Nothing About Us. Without Us. (Title Edited)

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
RELX: Widely Used Coolant Not Toxic ~ Interest in Quitting e-Cigarettes Among Adult e-Cigarette Users With and Without Cigarette Smoking History ~ E-cigarettes help smokers quit for good ~ Is vaping A Safe & Successful Way For Cigarette Smokers to Quit? This European Study Says YES ~ Understanding tobacco and health policy ~ Associate feature: Changing direction: vaping’s role in achieving Scotland’s 2034 smoke-free target ~ Marvel At The FDA’s Idiocy ~ VApril Is Here! ~ Questions About vaping In Parliament ~Ecigs Have Fewer Toxins Than A Spanish Street ~ Scrutinized | Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Pt. 3 ~ Singapore: Four Serve Prison Terms for Selling Vapes ~ State Bans on Tobacco Products Are a Disaster ~ Regina vape shop owner worried about possible upcoming regulations ~ Victim of vape store robbery blames heavy-handed regulation for uptick in thefts ~ Vape Shop Security Will Worsen If Draft Regulations Pass ~ Retailers warn vape regulations will see a return to smoking

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR EU TAX CONSULTATION – Smoking Rates Tumble Across UK and EU – Vaping Prohibitionists Host Conference – Marvel Comics Creates Anti-Vaping Propaganda for FDA – “Mind Control Menace” – Vape Mail Ban Will Cause More Harm Than Good – IBVTA Welcomes Return Of Vape Store opening – Consumer Organisation Concerned About Vape Shop Security – VApril: Win By Switching To Vaping – UKVIA’s VApril Webinar – The APPG Report on the FCTC COP9 – Tobacco Harm Reduction: is there a “philanthropic colonialism” – Happy Unicorn Day – Misinformation and disinformation against THR – Vaping and e-cigarettes might actually help – Anti-Vaccine and Anti-Vaping: – Saskatchewan vape store owners upset – Lawmakers Want the FDA to Remove Vaping Products – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Harm Reduction in the U.S. – ASH Calls For Smoking Cessation Training – A Sea Change is Underway – The New Nicotine Alliance – European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates – Effective behavioural support in 2021 and beyond – Crazy PAVeing: An Anti-Ecig Conference – UK E-Cig Stores Back Open – Bloomberg Philanthropy: charity or intrusion? – Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby – Japan trounces smoking epidemic – Africa Must Ditch The Dogma To Reduce Tobacco’s Toll – Taipei proposes ban on sale of vaping products – Chinese Vaping Billionaire Became One Of The World’s Richest Women – Smokefree action plan must elevate vaping as a safe switch – Another study finds a good reason to switch – Juul Leaves Canadian Trade Association – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Vaping-induced lung injury in a 21-year-old woman ~ E-cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery reduce exposure to carcinogen ~ E-cigarettes with a cigarette-like level of nicotine are effective in reducing smoking ~ Beating cancer: Clive Bates on what the EU got wrong about tobacco ~ Harry’s blog 110: A new paradigm for tobacco regulation ~ Change is possible! ~ Quitting Vaping Research ~ POTV Partners ENDS 21 ~ Juul Decides To Abandon Adult Vapers ~ Vaping With Cigarette-Levels of Nicotine May Reduce Exposure

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
NNA Welcomes Estonia’s Decision to Suspend Excise Duty on E-Liquids – Plymouth Vaping Experiment – Four million smoking-related deaths a year – A Burning Issue for Asia – Report Details Failures to Scale Up THR in Asia – Covid stress leads to increase in smoking – UKVIA repeats its call to Government to review vaping regulations – POTV Teams Up With GFN21 – Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference – ELEVATE VAPING AS A SAFE SWITCH – Examining Public Health’s Response to Vaping – Tobacco harm reduction and the high cost of misinformation – Govt’s Smokefree Plan Overlooks Vaping Alternative – Dental group clarifies stand on e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday's News at a glance:
Tobacco Products’ Beneficial Antioxidant Properties - Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan - In Overcoming Paralysis, Brussels Must Choose Harm Reduction - A critical review of high-impact studies of vaping - Why a medical expert embraced tobacco harm reduction - News-n-Views 13th/19th April - Another Media Partnership for POTV - YDKN Fact Checks Glantz’ Nonsense Nicotine Claims - Calls to consider e-cigarettes a first line therapy - SJ flavored tobacco ban would hurt small businesses - VCU study finds e-cigs may reduce exposure to tobacco-related carcinogen - Legal uncertainties are cramping the industry - THR key to reducing Asia’s smoking-related deaths - Asian countries told to be cautious about ‘philanthropic colonialism’ - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
In response to ‘The tragic irony of defending the tobacco industry’ ~ To Increase Smoking Rates Among Young Adults, Keep Hiking Vape Taxes ~ Review of: Finding ‘common ground’ on shifting sands: observations on the conflicts over product regulation ~ Why Africa must embrace science rather than ideology in fight against smoking ~ New GSTHR Briefing ~ UKECRF E-cig Research ~ Companies Push B&Ms To Capitalise On VApril ~ These bans on flavored e-cigarettes could do more harm than good. ~ Biden May Adopt Gottlieb’s Cigarette Restrictions ~ USPS Might Soon Exempt Some Vape Businesses From “Mail Ban”

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Clive Bates interview: Fighting for vape’s good name – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: A Missed Opportunity – Vaping in New Zealand Versus Vaping in New Zealotsville –Japan cigarette sales plummet after launch of safer alternatives – Indiana Passes a Vaping Tax Without Public Input – The 6 Most Expensive Places to Vape – NNA Estonia Welcomes E-Liquid Tax Suspension – Venezuela Takes The Lead On Vaping – E-Cigarette Summit USA Plans Revealed – UKVIA Calls On Government To Act – Higher-Nicotine Vapes Seem Better – Biden Must “Listen to the Science” – Smoke-free or nicotine-free? – International governments intensify support – Philippines FDA urged to cut ties with anti-vaping foundations – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
E-cigarettes: what we know and what we don’t – Tobacco & Vaping 101: 50 State Analysis – Defund the World Health Organisation! – Durbin Introduces Bill to Tax Vapes Like Cigarettes – Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes For NZ – Why Should Smokers Switch To Vaping? – Future for Nicotine | GFN21, Global Forum on Nicotine – A world free of addictions is utopia – The knowledge gap of a smoker – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Achieving a Smoke-Free 2030 ~ European policymakers are starting to see the light ~ Federal Bill Aims to Tax Vapes as Much as Cigarettes ~ PMTA Confusion: Vape Companies Misled by FDA ~ Tripling The E-liquid Tax ~ High Nic E-liquids Help ~ UKVIA Vaping Industry Logistics Survey ~ Positioning Smokeless Tobacco ~ A practical solution to the Asian smoking scourge ~ UK’s early investment in alternative nicotine technologies is earning country £800m windfall every year, new report shows ~ Rhode Island Should Focus on Tobacco Harm Reduction, Not E-Cigarette Flavor Bans

 

[Jessica99]

Friday's News at a glance:
Free e-cigarettes in A&E trial - USPS Postpones Ban On Vape Mail - Guess WHO? - EU scientific committee ignores the science - A backwards step for public health - Nicotine illiteracy - Research Retraction Provokes Angry Response - Vaping Missing From Smoke-free Plan - Vaping and the Scottish Parliament Election - Chapman and Daube Slammed By Politeness - Montana Legislature Approves Bill - Small Businesses Scrambling - FDA Will Ban Menthol Cigs: - Biden’s Menthol Cigarette Ban - COVID-19 And Teen Vaping - N.W.T. divided on regulating vape flavours - Legislators lambaste NGOs - Ill-advised Gamble for Public Health - Can THR Work for India’s Poor? - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
A “fairer and healthier world” needs a better public health agency than the WHO ~ Vaping Group Supports Call to Defund WHO ~ By Ignoring WHO, UK Could Emerge as World Leader in Tobacco Harm Reduction ~ SCHEER report: the good, the bad & the ugly ~ ANAFE / CoEHAR / LIAF: SCHEER report is inadequate ~ Nicotine misconceptions: Sudhanshu Patwardhan on causes, consequences, and potential cures ~ April 2021 Cochrane living review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation update and questions ~ $1.6m On Vape To QuitStrong Proves Govt Knows What Works ~ Snusrevolution ~ The Extraordinary Success of Vaping ~ GFN Fives Calls For Submissions ~ World Leading NHS Ecig Trial ~ Could Brexit End Up Boosting UK Tobacco Harm Reduction? ~ UK Gov will miss Brexit chance to make 2030 smoke free ~ Between 2 Vapes Episode 1 Dr. John Oyston ~ Toronto vapers are up in arms over the CN Tower’s latest campaign ~ Case for safer options to tobacco smoking in Africa~ Tobacco Harm Reduction in Asia blocked by health agencies and anti-tobacco lobby groups ~ Fear and Loathing: Nicotine, Tobacco, and Obesity ~ Tobacco Harm Reduction in Asia blocked by health agencies and anti-tobacco lobby groups ~ Fear and Loathing: Nicotine, Tobacco, and Obesity

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
EU SCHEER report misses the mark on vaping – Another Challenge to FDA Could Be Heard by the Supreme Court – COVID Relief Bill Cuts E-Cigarette Access – New Evidence Links “EVALI” Vaping Misinformation With Increased Cigarette Smoking – JUUL Busy Producing Research – Vaping is a friend and not a foe – WVA Show Of Fitness – Dangerous SCHEER Drop – Will nicotine be the next menthol? – Effect of Massachusetts House Bill No. 4196 – A smoker’s right to choose better health – Consumers express alarm – Between 2 Vapes Episode 2 Professor David Sweanor – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Swedish MEP calls out Commission ‘dishonesty’ on snus and cancer ~ The WHO and tobacco policy: a seven-point reform agenda ~Worlds apart – while others ban e-cigs, UK hospitals hand them out for free ~ Helping smokers quit ~ “END ENDS” Bill Would Cap Nicotine Levels in Vapes, Encourage Smoking ~ Want Fewer Teen Smokers? Stop Banning Vapes. ~ Study: Youth Vaping Down Dramatically During Pandemic ~ Rep. Krishnamoorthi’s E-Cigarette Nicotine Cap Proposal ~ The Advocates Voice – Episode 5 ~ New Adam Smith Report on Ecigs ~ New Organisation For Latin America ~ 95% Safer Figure Still Holds ~ NTR Clarifies Tobacco Industry Policy ~ Death & Taxes | U.S. Approach to Vaping

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
ETHRA’s view on the SCHEER Opinion – EU TPD implementation report: the countdown has started – THR Discussion With Christopher Balkaran – Why Japan’s Huge Drop in Smoking Is a Story Prohibitionists Ignore – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada – The EU’s Aversion To Vaping – The Foundation Hits Back – CRUK Updates Its Position – America’s Perverse Tobacco Policy – Nic Pouch Ad Problem – DS 371 – ‘Thai tobacco tax’ the more you walk, the more you walk – Growth at risk? – E-cig vapor mixture key to proving harm reduction – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Snus has Sweden on track to be world’s first smoke-free country – Proper Funding, Not Prohibitions – They protest far too much – what happened to scientific curiosity? – Sweden, Norway, Japan embrace THR – World Vape Day 2021 – UKECRF Vape Research Update – Proposed federal e-cigarette tax would threaten public health – Canada Proposes New Federal Vape Tax From 2022 – High school seniors who used e-cigarettes may have otherwise been cigarette smokers: – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday's News at a glance:
Switching to HTPs improves health of COPD patients unable to quit smoking ~ Vaping junk science and the gateway effect ~ Damn Straight: Vapers of New Brunswick will be watching Dorothy Shephard ~ Cigarettes must now be regulated differently to vaping – informal traders ~ Leading vaping company outlines commitment to youth smoking prevention ~ Teens Who Vape Would Be Smoking If Vapes Weren’t Invented, Study Suggests ~ FDA Has Sent 103 Warning Letters to Vape Companies This Year ~ Turkey Suffers From Anti-Vape Attitude ~ Lockdown Caused More Smokers ~ In-store vape clinics with 'smoking cessation coaches' planned by Edinburgh firm ~ Vaping Policy Targets Minors, Based On Iffy Evidence, And Winds Up Hitting Adults

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Promote Vaping via Mass Media Campaigns – Is the European Commission about to crack down on vaping (again)? – Juul Publication Complaints Absurd – Could Covid be treated with nicotine? – FDA’s PMTA List Is Here – The Truth Initiative versus the truth – ASH on the Cost of Smoking – PMI Sharing Truth About THR Products – Effective E-Cigs – Bloomberg Orgs Block Kids Hospital – APPG Wants Your Opinions – ETHRA Responds To SCHEER – Philippines Congress passes vaping bill – Why e-cigarette ban in India will do more harm than good – New Brunswick Lung Association – WHO Reasserts Anti-Vaping Stance – The Vape Debate – The Vape Divide – Nicotine and addiction – Italian research says switch to HTPs – Cops have better things to do – Benefits You’ll Notice Immediately – $36.6 million spend on Smokefree 2025 goal – Australia’s vaping ban – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Levelling up and capitalising on Brexit – Anti Vaping WHO – The Great Vape Debate – No increased cardiovascular risk for snusers – New RCP Report: Smoking and health 2021 – Toilet Tantrum in Australia – Britain must stand up to the WHO – Rejigging tobacco strategy is essential – Covid-19 and smoking: – Asian Consumers to Celebrate ‘Safer Choice’ – Switching to safer alternatives is also quitting – 2021 New Zealand budget on health reforms – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Harm reduction advocates to observe May 30 as World Vape Day ~ International governments intensify support towards science-backed reduced-risk tobacco alternatives, complementing Tobacco Control Policies ~ WHO’s Conflicted? ~ APPG on Vaping Achieving a Smoke-Free 2030 inquiry ~ ‘Historic’ Bill To Regulate Vaping In Philippines Nears Senate ~ Filipino congressmen approve ‘vaporized nicotine product’ bill on final reading ~ The Weak, Unconvincing Case Against Vaping ~ Oral Nicotine Users Behavior Study Report ~ Experts Fault Kenyan Gov’t For Banning Oral Nicotine Products ~ Dutch Zealot Wants Vapes Banned ~ WHO Denies Ecig Reality ~ The empirical evidence is clear: anti-vaping policies are pro-tobacco policies ~ Politicians and regulators just can’t stop thinking of the children ~ Ban on flavored vaping may have led teens to cigarettes, study suggests ~ A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Youth Smoking and a Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products in San Francisco, California ~San Francisco’s Flavored Vape Ban Linked to More Teen Smoking, Study Finds