around The Aussie Vape ~ Biden Promised To Follow the Science; So, Why Isn’t He Doing So on Vaping?