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[kristin]

“Wagner said that before 2016, they were not seeing a lot of kids becoming daily users after trying the e-cigarette products. That has since changed."

After stating the above, they then go on to only mention PAST 30 DAY USE data, hiding that DAILY USE is still a very low 2.6%!

They also fail to mention that "current" (ie. even 1 puff in the past month) cigarette SMOKING (high school) has dropped from 9.3% in 2015 to just 2% – and DAILY smoking would be even lower, but that data isn't made public for some reason.

Ohio State gets $20M for study to help reduce tobacco’s appeal to teens

The Ohio State University is getting $20 million in federal funding to help the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco products. The 5-year study is hoping to make tobacco products such as v…

www.wdtn.com

 

[kristin]

We all told them they'd be playing a useless game of whack-a-mole, but they didn't listen.

Stop playing games @FDATobacco. Quit denying the science and real world facts. Start saving lives.

It's time to tell the truth about THR and #AuthorizeFlavors

Elf Bar finds an easy way around US vape import ban: a name change

Chinese disposable e-cigarettes from Elf Bar remain widely available in the U.S. more than four months after U.S. health regulators moved to ban their importation.

apnews.com

 

[kristin]

LBGTQ+ are at higher risk for smoking, drinking, drugs and other harmful behaviors. So NIH and FDA awarded an $18.6 million dollar grant to stop them from using LOW RISK, HARM REDUCTION products. ‍

Let that sink in for a minute.

$18.6 MILLION DOLLARS.

Hussman’s Noar among UNC faculty leading tobacco regulatory science research projects funded by $18.6 million from NIH and FDA

hussman.unc.edu

 

[kristin]

Thank you, @GrimmGreen for helping to get the word out!


If you're a US citizen, please click the link below to OPPOSE this tax!


CALL TO ACTION
If HR 5715 is enacted, consumers will be paying up to 6¢/mg of nicotine compared to 1.1¢/mg in cigarettes. The tax hike is just as bad, if not worse, for nicotine pouches, snus, and moist snuff -- all reduced risk compared to cigarettes!

US - Stop a Vape Tax (HR 5715)

 

[kristin]

The new Louisiana law that was intended to "protect the health of citizens from online sales" will instead ENDANGER the health of citizens by increasing the unregulated illicit market (both online and off), and making it easier and cheaper to smoke than use low risk alternatives to smoking. It will also take away jobs and livelihoods by closing down neighborhood vape shops that will have little left to sell.

Part of new Louisiana vape law goes into effect soon: What you need to know

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A law to regulate nicotine vapes was passed during the 2023 Legislative Session. It creates a directory and attempts to remove products some products that are unapprove…

www.myarklamiss.com

 

[kristin]

"In a large-scale, long-term analysis of policies and sales data, the researchers found that for every 0.7 milliliters of "e-liquid" that goes unsold due to flavor restrictions, 15 additional traditional cigarettes are sold. The substitution was especially evident among cigarette brands popular with young people aged 20 and under, suggesting that flavor restrictions may increase smoking among youth as well as adults."

Translation: Bans make things worse.

E-cigarette flavor restrictions may increase cigarette sales, study finds

The immense popularity of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, among young people has led many policymakers to restrict the sale of flavored varieties.

www.news-medical.net

 

[kristin]

Court temporarily blocks FDA's ban of Vuse Alto menthol pods. The Fifth Circuit Court has temporarily stayed the FDA marketing denial order, allowing Vuse pods to remain on the market.

CASAA director Jim McDonald reporting for Vaping 360.

FDA Orders Vuse Alto Menthol Pods Off the Market

The FDA has ordered menthol Vuse Alto vape pods off the market. Menthol is the most popular refill flavor for the top-selling Alto device.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

CASAA BLOG

An $18.6 million study to stop LQBTQ+ youth vaping. Calls to Action to stop a National Vape Tax and a Pennsylvania flavor ban. The inevitable prohibition game of whack-a-mole. Fifth Circuit Court stays Vuse flavor ban and more!

$18.6 Million To Stop LGBTQ+ Vaping & More! THR News

An $18.6 million study to stop LQBTQ+ youth vaping. Calls to Action to stop a national vape tax and a Pennsylvania flavor ban and more!

casaa.org

 

[kristin]

A study with a sample of nearly 70,000 ADULT vapers in the U.S. found that the most utilized flavors to QUIT SMOKING in the U.S. are those of fruit, baked goods and chocolate.

READ MORE:

Researchers Identify Flavors Used to Quit

Lawmakers must protect youngsters while helping adult smokers quit, says researchers.

tobaccoreporter.com

STUDY LINK: Patterns of flavored e-cigarette use among adult vapers in the USA: an online cross-sectional survey of 69,233 participants - Harm Reduction Journal

 

[kristin]

Honolulu officials LIE to justify a flavor ban, claiming "1 in 3" high school students are vaping. In fact, they are citing the fact that 32.4% EVER vaped, but just 14.8% vaped even 1 puff in the past month and only 6.4% reported frequent use. They also ignore that current SMOKING was down to 3% in 2021!

They also lied in other articles that tobacco makers “lure kids with candy-like flavors like bubble gum, POG and gummy bear,” when no vape product sold by tobacco companies sell those types of flavors.

At this point, the flavor ban is just symbolic as it cannot take effect until the state law nullifying county ordinances that regulate the sale of tobacco is reversed.

READ MORE: Honolulu Mayor Signs Bill To Ban Flavored Tobacco

FACTS:

Youth Tobacco and Vapor Product Use Down in Hawaii | Independent Women's Forum

Despite widespread efforts this year to ban adult access to flavored tobacco and vapor products, youth vaping has decreased significantly in Hawaii in recent years, and youth traditional tobacco use is at record lows.

www.iwf.org

 

[kristin]

The San Diego city attorney’s office sued 2 retail chains, claiming they "sold flavored electronic cigarettes to undercover investigators, violating state and local bans."

We told them Bans Don'tWork! They just create unregulated, illicit markets.



READ MORE: Sale of flavored tobacco is illegal, but enforcement is slim, San Diego leaders say

 

[kristin]

It's REPREHENSIBLE for this K-State Research and Extension News article to include Ms. Gerstner of Donna Gerstner of Live Well Finney County in Garden City, KS stating “So you see that it’s really scary that youth are using vapes because it CAUSES SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR (our emphasis.)”

It's not "kool" to MISREPRESENT THE FACTS, either!

READ MORE: ‘It’s Not Kool to JUUL’: Expert warns of vaping use among teens

It's long been known that people with mental health disorders have higher rates of substance use than the general population. It's generally understood to be a from of "self-medication" NOT that the substance use CAUSES the mental disorders!


READ MORE: Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Disorders

To hammer home the point, here's an article from the Child Mind Institute, which states "If they’re not treated, almost half of kids with mental health disorders will END UP (our emphasis) having a substance use disorder."

READ MORE: Mental Health Disorders and Teen Substance Use - Child Mind Institute

Don't even get us started on Ms. Gerstner's ridiculous "third-hand smoke" claim about vapor. Studies of actual third-hand smoke have only shown that the chemicals found MAY be a health risk – not yet knowing real-world effects – and vapor has only a TINY FRACTION of SOME of the chemicals found in smoke!‍

 

[kristin]

HEADS UP EVANSTON, IL!
Council Member @EleanorRevelle reintroduced a total FLAVOR BAN and @CityofEvanston voted 6-3 in favor of INTRODUCING the proposal.

The council is expected to vote on NOVEMBER 13th!

Studies show flavor bans INCREASE SMOKING!

Ban on flavored tobacco products receives initial council backing

Snuffed out once, an Evanston City Council member has proposed for a second time that the city adopt a ban on all flavored tobacco products.

evanstonroundtable.com

 

[kristin]

Australia’s Illegal Tobacco Trade Is Booming

"A surge in FIREBOMBINGS AND SHOOTINGS that are suspected to be linked to Australia’s UNDERGROUND TOBACCO TRADE."

Why is there even an "underground" tobacco trade? Excessive taxation, oppressive regulations and prohibition (ie. bans.) Period.

Australia’s Illegal Tobacco Trade Is Booming

Police seizures of tobacco, cigarettes and vapes are surging, indicating a strong underground trade.

www.vice.com

 

[kristin]

Adult products (tobacco, nicotine, alcohol, medications, drugs, cleaning supplies, etc.) should ALWAYS be kept out of reach of children.

As far as alarm recently being raised (again) over exposures to vaping products, it's important to have some perspective...

READ MORE: More children are being poisoned by e-cigarette liquids. Here's what parents need to know

Prior to the existence of vapor products, children <5 were exposed to tobacco leaf products (and still are - don't forget that cigarette sales still outnumber e-cigs by far.) Between 2001 - 2016, exposure to cigarettes far outnumbered e-cig exposures:

Tobacco-related Poison Events Involving Young Children in the US, 2001–2016

In this paper, we describe trends in tobacco-related poison exposure calls (calls) involving young children in the US.Data were from the National Poison Data System between January 1, 2001 and October 31, 2016. We analyzed data on calls involving children ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

As a growing number of adults switch from deadly cigarettes to low risk vapor products (See CASAA Graph,) it makes sense that more homes will have vapor products in them, increasing potential exposures to vapor products and decreasing exposure to cigarettes. But is it a 1-to-1 trade-off?

The CDC reported over 6,000 vape exposures of children <5 in 2022-23, but 61% were inhalation and 40% were more serious ingestion, with 0.6% hospital admissions. Compare this to cigarettes 2001-16, with 98.9% ingestion and 3.8% hospital admissions: Notes from the Field: E-Cigarette–Associated Cases ...

More data is definitely needed, but it could be that the switch to vapor products is actually REDUCING risks of accidental nicotine ingestion by children <5 OVERALL, while also significantly reducing health risks for adults who smoke. Let's find out before creating a panic?

 

[kristin]

“In 2022 Filter broke the story that leadership at the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) had PRESSURED CTP scientists to REVERSE their initial recommendation to AUTHORIZE menthol vaping products (manufactured, in that instance, by Logic, a company owned by Japan Tobacco International). This, together with the pattern of PMTA denials and authorizations, suggests a POLITICAL AGENDA against flavored vapes at the FDA.”

FDA's Rejections of Menthol Vapes Could “Backfire,” Researchers Say

The agency has yet to authorize any flavored vaping products, and just rejected several more. Leading experts tell Filter they're concerned.

filtermag.org

 

[kristin]

"Should Reynolds succeed at the ITC, the market for flavored vaping products that people like could fully shift from a gray market (products sold in legal retail stores; taxes paid) to an underground black market (fully illegal and unreported)....

Included among the companies named in the complaint are several well-known U.S. wholesale and retail sellers…"
~CASAA director Jim McDonald reporting for Vaping360.

R.J. Reynolds Asks ITC to Ban Disposable Vape Imports

R.J. Reynolds has filed an International Trade Commission complaint charging disposable vape competitors with illegal import and sales practices.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

When Earl D. Fowlkes, Jr., the President, CEO and Founder of the Center for Black Equity (a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Black LGBTQ+ PEOPLE worldwide) says #vaping products will SAVE Black and LGBTQ+ lives, maybe tobacco/nicotine policymakers should LISTEN??!

To achieve the Biden Cancer Moonshot, e-cigarettes must be approved

Less smoking means less cancer, especially for Black and LGBTQ+ Americans

www.salon.com

 

[kristin]

CASAA BLOG
Study finds vaping flavors helps adults quit smoking. Calls to Action for US and Pennsylvania. Heads up for Evanston, Illinois. Honolulu officials lie to justify a flavor ban. Australia has firebombs and shootings over tobacco and vapes! Center for Black Equity says Tobacco Harm Reduction will save black LGBTQ+ lives and more!

Study Finds Vaping Flavors Helps Adults Quit & More! THR News

Vaping flavors helps adults quit. CTAs for US & PA. Heads up Evanston, Il. Center for Black Equity: THR will save Black LGBTQ+ lives & more!

casaa.org

 

[kristin]

️CASAA LIVE: SPECIAL EPISODE!️

MONDAY at 3PM ET/2PM CT!

Join CASAA CEO @Hello_Alex with guests @aftariak, @GregTHR and @MichelleMinton as they break down the good, the bad and the ugly of the new Netflix documentary about vaping and Juul.