Nothing About Us. Without Us. (Title Edited)

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Submit In Support Of Kiwi Vapers And Businesses This Lockdown ~ Swissx Sends Cease and Desist Letters To Companies Selling Patent Infringing Juul Products ~ Opinion: Flavor bans won’t fight tobacco or improve health ~ Remember the PMTA List FDA Promised? It’s Still Not Done ~ Perspective: FDA’s Progress on Review of tobacco Product Applications Submitted by the Sept. 9, 2020 Deadline ~ Webinar Diary Dates ~ vaping’s Not My Thing ~ FDA Receives More Than 15,000 PMTAs

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Don’t miss this opportunity to help shape vaping regulations – Big wins for Big Tobacco: – The groundless Dutch proposal to ban flavors – Germany proposes new €0.02 per mg tax – Maryland: Vape Tax Passes, Flavor Fight Continues – The State Of Business – Post-Brexit Opportunities – Follow the Evidence – Vaping and Covid-19: – BAT Beats Earnings Estimates as Vaping Sales Surge – Federal Mail Ban on Vape Products – THR product controls ‘insane’ – The Ethics of Tobacco Harm Reduction: – Vast potential for vape industry if regulated – CAPHRA warns against grant-for-policy scheme – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
The Great Australian Smoking Grant Racket! – Nicotine is a protective shield – Vape shop and consumer activity during COVID-19 – Democrats’ tobacco policies could hurt more than help – NNA Call To Action – We Vape’s Call To Action – Then They Came For Chocolate – Telegraph Misrepresents COVID Vaping Threat – Vaping and Tobacco Harm Reduction – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Nicotine pouches ~ Vaping in England: evidence update February 2021 ~ Vaping better than nicotine replacement therapy for stopping smoking, evidence suggests ~ Evidence strengthens that vaping is effective for stopping smoking but not reaching its full potential with adult smokers ~ Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain ~ Dire Tax Consequences ~ Stunning PHE Report Released ~ NO EPIDEMIC – NO GATEWAY ~ Biden Should Choose Science over Politics and Embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction ~ British American Tobacco sees pick-up in consumers using vaping ~ Lower Taxes for Less Harmful Nicotine Products Will Reduce Smoking Rates – Dr Kgosi Letlape

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
NNA welcomes the latest PHE review on vaping – Vaping Saves Lives Says UK Government – Experts Share Evidence About Flavours in Submission to Dutch Government – Ukraine’s HnB tax hike blamed for ‘inevitable’ boom in bootleg sales – Big T News – PHE Report: Business Responds – PHE Report: Experts and Advocates Respond – UKVIA Back In To Advise Parliament – Almost 2,000 Canadians Tell Health Canada: Stop Unnecessary Vaping Regulations – Younger Individuals and Their Human Right to Harm Reduction Information – Content Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Causes and Solutions to Vaping- Associated Lung Injury – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA February news roundup – Innovation and its Enemies – IBVTA response to The Sun and Daily Mail articles – UK Vape Ban? Nope Just the WHO Being Reckless and Stupid – Vape Shipping and the PACT Act: What We Know So Far – Important Vaping Studies About Health and Usage – Girl Blames Vaping For Chlamydia – Vape Bans Are Bad For Everyone – We Are All Bullied – Questions in Parliament – World NGO Day 2021 – The Brexit Public Health Revolution – Public Health England Report: E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit – Evidence from Public Health England – Future of tobacco product regulation in Australia – Harder to thwart illicit trade – Fact/Fiction: Does vaping make you more likely to spread Covid? – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Characterising vaping products in the UK: An analysis of Tobacco Products Directive notification data ~ Proposed UK Vaping Ban Is NO Empty Threat Says UK Vape Advocacy Group ~ The Brexit Public Health Revolution: Taking Back Control of Regulation and Realising a Smoking Rate of Below 5% by 2030. Here’s How the UK Government Can Do It. ~ VAPING FEARS – Will e-cigarettes be banned in the UK? ~ V4V – Trusting the Science, or not ~ UKECRF roundup ~ Danger Disappears ~ Puff Bar Defies FDA Crackdown on Fruity E-Cigarettes by Ditching the Tobacco ~ Waste Of The Week: W.O.W., NIH Wasted $17M For Rats On Smack. They’re Vaping Too.

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Eurobarometer: Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and electronic cigarettes – Vaping Demystified – UK warns of “unfounded fears” of e-cigarette – This pandemic could help England meet its smoke-free goal – Germany: Plans For Vapor Taxation a ‘Disaster’ – Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes Could Have Unintended Public Health Consequences – WHO Wants To Ban Vaping? – TBIJ’s Toxic Song And Dance – How Do We Move On? – Study shows vapes help smokers quit – WHO Recommended Ban on Vaping Will Only Create More Smokers – PH gov’t warned against NGOs banned by India – On Smoking Alternatives, ‘Follow the Science’ – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Harm Reduction: Cliff Notes – Public Comment on U.K. Vaping Regs Ends March 19th – Drug control and Tobacco Harm Reduction: a parallelism – Parliament Petition Call – COVID Quarantine Plea – Petitioner calls on two Govt doctors to review vape flavour ban – Hale – Ventured-Backed Vaping Device – UK Vape Association to Advise Government – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Veteran Tobacco Control Leader Issues Plea for Ceasefire Between Advocates ~ Will Puff Bar Force FDA to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine? ~ IQOS Continued to Drive Down Japan Cigarette Sales in 2020; U.S. Cigarette Sales Steady ~ Good Morning Britain’s Dr Amir Khan debunks vaping myths in appeal to Yorkshire smokers ~ New film by Yorkshire cancer charity aims to counter myths over vaping in bid to cut tobacco risks ~ Vaping Demystified ~ 1account To Launch ID App for Vapers ~ Vaping Industry condemns US ‘Vape Mail’ ban ~ Second Voices 4 Vape Conference ~ WV Governor Bids to Make Smoking Much More Affordable Than Vaping ~ A Sweet Defeat for Paternalism ~ COVID Lockdowns Got People Smoking More

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
The truth about vaping – Daily e-cigarette use shows ‘clear benefit’ – NNA Suggests Post-Brexit Nicotine Policy Reforms – Cash for honours at the W.H.O – Annalizeing* – Leicester woman kicks 60 year smoking habit – WHO’s Patronising Women – More Proof of Ecig Efficacy – A Film for No Smoking Day – Vaping Industry condemns US ‘Vape Mail’ ban – IECIE Shanghai – Don’t Ban E-Cigarette Delivery by Mail – Critical appraisal of the SCHEER Preliminary Opinion – What Made This Rhode Island Legislator Change Her Mind? – Smoking won’t keep falling if vaping regulations too tough – States defy science and cost lives – A high tax on e-cigarettes will bring evasion and illegality – That umbrella, we employed it – Suansing calls ‘deplorable’ FDA’s premature issuance of vape – Customs Seizes 77,000 Illegal Rick and Morty Vapes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Response to Government’s TRPR Consultation – Banning Sweeteners In Vapes Would Be ‘catastrophic’ – Need For More Robust Campaign For Tobacco Harm Reduction In Sub-Saharan Africa – Officials who act as conduits for foreign vested interest groups should be fired – Alternative Product Harm Perception – RightOn is Way Off – American Harm Reduction Attacks Spiked Tobacco Use – Catastrophic End To The Sweet Life – PACT Act Pushing Many Vape Shops to Close – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday's News at a glance:
Why Bans of Low-Risk Nicotine Alternatives to Smoking in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Will Do More Harm Than Good ~ New INNXO Position Paper Outlines Why Bans on Popular Alternatives to Smoking Will Do More Harm Than Good ~ 10 reasons why blanket bans of e-cigarettes and HTPs in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are not fit for purpose ~ Why Bans of Low-Risk Nicotine Alternatives to Smoking in LMIC's Will Do More Harm Than Good ~ Electronic cigarettes help smokers with schizophrenia quit ~ Vaping Helps Smokers Quit - Including People With Schizophrenia ~ A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Pilot, and Feasibility Study of a High Nicotine Strength E-Cigarette Intervention for Smoking Cessation or Reduction for People With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Who Smoke Cigarettes ~ Vapers in LMICs Condemn Prohibitions Driven by Western Interests ~ Bloomberg Tobacco Article Misleads on Nicotine Effects ~ A Blueprint for Better Regulation ~ INNCO Eviscerates Bloomberg Ban Document ~ INNCO Opposes Bloomberg's "Philanthropic Colonialism" ~ Opinion: Health Canada's nicotine caps will kill people ~ U.S. Mail Ban Forcing Vape Shops Out of Business ~ Govt v Tobacco: The Tale of the Vape ~ Policy decision regarding vape should be well informed, say traders ~Is It Time to Stop Thinking of Philip Morris International as a Cigarette Company?

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Keep on vaping – E-Cigarettes vs. Tobacco And What Anti-Vapers Are Getting Wrong – Vaping’s image problem in the EU – Teen Smoking Decreases as Vaping Increases – Senate Confirms Xavier Becerra – WVA Writes To EU Ministers of Heath – Ex-Ministers Back The Blueprint – PuffBar Circumvents Ban – Healthier Vision – Two Studies Affirm the Importance of Flavours – Questions in Parliament – Canada’s Proposed Nicotine Cap – Uplift Public Health Perspectives And Harm Reduction – Bloomberg’s misguided push to outlaw vaping – Who Speaks For Smokers? – Regional Petition Implores WHO to Respect Consumer Rights – Vaping Businesses Targeted By Criminals – Vitamin E Acetate is not Soluble in Nicotine E-liquids – Thai Government Should Reexamine E-Cigarette Ban – FDA admits getting over $150,000 from anti-tobacco NGO – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Study Shows How Much Vapes Can Help Smokers With Schizophrenia – Today Is the Deadline to Submit Comments on the USPS Shipping Ban – Shameful Stuff From Indiana – Ban on Safer Nicotine Products in LMICs to Inflame Smoking Epidemic – Voices4Vape Webinar – Kiwi Leads Petition Imploring WHO To End Lies On Vaping – Fewer than a quarter would back restrictions on sales – UK report sounds alarm over insufficient tobacco harm reduction efforts – China mulls bringing e-cigarette regulation – European Studies Point To A Gateway Out Of Smoking – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Bloomberg’s Millions Funded an Effective Campaign Against Vaping. Could It Do More Harm Than Good? ~ Why banning alternatives to smoking will do more harm than good ~ Fourth leading cause of death globally (COPD): smoking cessation new research ~ Smoke-free Society by 2030 ~ With Excess Menthol Use Affecting Black Americans, U.S. Policy Efforts Continue to Fall Short ~ Kiwi Tax Warning ~ Vaping Can Help Mental Health ~ Impact of The Menthol Ban ~ Ethnic Minorities Spurning Vaping ~ Biden’s Short List For FDA Commissioner: Between A Rock And A Hard Place ~ The End Of Mail-Order JUUL: How Donald Trump (and Kamala Harris) Kneecapped Vaping ~ To Address Youth E-Cigarette Use, We Must Rely on Data ~ HSA confiscates $369,000 worth of e-vaporisers and components in largest seizure to date ~ Cambodia Bans e-cigarettes ~ Vermont’s Dilemmas in Bid to Ban Both Flavored Vapes and Menthol Cigarettes

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Vaping – a quick win for Brexit – World-Class Case of Corporate Self-Cannibalization – EU MPs Tested on E-Cig Knowledge – What do MEPs think about new nicotine products? – Bringing Everyone to the Tobacco Table – Risk-takers predisposed to smoking and e-cigarette use – Grubby Money Corrupts Vape Legislation – The Battle Between Ecig Facts and Lies – Tell The Truth About E-cigarettes – Wild West SCHEERdown – TRPR: Consumer Bodies Comment – Cambodia Issues Asia’s Latest Nicotine Prohibition – Cambodia Bans Vaping Again – Parliament Discusses E-cigs and Tobacco – Stop Ignoring the Science on Vapes – Canada Nicotine Cap: Experts Punch Holes In Proposed New Rule – Scandal in Mexico – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
“Well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions” – Focusing Minds – COVID-19: advice for smokers and vapers – Quebec Plans to Ban Vape Flavours – UK’s Vapemail Ban – VApril 2021 – Members of Congress Take Aim at E-Cigarettes – Cheerleader Harassed with ”Deepfake” Vaping Video – Long March | Unpacking U.S. Vape Mail Ban – No Shame | Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Pt. 1 – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
A crusade against vaping, with unintended consequences ~ A conversation with philanthropy journalist Marc Gunther (Part 1 of 2) ~ What Are E-Cigarettes? ~ Minority voices; the voice of smokers ~ Parliament Debates Smokefree 2030 ~ Time to act with integrity over ecigs ~ Smart Youth Drive Enormous Smoking Declines ~ Why Are Congress Members Demanding That the FDA Halt Its Evaluation of Flavored Vapes? ~ Imperial Brands off to good start, eyes vaping improvement

 

[Jessica99]

(apologies for the late posting)

Friday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA March news roundup – The APPG on Vaping’s report about the WHO – Holding the Bloomberg anti-vaping propaganda complex to account – Vaping, Covid and the Precautionary Principle – Europe must embrace harm reduction post-pandemic – UK Parliamentary Inquiry Challenges WHO’s Anti-Vaping Stance – For Smokers With Schizophrenia: The JUUL in the Crown – APPG for Vaping’s COP Inquiry Submissions – Imperial Brands Talks About THR – Think Tank Considers Cancer Plan Feedback – What It’s Like to Be a THR Advocate in Taiwan – Hypocrisy, Health and Quebec’s Flavored Vape Ban – A conversation with philanthropy journalist – Vaping Prohibitionists Threaten Harm Reduction Efforts – Call for Britain to Make Its Mark – Wide variety of vape flavors can actually help smokers quit – Call It Colonialism | Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Pt. 2 – Up in Smoke: the Future of UK Tobacco Harm Reduction – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest