HEADS UP - NEWS - UPDATES! (When we know, you'll know!)

[kristin]

DENVER, COLORADO: (CALL TO ACTION) City Council is moving forward with banning the sale of flavored tobacco and vapor products. CASAA has learned that a hearing/debate on the ordinance is expected on Wednesday, October 6th at 10:30 AM.

TAKE ACTION NOW! Denver, CO - Stop a Flavor Ban!

 

[kristin]

RESEARCH: New data released today from @CDCTobaccoFree shows a continued decline in youth vaping, with use returning to "pre-epidemic" levels. Also notable is that casual/infrequent vaping is the most fluid. Prior research has shown the majority of daily users have a history of smoking.

Youth E-cigarette Use Remains Serious Public Health Concern Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTI-VAPING LIES: Past-month high school vaping declines dramatically--down 47% from 3.6 million to 1.72 million--with daily vaping down from 4.4% to around 3%. Yet the general public wouldn't know that from the negative spin being made by Public Health and MSM.

CDC Says Youth Vaping Dropped More Than 40% in 2021

 

[kristin]

TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION NEWS: Importation of a THR product--deemed by FDA to be "appropriate for the protection of the public health" and credited for reducing smoking in Japan--has been banned, yet again leaving adults who smoke with fewer safer options.

U.S. Trade Agency Orders IQOS Off the U.S. Market

 

[kristin]

AROUND THE WORLD: Australia's new law requiring prescriptions to buy vape products (NOT required for deadly cigarettes) took effect Oct. 1st. Most of the country bans even POSSESSION without prescription, while the AMA urges doctors not to prescribe them!

Nicotine vapes are about to become illegal without a prescription. But will it create a dangerous black market?

 

[kristin]

COMMENTARY: "We know there are much better strategies to use, such as enforcing minimum age laws, educating adult smokers and helping smokers access alternatives." ~ Sonia Pruitt (The Black Police Experience) on avoiding the harmful consequences of tobacco/nicotine tax hikes.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinio...0211001-ejvgfd2rwfginifonio34i4b6q-story.html

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTI-VAPING BIAS: While public health groups conveniently use COVID restrictions to dismiss surveys showing the dramatic drop in teen vaping, they clearly ignore that those restrictions did NOT cause a similar drop in teen cannabis/alcohol use.

Adolescent marijuana, alcohol use held steady during COVID-19 pandemic

 

[kristin]

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA: (HEADS UP!) City Council is attempting to ban #vaping in PRIVATE RESIDENCES, offering no scientific evidence--only citing secondhand (and questionable "thirdhand") SMOKE as justification. The ordinance would also ban actual smoking.

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article254659322.html

 

[kristin]

PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY: Stocks advisor inadvertently predicts the public health disaster that will happen because of the proposed federal nicotine taxes, telling investors that the taxes "would make non-cigarette products less attractive than cigarettes."

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4457934-altria-relative-winner-us-tobacco-tax-proposals

 

[kristin]

SAN JOSE, CA: (UPDATE) The flavor ban passed after a unanimous city council vote Tuesday night. A recent study found the ban in San Francisco resulted in INCREASED SMOKING. The city is also considering banning vaping (and smoking) in PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

San Jose Prohibits Flavored Vape and Tobacco Products

 

[kristin]

MICHIGAN: (CALL TO ACTION) The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has finalized a rule that would ban sales of vapor products in flavors other than tobacco. The rule is being sent to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) for approval. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 3:00 PM in Room 327, House Office building, Lansing, MI. TAKE ACTION NOW!

https://casaa.org/call-to-action/michigan-stop-a-flavor-ban/

 

[kristin]

COMMENTARY: (Marc Gunther) "You wouldn’t know it by reading press releases from the FDA or CDC or by listening to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids or the Truth Initiative, but the US government released encouraging news last week about youth vaping."

 

[kristin]

ST. PAUL, MN: (HEADS UP!) City Council member Nelsie Yang says she wants to "make it as difficult as possible" for people to use nicotine--even very low risk products. All the council members seem to agree with her, but the PUBLIC HEARING is October 20th!

St. Paul to introduce some of the strictest tobacco rules in the nation

 

[kristin]

CALIFORNIA: (UPDATE) Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an additional 12.5% tax on vapor products into law. Because sales are legal only to those over 21, it will just end up harming adults, having little (if any) impact on teen use--which is already declining.

California will impose new vaping tax to curb teen use, fund public health programs

 

[kristin]

MICHIGAN: (UPDATE) Good news! The rule change banning flavored vapor products has been WITHDRAWN and will not require consideration by JCAR. However, we do expect this proposal to be taken up by the legislature, so join CASAA & follow us to keep updated!

https://casaa.org/call-to-action/michigan-stop-a-flavor-ban/

 

[kristin]

DENVER, CO: (CALL TO ACTION UPDATE) City Council is moving forward with a flavor ban. Following more than two hours of testimony and debate, Denver’s Safety Committee postponed a vote on the ordinance until Wednesday, October 27, 2021. TAKE ACTION NOW!

https://casaa.org/call-to-action/denver-co-stop-a-flavor-ban/

 

[kristin]

EXPOSING ANTI-VAPING TACTICS: Dr. Feldman follows misleading anti-vaping script, including using irrelevant, outdated data: "Although there has been some recent decline in e-cigarette use among high school students, use increased 135% from 2017 to 2019."

Dr. Richard Feldman: Taxing e-cigarettes is the right move - Indianapolis Business Journal

 

[kristin]

HEADS UP-NEWS-UPDATES: Public Health misleads public with teen vaping stats. Calls to Action in Michigan and Denver. Heads up in California and Minnesota. Commentary by Marc Gunther, Dr. Brad Rodu and Sonia Pruitt. Public Health policy missteps and more!

https://casaa.org/public-health-mis...g-stats-and-more-tobacco-harm-reduction-news/

 

[kristin]

CASAA LIVE: Are E-cigarettes Really Just a Treatment for Smoking? Tune in TODAY at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT for this week's Deep Dive! Plus the Legislative Rundown and the CASAA Take 3 commentary on this week's THR news!

 

[kristin]

WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON: (CALL TO ACTION) What started as limiting sales of flavored products to adult-only locations is now a full-blown FLAVOR BAN and banning discounts/coupons. The next opportunity for a public hearing is Oct. 19th at 10:00 AM!

https://casaa.org/call-to-action/washington-county-or-stop-a-flavor-ban/