HEADS UP-NEWS-UPDATES: Data from Minnesota suggests vaping laws and taxes are stalling adult smoking declines. CASAA in action with CAPHRA Voices4Vape video. Excellent, "must-read" article by Marc Gunther at The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Public health policies that are bad for public health. New US Surgeon General and more!
Vaping laws stall quitting, new SG & more-Tobacco Harm Reduction News
Vaping laws stall quitting, new SG & more-Tobacco Harm Reduction News
REVERSING BAD POLICY: Kudos to KY lawmakers for eliminating ONE unfair tax! And although they said JUUL & flavors are driving the "teen vaping epidemic," anti-vaping zealots now claim losing tax on already PRICEY & UNFLAVORED hardware will "attract kids."
Tax removed from e-cig hardware sold separately from liquid
Tax removed from e-cig hardware sold separately from liquid
TAKING ACTION: Health orgs have irrationally switched focus from helping people who want to quit smoking to "taking down" industry. Today they are having "Take Down Tobacco Day." Use #TakeDownTobacco today to "roast" THEM for losing sight of PUBLIC HEALTH. Tell a joke. Tell your story. But don't stay silent. Together, our voices are stronger!
COMMON SENSE: AND those children are at greater risk of becoming teens who smoke than those in non-smoking homes.
Maybe stop focusing on teen experimentation (those least likely to smoke) & instead enable parents who can't or won't quit to switch to MUCH SAFER, SMOKE-FREE nicotine products?
Maybe stop focusing on teen experimentation (those least likely to smoke) & instead enable parents who can't or won't quit to switch to MUCH SAFER, SMOKE-FREE nicotine products?
TAKING ACTION: Today is also the first day of #VApril. Show our UK fam some love, retweet and get the truth out to folks about #vaping!
COMMENTARY: (CLIVE BATES) "Public health advocates should be working out what system of incentives would expedite this [industry transition to low risk alternatives], but the tobacco companies are just too useful as the bad-guys in the story to do that."
Holding the Bloomberg anti-vaping propaganda complex to account
Holding the Bloomberg anti-vaping propaganda complex to account
SPREADING THE TRUTH: Do you have a YouTube video about how #vaping has changed your life? Share the link with us and we will feature it on our channel's testimonial playlist. Our voices are stronger together! #VapingSavesLives
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1WEk-Jinopdct_-D7_4rFfOe1khLnfq8
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1WEk-Jinopdct_-D7_4rFfOe1khLnfq8
CASAA MEDIA: If you missed Saturday's live CASAA Advocacy Podcast, catch it now and then don't forget to click that subscribe button and hit that notification bell, so you don't miss the upcoming stream this Saturday!
VAPING RESEARCH: Another #vaping study that once again demonstrates the complete lack of consideration for the potential of harm reduction over abstinence and a fundamental ignorance of the products their subjects are using vs. available alternatives.
What about open systems and lowering nicotine strength to quit (if that is what the vaper wants)?
And then there's this: "There is an urgent need for development of interventions to help individuals quit vaping, regardless of their cigarette smoking status."
Article: Most US adults who vape want to quit, study finds
Link to actual paper: Interest in Quitting e-Cigarettes Among Adult e-Cigarette Users
What about open systems and lowering nicotine strength to quit (if that is what the vaper wants)?
And then there's this: "There is an urgent need for development of interventions to help individuals quit vaping, regardless of their cigarette smoking status."
Article: Most US adults who vape want to quit, study finds
Link to actual paper: Interest in Quitting e-Cigarettes Among Adult e-Cigarette Users
VAPING RESEARCH: CDC releases study of vaping among US workers, not only based on old data from before its EVALI malfeasance, but also filled with LIES about effectiveness and risks, seemingly designed to give employers ammunition to hassle workers who vape.
Vaping among U.S. workers up slightly: CDC
Vaping among U.S. workers up slightly: CDC
INDIANA: (HEADS UP!) Senate GOP budget (to be unveiled next week) likely to impose new tax on low risk vapor products with no cigarette tax increase, which Sen. Bray Rodric says brings them "into parity" with cigarettes, completely ignoring harm reduction!
Senate Republicans Won't Include Cigarette Tax Hike In Budget
Senate Republicans Won't Include Cigarette Tax Hike In Budget
WEST VIRGINIA: (HEADS UP!) Proposed income tax overhaul predicted to get over 4X more revenue from the tobacco & low risk vapor products purchased mainly by low-mid income residents ($86 mil) than luxury items purchased by wealthiest residents ($20 mil).
Evaluating West Virginia Income Tax Repeal Plans
For more on the ridiculousness of the 75¢ per mL vapor tax, read this article from Filter Mag.
"But tucked into the bill...is a hike in the e-cigarette tax, to 75 cents per milliliter. In other words, a 100 milliliter bottle would carry a tax of $75."
WV Governor Bids to Make Smoking Much More Affordable Than Vaping
Evaluating West Virginia Income Tax Repeal Plans
For more on the ridiculousness of the 75¢ per mL vapor tax, read this article from Filter Mag.
"But tucked into the bill...is a hike in the e-cigarette tax, to 75 cents per milliliter. In other words, a 100 milliliter bottle would carry a tax of $75."
WV Governor Bids to Make Smoking Much More Affordable Than Vaping
ALABAMA: (HEADS UP!) HB273 allows sale of vapor products that taste like candy, desserts & other sweets, but confusingly PROHIBITS telling consumers what the flavor is on the label or in ads. It also bans depiction of "mythical creatures" & unicorns??
Alabama House passes bill designed to curb teenage vaping, regulate state's vape industry - Yellowhammer News
Alabama House passes bill designed to curb teenage vaping, regulate state's vape industry - Yellowhammer News
ANTI-VAPING TACTICS: These groups know targeting local lawmakers & health departments eventually gets them state laws (death by a thousand cuts.) And the fact they admit businesses can & do ban smoking/vaping without needing a law to do so speaks volumes!
Anti-Smoking Groups Come Out Against State Bills On E-Cigarettes
Anti-Smoking Groups Come Out Against State Bills On E-Cigarettes
HEADS UP-NEWS-UPDATES: Clive Bates' break down of the Bloomberg Philanthropy war on vaping. Heads Up IN, WV &AL! VApril has started. Filter Mag questions Dems demand for FDA flavor ban. Reg Watch special 2 part series. Questionable vaping research & more!
https://casaa.org/clive-bates-on-bloomberg-bad-vaping-research-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/
https://casaa.org/clive-bates-on-bloomberg-bad-vaping-research-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/
MISSOURI: (CALL TO ACTION) SUPPORT HB517, preventing local governments from passing laws and taxes that are WORSE than what is law at the state level. Public hearing is scheduled this Wednesday, April 7th. See link for full info and TAKE ACTION!
Missouri - Stop the Local Assault on Safer Nicotine Products
Missouri - Stop the Local Assault on Safer Nicotine Products
ALASKA: (CALL TO ACTION) HB 110 would enact a WHOPPING 75% wholesale tax on e-liquids, #vaping devices, and components. HEARING this Friday, April 9th. Click link for full info and TAKE ACTION! #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
Alaska - Stop a 75% tax on Vaping
Alaska - Stop a 75% tax on Vaping
BAN CONSEQUENCES: "As with all attempts by government officials to legislate morality, state bans...not only fail in their primary objective, but have knock-on effects likely to put the health of their residents in greater jeopardy." ~ Katherine Revello (@subversive_pub)
State Bans on Tobacco Products Are a Disaster – InsideSources
State Bans on Tobacco Products Are a Disaster – InsideSources
