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[kristin]

What is the "enormous amount of nicotine in e-cigarettes" they're so concerned about?

4.4%

That's 44 mg/mL in a device that's intended to last all day -- like a pack of cigarettes.

How much nicotine is in a pack of cigarettes? About 200 - 240 mg.

Of course, the article also includes the usual tripe about teen vaping (down over 50%), flavors "hooking" kids, instant "addiction," and exaggerated health risks, with a token quote from SFATA.

That it originated from mostly anti-vaping Kaiser Health News should surprise no one.

Sales of e-cigs packed with nicotine soar as regulators try to crack down

The enormous amount of nicotine in e-cigarettes — up 76% over five years — can addict kids in a matter of days, one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[kristin]

“People with schizophrenia die not from schizophrenia, but from smoking. People with schizophrenia can improve their quality of life and there is a solution."
~ Dr. Pasquale Caponetto, clinical psychologist at the University of Catania

Watch: A Documentary About Schizophrenia and Vaping

“People with schizophrenia die not from schizophrenia, but from smoking." We interviewed participants and researchers in a vital study.

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[kristin]

It's VERY good advice for adults to always keep vaping products out of the reach of kids, but let's keep some perspective to avoid knee-jerk laws and bans.

For example, in 2021, NPDS had 94,279 calls about kids under 5 yrs exposed to...cleaning supplies.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-06-22/steady-rise-in-vape-product-poisonings-among-kids-under-5

 

[kristin]

CASAA BLOG
How vaping helps people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Why we started vaping. Researchers use TV shows to lie to teens. UK media outlet celebrates smoking comeback. Rising hysteria over nicotine levels. Calls to Action and more!

Vaping Helps Those With Schizophrenia & More! THR News

Vaping helps people with schizophrenia. Researchers use TV shows to lie. Media outlet celebrates smoking comeback. Calls to Action and more!

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[kristin]

Funny how both nicotine and caffeine are stimulants that inhibit certain receptors in the brain, increase the release of dopamine and can create a dependency with minor withdrawal symptoms, yet only nicotine dependency is stigmatized as an "addiction."

Nicotine vs caffeine: How do they work and more

Nicotine is a substance present in tobacco plants, and caffeine is a stimulant that occurs naturally in some foods. Learn more about both here.

www.medicalnewstoday.com

 

[kristin]

Anti-vaping UK outlet The Guardian is getting a bit closer to telling the truth when comparing cigarettes vs. vapes, but still ignores the fact that just because it "offers thousands of puffs and is the equivalent of hundreds of cigarettes" doesn't mean that the consumer is going to use the entire contents in 1 day.

 

[kristin]

A pediatric surgeon in the UK shockingly suggests that smoking is lower risk than vaping, falsely claiming it can result in "lung bleeding, lung collapse and air leak, the lungs filling up with fat."

Then he inexplicably says he can't "think of any other explanation" for a teenage girl suffering from what appears to have been a spontaneous pneumothorax? Spontaneous pneumothorax is a risk typically associated with tall and thin young people.‍

E-cigarettes: Primary school age children are ending up in hospital due to excessive vaping

 

[kristin]

CASAA Live Clip | Why We Started Vaping: Kristin Noll-Marsh

CASAA Member Coordinator Kristin Noll-Marsh, who was also a founding director of CASAA, explains how her husband's struggles with vaping impacted her views on CASAA's mission.

Watch the full episode (link at the end of the clip) to hear more stories and learn about the CASAA Testimonial Project.

CASAA Live is now on summer hiatus, but we'll be back in September!

 

[kristin]

ECF got a shoutout in my clip.

 

[kristin]

CALL TO ACTION UPDATE: Maine Flavor Ban

LD 1215 has passed the Senate and all the House needs to do is concur with the Senate amendment and this is a done deal.

If you live in Maine, please TAKE ACTION NOW!

MAINE - Fight a Flavor Ban (LD 1215)

Take Action! Urge Maine lawmakers to reject LD 1215 which would ban flavored nicotine, vaping, and tobacco products--even those authorized for sale by FDA

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[kristin]

"New National Health Interview Survey data from the CDC reveals we are close to seeing a young adult generation that is smoke-free and that will be smoke-disease free."
~ Dr. Brad Rodu

READ MORE: Astounding Smoking & Vaping Statistics in New CDC Data

 

[kristin]

"Both...come in flavors known to appeal to youth, including bubblegum and cotton candy."

They persistently claim youth vape because of flavors, but the flavors are apparently NOT why they use bubblegum and cotton candy-flavored cannabis and alcohol?

Feds ban most popular vape among teens

A popular vaping device found on local school campuses is now banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The federal agency is cracking down on the distribution of “unauthorized

www.mydailyrecord.com

 

[kristin]

They "forgot" the part where people would SWITCH if given access to appealing, affordable and safer alternatives. Meaning, rather than "add" $42 billion in economic loss, it would REDUCE the economic loss from $420 billion to $42 billion - a $378 billion economic GAIN. (If there is even any economic loss at all, as no harm has yet been proven from vaping or other harm reduction products.)

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/resp.14535

 

[kristin]

Strangely, the "doctors" who supposedly stated this misinformation aren't named in the article.

There's no evidence that higher concentrations of nicotine in vapes makes them "more addictive" than vapes with lower concentrations. Studies show that people self-titrate both with cigarettes and vapor products. Meaning, they smoke/vape more with lower nicotine levels and smoke/vape less with higher nicotine levels.

Other studies show that people who have switched to vaping find they are less dependent on them than they were cigarettes, according to the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence.

Additionally, even a pod containing 50 mg/mL is less nicotine than the 200-240 mg of nicotine typically found in a pack of cigarettes.

Why vaping is so addictive, according to doctors - The Tech Edvocate

Spread the loveOver the last decade, vaping has emerged as an alternative to traditional smoking, with many people turning to e-cigarettes and other vaping devices in an effort to quit smoking altogether. However, these products have become a topic of controversy due to their addictive nature...

www.thetechedvocate.org

 

[kristin]

While the smoking rate in Ghana is already incredibly low, lying to your citizens that nicotine causes "cancer, heart disease, lung disease, infertility, diabetes and gum disease" isn't a good policy if you want to maintain credibility and trust.

 

[kristin]

The idea seems simple enough.

Preserve the rituals of smoking: Hand to mouth, inhale a puff of vapor then exhale. But remove all of the nasty smoke that can kill you.

Instead they want to keep the smoke & remove the one thing that DOESN'T kill you.‍

As low-nicotine cigarettes hit the market, anti-smoking groups press for wider standard

The first authorized cigarettes with 95% less nicotine than traditional smokes are coming to California, Florida, and Texas in early July, after a year of test-marketing in Illinois and Colorado.

www.stltoday.com

 

[kristin]

It's ridiculous to claim 4.7% nicotine (47 mg/mL) is "the equivalent of 500 cigarettes-worth of nicotine." A cigarette contains 10-12 mg of nicotine ("yield" and "puffs" aren't the same thing,) so 500 cigs would be over 5,000 mg in ONE vape pen. Just...no.

Illegal vape on sale in Luton had '500 cigarettes-worth of nicotine'

Luton Trading Standards seize 13,000 illegal vape pens in 18 months.

www.bbc.com

 

[kristin]

When you exaggerate and lie about the risks of vaping to the point that lawmakers are so irrationally afraid of it that they ban using them even OUTSIDE without any scientific basis, this will keep happening - over & over.

Is anyone really "protected" by these laws that seem more effective at creating conflict and resulting in injuries?

'It was just brutality' | Parents upset after seeing son get punched by officer during vaping arrest

Police claim Denzel Elam Ruff “intentionally smoked his vape” after being told about the ordinance, refused to stop when ordered, and then resisted arrest.

www.wusa9.com

 

[kristin]

"Imagine how fast sales and use of combustible cigarettes would disappear if public health leaders simply told smokers the tobacco truth – that vaping is 95% safer than smoking."
~Dr. Brad Rodu

More Good News From the 2022 NHIS… But You Won’t Hear It from U.S. Health Authorities

Following on my post last week discussing dramatic improvement in vaping and smoking rates from the 2022 National Health Interview Surv...

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[kristin]

"FCTC administrators have been steadily building up a portfolio of cherry-picked evidence and shonky reports from sources carefully selected for their ideological opposition to anything but quit-or-die tobacco control policies."
~ Martin Cullip

Time Short to Stop the WHO’s Assault on Tobacco Harm Reduction

November's COP10 will unleash a raft of anti-harm reduction proposals, reports show. The time to influence national delegations is now.

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