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[kristin]

"Many of the companies denied marketing authorization by the FDA have taken the agency to court, challenging its authority to issue those “cookie-cutter MDOs.” But most of them have encountered judges unwilling to reverse the agency, often due to Chevron. The result: not a single non-tobacco-flavored vaping product has been authorized, even though the FDA has never created a rule prohibiting non-tobacco flavors."

Vape Businesses File Supreme Court Amicus Brief Opposing Chevron

A group of vaping businesses and organizations has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to limit or eliminate Chevron deference.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

Remember that study last year claiming to link vaping with liver disease? The one that based the conclusion on a survey that only asked one question about vaping: "Have you EVER used an e-cigarette?"

Add that one to the growing list of retracted studies.

Journal Retracts Study That Linked Vaping to Liver Disease

Gastroenterology Research pulled it a year after publication. Critics call it just the latest case of bad science on purported vaping harms.

filtermag.org

 

[kristin]

Unable to find any other scary vaping stories, the Daily Mail scoured TikTok and found a dentist who wrongly thinks "vaper's tongue" means losing the ability to taste food. The UK news rag breathlessly headlined their sensationalized story with: “E-cigarettes are causing new health condition dubbed 'vape tongue' that causes users to lose their taste and be constantly thirsty, doctors warn.” The New York Post also quickly jumped on the bandwagon.

What vaper's tongue really is:

Vaper’s Tongue and 9 Ways to Solve It

If you think you have vaper's tongue, learn what you can do to get moisture back in your mouth. Find out more and start to fix it.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

CALL TO ACTION UPDATE: MAINE

The Legislature adjourned Wednesday without a decision on the bill, effectively tabling the proposal until the next legislative session that starts in January.

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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]

Exclusive: Public health journal says it will retract vaping paper for questions authors say were addressed in peer review

The journal BMC Public Health plans to retract an article that found smoking rates fell faster than expected in the US as use of e-cigarettes increased, Retraction Watch has learned. The authors co…

retractionwatch.com

 

[kristin]

“Despite the agency’s claim it uses cutting-edge enforcement tools, it appears the FDA is simply doing Google searches to find websites that offer the brands the FDA is most concerned with.”

FDA Plans to Kill Disposable Vapes One Warning Letter at a Time

The FDA has sent letters to three vaping product distributors, warning them to stop selling certain popular brands of disposable vapes.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

CASAA BLOG

TikTok Doc misunderstands vaper's tongue. Dual use double standard. Tales of two vaping study retractions. Lawmakers worry about black market menthol. The problem with Chevron and more!

& More! THR News

TikTok Doc misunderstands vaper's tongue. Dual use double standard. Tales of two vaping study retractions. The problem with Chevron &more!

casaa.org

 

[kristin]

“E-cigarettes pose a significant health risk,” said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. “I applaud Governor Pritzker and the legislative sponsors for taking action to protect Illinoisans from the effects of second hand e-cigarette aerosol and other by-products. E-cigarettes can cause lung damage and addiction to nicotine. Banning indoor use of these devices sends a strong message that e-cigarettes are not a safe alternative to smoking.”

The fact that lawmakers can't see how that's a VERY BAD MESSAGE to be sending to adults who smoke shows how little they care about THEM.

Gov. Pritzker signs bill banning e-cigarette use inside public spaces

CHICAGO, Ill. -- An e-cigarette bill was signed by Governor Pritzker which bans the use of e-cigarettes indoor in public spaces.

www.wsiltv.com

 

[kristin]

This sensationalist article fails to mention that just 0.6% (n=43) of the "thousands" of e-cig exposures even resulted in a hospital admission, with 11 having a "major effect" but they recovered.

As a comparison, 2021 saw 51,048 alcoholic beverage exposures w/ 114 deaths and 5,366 e-cig exposures w/ 1 death (suspected to be self-inflicted.)

Child nicotine poisonings rise as e-cig sales surge

Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[kristin]

Compared with cigarette smoke, e-cigarettes "had significantly fewer negative effects on most of the indicators which focused on in this study."

And in some cases, vaping was comparable to the control group.

SAFER than smoking. (At least for mice.)

The toxic effects of electronic cigarette aerosol and cigarette smoke on cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and renal systems in mice - Scientific Reports

Electronic cigarette (EC) has been suggested to be less harmful than cigarette smoking, but the research on the full extent of their harm reduction potential is still lacking. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of EC aerosol and cigarette smoke (CS) on cardiovascular, gastrointestinal...

www.nature.com

 

[kristin]

“Half of the women received e-cigarettes; the other half received nicotine patches. Both approaches were equally safe. The only meaningful difference was that fewer women in the e-cigarette group had children with low birthweight.”

“At the end of their pregnancy, women reported whether they had quit. However, some women had quit smoking using a product they were not assigned, mostly women given patches, who stopped with the help of e-cigarettes they had procured for themselves.”

E-cigarettes may be better than nicotine patches to help pregnant women stop smoking, reduce the risk of low birthweight

Smoking in pregnancy can harm developing babies, especially their growth. Current guidelines recommend that pregnant smokers who find quitting difficult should be provided with nicotine replacements products, and stop-smoking services usually recommend nicotine patches.

medicalxpress.com

 

[kristin]

“Never did I imagine that in 2023, I would still be writing blog posts about physicians lying to the public by telling them that smoking is no more hazardous than vaping. Nor did I imagine that I would still be writing blog posts about physicians and medical groups discouraging smokers from quitting smoking by switching to e-cigarettes, even though it has been proven to be the most effective strategy…”
~ Dr. Michael Siegel

University of Maryland Doctor Tells Public He's Not Sure Smoking is Any More Hazardous than Vaping

In an article published today by ABC News , a physician from the University of Maryland is quoted as telling the public that he isn't sure ...

tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com

 

[kristin]

“Anxiety over youth vaping is obscuring the fact that switching from smoking to vaping will be much better for an individual’s health.

It is wrong to say we have no idea what the future risks from vaping will be. On the contrary, levels of exposure to cancer-causing and other toxicants are drastically lower in people who vape compared with those who smoke, which indicates that any risks to health are likely to be a fraction of those posed by smoking.”
~ Professor Ann McNeill, King’s College London

She added that more regulation is needed over children and vaping “but so too is work to ensure many more adults stop smoking”.

‘More than 40% of smokers think vaping is more harmful than cigarettes’

Campaigners said more must be done to help smokers understand that e-cigarettes are less risky.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[kristin]

"The WHO’s 9th “report on the tobacco epidemic” has also just been published. It’s funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which bankrolls global tobacco control efforts to restrict or ban alternative nicotine products….

The WHO has also moved aggressively to cut the chances of COP10 parties being swayed by evidence-based opposition to a crackdown on harm reduction….

There appears to be no room for objective evaluation of the science in advance of COP10. Instead, the WHO is dishonestly railroading delegates toward a preordained outcome of heavy restrictions and prohibition..."
~ Martin Cullip

The WHO’s COP10 Takedown of Tobacco Harm Reduction Takes Shape

Recent documents reveal more of the World Health Organization's hostile strategy for the key gathering, including efforts to stifle debate.

filtermag.org

 

[kristin]

 

[kristin]

"The case highlights the need for more robust methods to combat such crimes."

Or maybe it highlights that A) bans don't work, B) some adults really want that safer form of tobacco, and C) they're fed up with being punished by greedy governments for that?

Finnish Customs busts massive snus smuggling operation from Sweden

Finnish Customs has recently unveiled a major criminal case involving the illegal smuggling and distribution of snus. The investigation, which began in Tornio and extended to the Pirkanmaa region, has uncovered a suspected tax evasion amounting to several million euros. The probe was triggered...

www.helsinkitimes.fi

 

[kristin]

Smoking in Quebec was at 15.6% in 2006 and again at 15.6% in 2013. Declines had clearly flatlined. Then smoking started dropping dramatically, first to 14.3% in 2015 (just around the time vaping mainstreamed...hmmm...) then to 11.8% by 2020.

So Quebec thought it was somehow logical to...ban the appealing flavored vapor products that help people quit smoking.‍

Quebec Flavor Ban Will Begin October 31st

Quebec will ban the sale of flavored vaping products Oct. 31. The health minister received more than 30,000 public comments opposing the ban.

vaping360.com

 

[kristin]

Real people. Real Stories.

"Anecdote" #13,525:
Successfully switched to vaping, DB can now look forward to the day his young son graduates from college. Kids need their parents and vaping is helping millions of them to live longer.

Share YOUR story at: Vape Stories - Real Consumer Testimonials - CASAA

 

[kristin]

CASAA BLOG

Studies find vaping safer than smoking (for mice & pregnant women.) Tobacco Control expert stunned doctors still lying about vaping. UK professor calls out anti-vaping claim. WHO is railroading COP10 delegates. Illinois sending the wrong message & more!

READ MORE: Vaping Is Safer (For Mice & Pregnant Women) & More! THR News

 

[kristin]

“I think the goal, if we want to fight tobacco-related mortality, is to get people to stop smoking cigarettes because cigarettes actually kill people.

I can tell you how we are not achieving this … overregulating products that have a serious potential to take market share away from cigarettes. Nicotine pouches, Swedish snus and e-cigarettes are examples of this.”
Sara Skyttedal, Member of the European Parliament

Sweden’s ultra-low smoking rate*

www.politico.com