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Anti-Nicotine zealots are "deeply disappointed" that the FDA was rightly forced to base its regulatory actions on science--rather than being pressured into banning life-saving harm reduction products based on their anti-vaping hysterics, myths, personal beliefs, feelings and junk science.

 

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CASAA BLOG
Dr. Brad Rodu debunks the teen vaping epidemic claims by Matt Myers of Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids. Citizen's Synthetic Nicotine Petition. Updates and commentary on the JUUL controversy. Global Forum on Nicotine 2022 and more!

Teen Vaping Epidemic Debunked and More! THR News

 

[kristin]

Judge temporarily blocked Washington County flavor ban: Judge Andrew Erwin issued his opinion on July 5th, stating the county can't immediately require stores to stop selling, since the county had no immediate plans to enforce the ordinance.

Washington County flavored tobacco ban on hold yet again

 

[kristin]

Brazil Maintains E-cigarette Ban: fails to accept proven concept of harm reduction, relies on false WHO claims that vaping is a "gateway" to smoking and prioritizes tiny health risks for never-smokers over massive risk reduction for people who smoke.

Brazil Maintains E-cigarette Ban - Tobacco Reporter

 

[kristin]

A promising new study from the UK found that "distribution of [nicotine vapor products] combined with pharmacy support appears to be an agreeable and effective intervention for smoking cessation," (but further data are needed.)

Evaluation of a pharmacy supported e-cigarette smoking cessation intervention in Northwest England | BMC Public Health | Full Text

 

[kristin]

Despite the fact that they "did not have information regarding alcohol or other drug use by participants during pregnancy" including SMOKING, researchers ridiculously conclude that it was the vaping in the last 3 months of pregnancy that was associated with the unfavorable birth outcomes.

The Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use During Pregnancy and Unfavorable Birth Outcomes

 

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With things like inflation, violence and far more concerning health issues US citizens are facing these days, "the Biden administration is expending a weirdly large amount of energy on an entirely separate issue: regulating the sh*t out of nicotine."

How to Prepare for a Potential Juul E-Cigarette Ban

 

[kristin]

Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton

CASAA's Jim McDonald reporting for Vaping360 explains what happened and what may come next.

Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton

 

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Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton

CASAA's Jim McDonald reporting for Vaping360 explains what happened and what may come next.

Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton

“In a mockery of ‘reasoned’ administrative decision-making,” Judge Jones wrote, “FDA (1) changed the rules for private entities in the middle of their marketing application process, (2) failed to notify the public of the changes in time for compliance, and then (3) rubber-stamped the denial of their marketing applications because of the hitherto unknown requirements.”

“Kafka would have understood the FDA all too well,” the judge added, probably unaware that she was echoing years of complaints by thousands of small businesses and millions of vaping consumers.

 

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Starts in 45 minutes!

 

[kristin]

Yale research finds that increasing taxes on nicotine vaping products by $1 per mL reduced vaping in the 18-25 year old group by 2.5 percentage points BUT also caused a 3.7 percentage point increase in SMOKING in that same group.

Evidence that cigarettes are more lethal than nicotine vaping products suggests that a tax that increases smoking would be worse for public health than one that increases nicotine vaping, say the researchers.

Higher taxes on e-cigs likely to boost cigarette smoking among young adults

 

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CASAA NEWS
Research shows taxes on vaping products increases young adult smoking. Court blocks Washington County, OR flavor ban. CASAA in Bloomberg article. Triton loses appeal and more!

Vaping Taxes Increase Young Adult Smoking and More! THR News

 

[kristin]

After warning in May that dual use has no health benefits and expressing concern that those trying to quit would continue to dual use instead of quitting, the American Heart Association is now worried that daily vaping is rising. For adults, moving to daily vaping is a possible indicator for having completely quit smoking. So why didn't AHA bother to investigate or report on how the increase in daily vaping related to dual use/smoking?

Daily e-cigarette use rising despite slight decline in current use among youngest adults

Despite researchers noting the significant decline in adult smoking & a decline in vaping for adults who were attempting to quit smoking, they continue to refuse to acknowledge any possible connection between increased vaping & declining smoking rates!

Patterns in e-Cigarette Use Among Adults in the US, 2017-2020

 

[kristin]

Excellent, must-read @MarcGunther exposé of the anti-vaping tactics of the Truth Initiative.

"This has become a pattern at Truth Initiative: Draw questionable conclusions from scientific research to attack vaping, and ignore evidence to the contrary."

The Half-Truth Initiative: How an Anti-Smoking Group Lost Its Way

 

[kristin]

New Zealand is fully embracing prohibition with a bill mandating very low nicotine smoked tobacco, reducing tobacco outlets by up to 95% and prohibiting people born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco. This should boost NZ's already thriving black market.

New Zealand’s ‘tobacco endgame’ law will be a world first for health – here’s what the modelling shows us

 

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We were thrilled to have Marc Gunther on this week’s Twitter Space to discuss his recent exposé on the Truth Initiative for Filter Magazine. You won’t want to miss this episode - now available on CASAA's YouTube channel!