CALL TO ACTION ALASKA
Please contact Gov. Dunleavy--who is expected to reach a decision by Sept. 16th--and urge him to VETO this bill! SB 45 imposes an unnecessary and excessive TAX on vapor products and other burdensome requirements for retailers.
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Please contact Gov. Dunleavy--who is expected to reach a decision by Sept. 16th--and urge him to VETO this bill! SB 45 imposes an unnecessary and excessive TAX on vapor products and other burdensome requirements for retailers.
Alaska - Veto a Vape Tax!
SB 45 would impose a 35% wholesale tax and a ban on intrastate shippin on vapor products (devices and liquids) in Alaska.
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“Enacting some of the most progressive vaping legislation in Asia Pacific now makes the Philippines an international leader in effective tobacco Harm Reduction (THR). It’s a massive wake-up call for other countries to also enable smokers to switch to safer nicotine products,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).
www.scoop.co.nz
Filipino Green Light For Vaping - A Massive Wake-up Call
Nancy Loucas, CAPHRA's Executive Coordinator, says enacting some of the most progressive vaping legislation in Asia Pacific now makes the Philippines an international leader in effective Tobacco Harm Reduction. “Enacting some of the most progressive vaping ...
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Foster City, CA tabled a proposed ban on flavored vapor and tobacco products--for now. Apparently concerned about potential litigation, lawmakers should really be concerned that proponents used outdated 2018-19 data to lie about "increasing" youth vaping.
www.smdailyjournal.com
Foster City tables e-cigarettes ban
The Foster City Council has tabled an ordinance prohibiting selling flavored tobacco and electronic cigarettes over litigation concerns and a desire to see what actions the state takes in November.
New study finds nicotine vapor products are not only AS EFFECTIVE in improving CVD outcomes as nicotine-free vapor products and NRT, and OUTPERFORMED BOTH for smoking cessation.
So this decidedly negative headline on an article written by the esteemed “2 Minute Medicine” blog left us scratching our heads....
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So this decidedly negative headline on an article written by the esteemed “2 Minute Medicine” blog left us scratching our heads....
Medium- and longer-term cardiovascular effects of e-cigarettes in adults making a stop-smoking attempt: a randomized controlled trial - BMC Medicine
Background Smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and smoking cessation reduces excess risk. E-cigarettes are popular for smoking cessation but there is little evidence on their cardiovascular health effect. Our objective was to compare the medium- and longer-term...
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Researchers only compared vapers vs non-vapers/non-smokers, which completely ignores the fact that most adult vapers would otherwise be SMOKING!
Additionally, Mayo Clinic's Dr. Robert Vassallo endangers the public by spreading EVALI misinformation.
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Additionally, Mayo Clinic's Dr. Robert Vassallo endangers the public by spreading EVALI misinformation.
Mayo Clinic study finds e-cigarette users more likely to experience COVID symptoms
Study participants were at least 18 and tested positive for COVID-19 at testing sites in Minnesota and Wisconsin between March 1, 2020, and Feb. 28
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"A federal appeals court handed the independent vaping industry its first major win [on Aug. 23rd], ruling that the FDA acted improperly when it issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to six small manufacturers."
Reported for Vaping360 by CASAA director Jim McDonald.
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Reported for Vaping360 by CASAA director Jim McDonald.
Federal Court Rules Against FDA in Six MDO Appeals
A federal appeals court has ruled against the FDA in appeals of marketing denial orders issued to six vaping manufacturers.
vaping360.com
Despite claims by anti-harm reduction groups that nicotine causes "brain damage," is always highly addictive and possibly causes cancer, researchers believe smoke-free nicotine treatment will help with memory loss, and is not addictive or cancer-causing.
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Nicotine patches being used by researchers to stimulate memory in older adults
A group of researchers is trying to change nicotine's reputation by using it to help with memory loss, in the form of nicotine patches.
www.newschannel5.com
CALL TO ACTION MULTNOMAH,OR
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is asking for public input on a potential ban on sales of flavored tobacco and nicotine products! County Board directs the Health Dept to return with recommendations in September.
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Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is asking for public input on a potential ban on sales of flavored tobacco and nicotine products! County Board directs the Health Dept to return with recommendations in September.
Multnomah Co., Oregon - Fight a Flavor Ban!
The Mulnomah Co. Commissioners are asking for public feedback on a proposal to ban flavored, low-risk alternatives to smoking. Get your comments in before the Dept. of Health presents to the Board in September.
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CALL TO ACTION TEMPE, AZ!
City may be moving forward with a ban on the sale of the flavored vapor products helping adults quit smoking. Share your experiences and urge the council members to oppose any plan to ban low-risk alternatives to smoking!
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City may be moving forward with a ban on the sale of the flavored vapor products helping adults quit smoking. Share your experiences and urge the council members to oppose any plan to ban low-risk alternatives to smoking!
Tempe, Arizona - Stop a Flavor Ban!
A proposal to ban sales of flavored vapor products is moving to a committee meeting on December 7.
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A study from UC-Davis looks like it will land quite a blow to the anti-harm reduction "flavors hook kids" claim, finding no benefit from CA flavor bans. Instead, researchers surmised "increased ease of access and marijuana use may be explanatory factors."
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Flavored Tobacco Sales Restrictions and Teen E-cigarette Use: Quasi-experimental Evidence From California
AbstractIntroduction. Flavored tobacco sales restrictions (FTSRs) are implemented to reduce access to flavored tobacco products. We examined the association bet
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New survey data suggest that the "epidemic" of underage vaping is fading fast and that vaping is replacing smoking among adults. The FDA seems determined to discourage that harm-reducing trend.
reason.com
New survey data cast further doubt on the FDA's opposition to flavored e-cigarettes
Vaping is replacing smoking among adults, a harm-reducing trend that regulators seem determined to discourage.
reason.com
New survey shows that vaping has successfully helped millions stop smoking in the UK, but also reveals how dangerous claiming that "switching isn't quitting" and exaggerating the low health risks associated with vaping is to public health. How many more could be saved had they not heard such anti-harm reduction rhetoric?
www.theguardian.com
Vaping reaches record levels in Great Britain, report reveals
Estimated 4.3 million people using e-cigarettes, up from about 800,000 a decade ago in ‘vaping revolution’
They never answer the headline question "Are more teens switching from vapes to cigarettes?" (all evidence says "No") but they do manage to misinform readers with outdated (2019) youth vaping data; suggest vaping can cause cancer, use the old "as addictive as ...... and ......." trope and equate addiction with smoking risks, which dissuades people who smoke from switching to other nicotine sources.
Are more teens switching from vapes to cigarettes? Health official weighs in
Recent data has shown that vaping has skyrocketed nicotine addiction in teens and young adults, according to the Tippecanoe County health officer.
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“Adding to that perspective will be [Alex] Clark of CASAA, which has long worked to highlight the issues facing nicotine consumers. Clark would like to do away with the victim narrative that casts people who smoke as dupes swayed by peer pressure and advertising.
“Even with a growing awareness of the need to address issues of health, racial and economic equity, the legacy of stigma embedded in anti-smoking policies is leaving millions of people behind,” he says. “The overweighted focus on predatory marketing as the driver of youth tobacco use is ultimately dismissive of more powerful underlying factors contributing to any substance use.”
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“Even with a growing awareness of the need to address issues of health, racial and economic equity, the legacy of stigma embedded in anti-smoking policies is leaving millions of people behind,” he says. “The overweighted focus on predatory marketing as the driver of youth tobacco use is ultimately dismissive of more powerful underlying factors contributing to any substance use.”
Listening to Nicotine Users - Tobacco Reporter
A GTNF panel will put “forgotten smokers” in the spotlight.
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CASAA BLOG
Vaping had a few wins, including 6 companies prevailing against FDA in appeals court. A few new studies also supported vaping. Don't miss the new Calls to Action. CASAA takes on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and more!
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Vaping had a few wins, including 6 companies prevailing against FDA in appeals court. A few new studies also supported vaping. Don't miss the new Calls to Action. CASAA takes on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and more!
Vaping Has a Few Wins and More! THR News
Vaping had a few wins, incl. companies prevailing against FDA in court. CASAA takes on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and more!
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"Most if not all of the agreed practices listed in the settlement have been standard at Juul for years, and some others have been federally prohibited since 2016..."
"Juul withdrew most of its flavored products...more than a year before the FDA mandate."
vaping360.com
"Juul withdrew most of its flavored products...more than a year before the FDA mandate."
Juul Will Pay States $439 Million to Atone for Past Sins
Juul Labs has agreed to pay $438.5 million to 33 U.S. states to settle a two-year investigation into the company’s marketing practices.
vaping360.com
Despite all tobacco control efforts, nearly 200 US teens still started smoking every day. As vaping increased, smoking declined dramatically. It's clear to anyone not blinded by a prohibitionist agenda that teens who are vaping would otherwise be SMOKING.
www.newsweek.com
Vaping a gateway to nicotine addiction for teens: study
While boys were more likely to use e-cigarettes, researchers found that the number of girls who vape is rapidly increasing .
www.newsweek.com
Among non-Hispanic Black ADULTS, lesbian & bisexual females have been found more likely to smoke, but it's "surprising" TEENS in the same demographic are more likely to vape? AND they think this group has no reason to use nicotine other than marketing??
You can buy deadly cigarettes from any gas station, grocery or convenience store within 1,000 feet of schools and churches (and each other,) but limit the vape shops selling products saving millions of adult lives because they "give off the wrong image."
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Columbia city council working to restrict new vape shops | Carolina News and Reporter
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