Nothing About Us. Without Us. (Title Edited)

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Time we switched to nicotine options ~ Dr. Mark Tyndall at GFN20 ~ Startup Seeks Approval for Inhaler That Would Help Smokers Quit ~ Electronic cigarettes and obstetric outcomes: a prospective observational study ~ Bloomberg’s War on vaping Expands to Latin America and Beyond ~ Report: Youth vaping Rate Increased with Anti-vaping Campaigns ~ Perverse Psychology ~ ‘Unpleasant’ Ban ~ Clive Bates Kicks Off ~ The Michael Russell Oration 2020 ~ Breakenridge: Alberta’s vaping legislation strikes a reasonable balance ~ Hong Kong’s Rejection of Vapes Ban Could Have Welcome Influence ~ Germany must use its EU Presidency to act wisely on e-cigarettes ~ More than 70% of people in Munster back vaping as part of a strategy to reduce tobacco smoking ~ European War On Vaping Intensifies – Total Chicago Flavour Ban Looms – Loneliness and Smoking – Scaremongering Scottish Scientists + More ~ Sort Vaping Bill Or Risk Rising Smoking Rates ~ Vaping represents a winnable issue for those opposed to ideology hindering scientific data and personal freedoms ~ The War on Vaping

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
The Belgian government is making a huge mistake – Australia to ban e-cigarette imports – Government announces major crackdown – Faceless Bureaucrats Announce Vaping Ban – E-cigarette import ban set to continue – COVID, Smoking, and Vaping – Nurses Educated About Vaping – Advocates Call For Germany To Act Wisely – Quit Their Way – How EU safety legislation has affected UK vapers – Furore over tobacco, nicotine therapy for COVID-19 – Safe Supply Pioneer Presents Vaping as Central to Harm Reduction – US Study: Most E-Cigarette Users Are Ex-Smokers – Why Africa needs harm reduction in bridging gap for smokers – Global Forum on Nicotine 2020 – The 2019 “Evali” Misinfodemic (Part 3) – Smokers, former smokers, never smokers and vapers: a survey by the COEHAR explains their behavior during the lockdown – Worldwide Attack on Harm Reduction Intensifies – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[dnglos]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Legalise Vaping Australia – Vapers are rightfully angry, anxious and shocked. What can you do? – A “Death Sentence” For Vapers and Smokers – Appalling Public Policy – Cost of NHS stop smoking services soars – HK Ban Prop Dropped – UK-style laws could convert more than 200 million smokers to vaping worldwide – COVID-19 and the Science of Nicotine – Are State Budgets Ready for a Cigarette-Free World? – Prohibitive policies on smoke-free nicotine products violate consumer rights

 

[dnglos]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Dutch extend smoking rules to cover e-cigarettes, plan to ban flavours ~ Vaping in Australia is About to Become a Whole Lot Tougher ~ Vapers will need a doctor’s prescription to import liquid nicotine under new proposal ~ MPs break ranks to defy government’s vaping ban ~ Support A Smoke-Free Australia (Petition!) ~ The great Australian nicotine airlift ~ Coalition MPs revolt against ban on people importing liquid nicotine for vaping ~ Will the July 1 vaping ban push people back to cigarettes? ~ Ban on importing e-cigarettes a ‘death sentence’ for vapers ~ First PMTA from an Indie Vape Manufacturer Submitted ~ E-Cigarettes are not the problem ~ Impact of EU Legislation ~ Reaction To The Oz Nic Ban ~ Australia Bans Nicotine ~ Vapers launch fighting fund to challenge Therapeutic Goods Administration’s ban on nicotine e-cigarettes ~ Australia announces major crackdown to effectively ban nicotine imports

 

[dnglos]

Friday’s News at a glance:

Smoking and pregnancy: should we really discourage vaping, at the risk of smoking? – Will the Revised EU Tax Directive Include a Minimum Vape Tax? – NNA Zoom Webcast with Dr Farsalinos – Perverse Psychology – Australia delays nicotine ban after backlash from vapers – Why Australia should make it as easy as possible for smokers to switch to vaping – Angry Vapers Force Australian Health Minister to Back Down – Vapers, Federal MPs declare war on TGA and Health Minister – Current smoking, former smoking, and adverse outcome among hospitalized COVID-19 patients – BAT invests a billion dollars in Romanian HnB factory – Thailand asked to consider scientific studies on vaping – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Australia’s ban on nicotine importation lifted – Vaping In The News ~ June 28th – English Vape Shop Staff Call – Vapo Slams Australia Nic Ban – Do We Really Want More Smokers? – Associations of Flavored e-Cigarette Uptake – Vapers stunned over proposal to ban flavors in The Netherlands – Holland Bans Flavoured Vaping Products – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Samrat Chowdhery appointed as INNCO President ~ Netherlands Flavour Ban – Down To Governmental “Crookedness” ~ Netherlands Plans to Ban Flavors; Other EU Countries May Follow ~ Vaping – Science VS Ideology ~ MPs Must Amend Bill After Compelling Study On Vape Flavours ~ Why the ban on nicotine vape fluid will do more harm than good ~ Smoking risks due to combustion, says international expert ~ BAN DELAYED | Australian Vapers Win Reprieve, Battle Is Not Over ~ U-Turn Hunt ~ Risk Review Ravaged ~ Vaping And Pregnancy in France ~ The Potential and Pitfalls of Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People ~ Vaping during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Belgium ~Philip Morris Says Cigarettes May Start Disappearing in a Decade

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
The Endgame Revisited – Their Favorite Enemy – ACVODA Astonished – Verboten – Ethics in Programming : The Project I Refused – Vaping and Nicotine Consumer Rights Groups Around the World – THR Advocacy & Awareness Van for Australia – A Welcome Reprieve for Australian Vapers – NZ’s Health Select Committee Understands The Importance of Vape Flavours – Why Australia’s draconian vaping policies deserve condemnation – New vaping rules in effect in Ontario – Smokers not more susceptible to COVID-19 – Group Urges Thailand To Reconsider Ban On Vaping – How to give up tobacco and focus on harm reduction? – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Vapers and Public-Health Experts – S.1253 Will Harm Adult Vapers and Will Not Reduce Youth E-Cigarette Use – Vape sales increase eleven-fold – New Zealand’s 2020 Budget Did Not Raise Tobacco Taxes – Doc’s Dodgy Feelings – Flavours Are Effective For Smoking Cessation – NHS Slow on Cessation – Lies, Hypocrisy and Bluster – Socioeconomic Vaping – UKVIA Wants Tax Parity With NRTs for Vapor – Taiwan Association Says Tobacco Harm Reduction is a Human Right – Freedom Matters in Missouri – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
The past is not the future – what lies ahead for tobacco and nicotine? ~ The shameful history of the anti-smoking crusade ~ The E-Cigarette Revolution That Wasn’t ~ ETHRA notes on TPD interview ~ Podcast: the future of the Tobacco Products Directive and EU taxation ~ Adult smoking habits in the UK: 2019 ~ Parliament vaping booths ‘too confidential’ to discuss ~ English Study Calls for Vape Shop Staff ~ FDA Authorizes Marketing of IQOS Tobacco Heating System with ‘Reduced Exposure’ Information ~ Philip Morris Allowed to Say IQOS Reduces Harmful Exposure ~ Chowdhery for President ~ Mendelsohn Maligned ~ Our Laws Save Lives ~ Vape Mail Ban Passes the Senate; House Votes in Two Weeks ~ PMK chief urges regulation ease based on ‘facts, science’ ~ Vapor products can save lives by helping smokers quit ~ Tax Information Bulletin – Nova Scotia ~ Lighting up

 

[dnglos]

Friday’s News at a glance:

New official statistics endorse the UK government’s approach to harm reduction – Stop the ban on flavored e-liquids – New EU rule changes would mean bad news for #Smokers and #Vapers – US Mail Vape Ban Passes the Senate – Vape Bans Are Creating a Thriving Illicit Market – Research Roundup – Parliament – Flavour Ban Black Market Boom – Erroneous Europe – Nova Scotia Nonsense – Steve Brine: Making the most of vaping – Massachusetts Regulators Knowingly Drive Vapers to the Black Market – The Black Market of Vaping – Vapers fight against ban – TGA blows smoke up Australia’s ash – Health Canada to ban advertising – Pragmatic tobacco policy can decrease youth use – FDA Issues IQOS Modified Risk Approval – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Tobacco attacks Quit Smoking Services? – Montana Health Dept and Legislature Go to War Over Flavor Ban – ONS Data Reveals Further Drops – Poor Pod Paper – Government cancels Medicare rebates – China Gets Its First Vaping Industry Billionaires – Vaping industry responds to new advertising rules – DeSantis can save local small businesses – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday's News at a glance:
COVID-19 Survey, July 2020 ~ Tobacco harm reduction in the 21st century ~ E-Cigarettes and Respiratory Disease: NO EVIDENCE ~ NZ Vape Group Urges Local Govt. to Reject WHO Stance on E-Cigs ~ UK Study: Risk Perceptions of Vaping Are Directly Related to E-Cig Use ~ Vaping advice is flawed and disastrous for public health ~ Federal regs confuse little vape with Big Tobacco ~ Proposed flavour ban in the Netherlands - letter ~ ETHRA Contributes To TPD3 ~ Brine’s Back ~ HNB AOK For USA ~ You Can't Handle the Truth ~ Smoore Just Became the Richest Vape Company in the World

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Stan got it wrong…again – The Vaping Weekly Podcast with Michael McGrady – Stop the Youth Vaping ‘Epidemic’ by Ending Youth Anti-Vaping Campaigns – Vaping on Cardiovascular Health – Smoore Lists on HK Market – ETHRA Experts Write to Blokhuis – Inane Instagram Paper – Academics Not Listening – Puff Bar: A Preview of the Post-PMTA Vaping Industry – National survey suggests vaping is reducing smoking in Australia – National Drug Strategy Household Survey – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
European Harm Reduction Group Launches Manifesto on Behalf of Former Smokers – NZ Delay Call – Italian Study: E-Cigs Are Effective Tools to Decrease Tobacco Consumption – Zyn Boosts Swedish Match’s Second Quarter – Latest Australian data confirms failure of plain packaging – MP’s Smokefree Amendments Deserve Support – Draconian Australia Importation Ban – Kentucky’s About-Face on Tobacco Harm Reduction Could Prove Hazardous – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Over 500,000 vapers in Australia now, according to Government study ~ Clarifying Australia’s youth vaping figures ~ Teen vaping is way less common than the news claims ~ Australia’s Imaginary Teen Vaping Epidemic ~ Smoke clouding the judgment of health bureaucrats ~ Zyn Boosts Swedish Match’s Second Quarter ~ India’s E-Cig Ban Did Not Halt Vaping, It Just Drove Out Reliable Vape Brands ~ Tried It, Didn’t Like It ~ Britain’s 20/20 Vape Vision ~ Experts Condemn Govt Vaping Bill ~ EU: Danish ban on flavors commented ~ If you tolerate this then YOUR flavours will be next ~ So Much for the Loophole: FDA Orders Puff Bar Off the Market ~ How the U.S. Spreads Fake Vaping Fears ~ FDA Notifies Companies, Including Puff Bar, to Remove Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes and Youth-Appealing E-Liquids from Market for Not Having Required Authorization

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Canada takes a wrong turn after a flawed paper induces moral panic – How to Make a Public Health Disaster Worse – California Flavor Ban Hearing Needs Participation by Vapers – Differences in Nicotine Intake From Smoking Vs Vaping in Dual Users – Endgames – Another Pie in Glantz’ Face – Government will not ban, York does – AVCA: Kiwi MP’s Plea to Lift Snus Ban Should be Supported – Legislation Without Regulations Makes No Sense – Why Kenya needs to proactively engage tobacco harm reduction – GFN2020: Time to regulate – Juul Quietly Revamped Its E-Cigarette – Global Study Seeks to Confirm Vaping Is Safe – Dr. David Hammond Buries Correction on Teen Smoking Rates – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday's News at a glance:
Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops - Opportunity to reduce tobacco related death - Webinar : Tried it, didn't like it - Why do many Smokers not get on with Alternatives? - The effects of traditional cigarette and e-cigarette tax rates on adult tobacco product use - Endgames - Hawaii Five-No - UKVIA Leads In Combatting Underage Sales - Smoore's Valuation Shows Strong THR Appetite

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Canada epitomises the fatal impact of flawed research ~ Canadian Constitution Foundation analyzes the constitutionality ~ Time to regulate vape industry ~ Outrage as Melbourne moves to ban VAPING in areas of the CBD that are already smoke-free zones ~ Plain packaging has failed. It’s time we looked at alternatives to reduce smoking risks ~ PMI Blocked From Selling Iqos in Australia ~ Canadian Correction ~ Australian Data Distortion ~ US Gateway Closed ~ Important! Docs, fines and prison! OH MY! – What your vaping prescription needs to say ~ Vaping up, smoking increasing among teens in San Francisco – despite bans

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
E-cigarette regulation – money talks – Kentucky’s New Tax Will Keep Smokers Smoking, and Dying – Montana’s Ban on Flavored Vaping – Study Shows Higher Taxes Lead to Increased Smoking – Tried It Didn’t Like It – Vaping is Less Addictive – Smokefree Amendments Deserve Support – COVID Update – How Dr Carolyn became a passionate advocate for vaping – Top 10 tobacco influencers on Twitter in Q2 2020 – Can snus/nicotine protect against Covid-19? – A pragmatic approach to nicotine addiction – Study Shows Teens Vape for the ‘Cool’ Factor – Countries asked to look at innovative products – A state tobacco monopoly looms – Juul Labs submit PMTA – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest