Nothing About Us. Without Us. (Title Edited)

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Scottish Government plans to ban vaping ads could lead to more smokers dying – How ride-share drivers are brazenly cashing in – NNA Offers Levelling Up Advice – Canadian Government Ignores Evidence – Nova Scotia has yet to produce any data – E-cigarette prescriptions on rise – Give ‘second, reduce harm’ a chance – Successful e-cigarette measures in UK, NZ – vape bill gives 16 million Filipinos a chance – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
China‘s war on vaping – Memo for European Commission Seminar – Can Vaping Help You Find Love? – A suggestion for Jacob Rees-Mogg – UC San Diego Claims No Evidence for Quit-Smoking – Now Malaysia Bans Vaping – GFN Keynote Speaker Announced – Birthday Greetings for Bloomberg – Vape vending machines coming to UK – UK Launches Independent Review – New Hemp Cigarettes Contain Synthetic Nicotine – New National Tobacco Policy misguided – Changes to Norwegian rules – Portland, Maine, Votes to Ban the Sale of Flavored Products – Vaping Doesn’t Help Smokers Quit? – Why taxing vaping in SA will not help – Vape bill awaits final approval – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
We’re in danger of missing the target for a smoke-free Britain – PMI Will Launch U.S. IQOS Production – UKECRF Research Round-Up – Parliament and Politics – Losing Logic Behind Flavour Bans – ‘1st real antismoking measure in 20 years’ – Ending an epidemic – Smokers Believe Nicotine Pouches and E-Cigarettes Give Them The Best Chance – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Women power: researchers and experts who changed the THR field ~ Sweden tobacco tax travesty: punish snus users and keep cigarettes cheap ~ ETHRA attends European Commission meeting on new tobacco and nicotine products in tobacco control policies ~ CDC Exploited the 2021 Teen Vaping Survey, But Still Withholds Raw Data from Independent Researchers ~ Spot the odd one out ~ Philanthropists Who Do More Harm Than Good Need To Be Held Accountable ~ Are You Feeling Burnout? ~ The Canadian Vaping Association: New CDC Foundation study finds vape flavour restrictions reduce demand ~ Senate Narrowly Confirms Robert Califf as the Next Head of the FDA ~ Senate Confirms Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner ~ Thai Legalisation A Global Turning Point ~ Vape Vending Opens Opportunities ~ ENDS 2022 Announced ~ GFN22 “Fives” Submissions Sought ~ Tobacco Harm Reduction: Towards Safer Alternatives ~ ‘Remember When We Thought Cellphones Were Going to Cause Brain Cancer?’ ~ Administrative Law Judge Dismisses FTC Complaint Against Altria’s Minority Investment in JUUL ~ Should Maine Crack Down on Vaping? A Look at the Facts ~ Flavour ban on e-cigarettes could damage anti-smoking drive, Oireachtas health committee told ~ Vaping reps will urge health committee not to ban flavoured nicotine products

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
EU cancer plan passage ‘important step’ for tobacco harm reduction – Scottish Government’s ban on vape adverts ‘is not the answer’ – Have you stopped beating your wife? – Altria Can Keep Its Stake in Juul – ETHRA Attends European Meeting – Lords Debate Tobacco Harm Reduction – Scotland’s Preposterous Plan – Lamentable Lung Coverage – Upset Parents Want Answers – Change the Conversation – Bans on Life-Saving Harm Reduction Products – Urgency for a new approach to tobacco control in Kenya – Vape is vital to achieve tobacco ‘endgame’ – Doctor weighs in on e-cigarette and vaping-associated lung injury – Industry Legal Challenge to FDA Denial Orders – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
News From Parliament – Students Strip Searched for Vaping Devices – Man’s death from heavy smoking, not EVALI – The Health Crisis Michael Bloomberg is Making Worse; No, Not That One – Vaping has helped many to quit smoking – The Advocates Voice 2022 – ‘Quit or die’ approach for cigarettes doesn’t work – Smoking bounces back in the US – Living with Children: Don’t worry about teen’s vaping – Advocacy Burnout Webinar

 

[Jessica99]

Friday's News at a glance:
Outcry After High School Students Strip-Searched for Vapes - Lousy Vaping Studies: A Master List of Junk Science - South Africa Proposes New Tax on Vaping Products - Is Sigelei's FDA Warning Letter a Sign of Things to Come? - Ecig Strip Search - Shocking Scale of Australia’s Stupidity - Doc Boards The THR Bus - Responsible Advocacy in Ireland - US Army Hits Wrong Target Again - Tobacco Flavor Bans: More Harm than Good - Marion Burts writes to MPP Gelinas - Message Javed Khan About The Tobacco Control Review - Mike Bloomberg thinks he knows what’s good for you - Appropriate for the Protection of Health? - Overregulation on vaping counterproductive - Mounting evidence that vaping helps smokers - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Respond to the Scottish government’s public consultation on treating vaping the same as smoking – Vital Strategies, another Bloomberg puppet – Watch: Adults Love Flavors – Second-Best Dentist Slates Vaping – Is vaping safer than smoking? – Sweden’s Heavy-Handed Mistake – Signing of vape bill to leave an enduring legacy – Tobacco‘s Surprising Partners – Teen smoking rates fall to all time low – A case for Tobacco Harm Reduction strategy – How to take harm reduction measures without misguided bans? – Canadian Vape Industry Facing New Excise Tax – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday's News at a glance:
Neil Humber – RIP – You Will Be Missed - Finnish customs seize record quantity of snus - Tobacco Harm Reduction - The Topography of Vaping - Farewell UK Vapers - Survey Says - Cali Safety Lies - The science and non-science of vaping - We should do anything to stop people smoking - THR strategies have radically reduced smoking rates - Told you so! Massachusetts Reports Rise - Gélinas' bill on vaping misses the point - Battle Over Vaping Within Public Health - Malaysians Give Thumbs Down To Cigarette & Vape Ban - Philippines to benefit from regulation - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday's News at a glance:
Alternative tobacco products may help smokers kick the habit? ~ Australia Tightens the Screws Further on Vaping Nicotine ~ Bengt Wiberg: one inventor’s fight to legalise snus in the EU ~ Ignore The Headlines: There's No Science Linking Vaping To Prediabetes ~ Synthetic Nicotine: CASSA Position Statement ~ Congress Seems Poised To Let the FDA Ban E-Cigarettes ~ FDA Poised to Gain Regulatory Power Over Synthetic Nicotine ~ URGENT! Congress Will Vote on Synthetic Nicotine Ban This Week ~ No Smoking Day: March 9th ~ ENDS Agenda Features Leading Experts ~ Complete Webinar: Are you feeling Burnout? ~ International Validation of CoEHAR Studies: Fewer Covid-19 ~ Bantam Vape Exempted from Shipping Ban ~ Why Taxing E-Cigarettes Is Backfiring for States — and Consumers

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
The gateway effect myth that will never die – 82 million vapers worldwide in 2021 – No Smoking Day – Time to try something more innovative – Government urged to cut VAT to 5% – ‘Ban smoking for good’ campaign – The NNA’s Top 20 – IBVTA Issues Warning – Confidence Up In USA – Strip Search District Superintendent Charged – UKVIA Calls For Scottish Rethink – Parliament – 2021 CDC Survey – Why Can’t the CDC Tell the Truth – Massachusetts Public Health Boasts – Industry bodies respond to Scottish plans – French Experts Call for Tobacco Policy Rethink – New Federal Spending Plan – Harm Reduction Approach Needed – Kenyans Yeaning For Safer Alternative – National Consumer Protection Week – Provinces Could Have Final Say – Canada’s Vape Gag Law Must Go! – Congress wants to sneak in an effective ban – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
VBI Addresses Potential Bans – Nicotine Products to Be Banned in Schools – Shenzhen Locked Down – 10 things you need to know – What Does the Synthetic Nicotine Law Mean? – Bill gives FDA oversight over synthetic nicotine – The Advocates Voice – Episode 2 – Regulator sends smoke signals – Cigarette smoking and the pandemic – Government ticks all the wrong tobacco boxes – Public health experts affirm vaping can improve public health – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
Can vapers trust Big Tobacco? – Blackpool MPs new call to tackle smoking – China Set to Prohibit Sales – Smokers Rush to Stock Flavored E-cigs – Ideological Aversion to Harm Reduction – Despite Bloomberg’s Billions Fooling You – NHS Still Failing on VBA Training – 82 Million Vapers – Oz Must Embrace Vaping – Findings From Scottish Prisons – Don’t Ban Synthetic Nicotine – FDA Has 120 Days to Regulate Synthetic Nicotine – Who Will Be the First Person To Go to Prison? – US Smoking Hits Record Lows – Protected by the SRNT Bubble – Vape Keeps Beating the Odds – Let’s be scientific, not ideological – Vaping flavour bans – South Africa flirts with e-cig tax – Tobacco harm reduction critical – Four Basic Consumer Rights Not Respected – COP9: Philanthropic Funding or Manipulation? – Vaping Advocates Launch Series – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
Australia‘s anti-vaping fiasco – Misguided anti-vaping zealotry will cost lives – Snus – French President Macron Is a Vaper – Should I Stop Using Disposable Vapes? – Australia Copies US Toilet Errors – President signs bill tightening restrictions – FDA Gains Authority Over Synthetic Nicotine – Scientists Should Continue to Collaborate with Big Tobacco – Flavor ban is well-intentioned, ill-considered – First Look at Emerging Tobacco Industry Product – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Risk-Proportionate Tobacco Harm Reduction Legislation ~ INNCO Weekly Issue ~ Study reveals consumer interest in ‘nicotine pouches’ ~ Flavours Matter: 150,000 Swedish lives at stake if vaping flavours banned ~ Concern over new e-cigarette and vaping rules planned for South Africa ~ When the good news about smoking is bad news for anti-smoking groups ~ Cigarettes sales rise in US states that banned vaping – US study ~ Expert reaction to research letter about US adolescents attempting to quit smoking or vaping ~ Disappointing Malay Delay ~ Lift off for VApril 2022 ~ FDA’s Dysfunctional Regulation of E-cigs Created the Synthetic Nicotine Problem ~ Malaysia’s vaping approval derailed by “MPs busy campaigning”? ~ Anti-Vaping Study With Bloomberg’s Name on It ~ Tobacco companies’ exploitation of loopholes in the EU ban on menthol cigarettes: a case study from Denmark

 

[Jessica99]

Monday’s News at a glance:
The NNA responds to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s call for EU regulations to be abolished – Why vaping will be accepted as Australia’s response – TRPR Consultation Published – Ill Wind Blowing In Santa Ana – More Americans Are Smoking – ‘He was only vaping,’ says witness – Vape Bill To Unleash Public Health Revolution – Current strategies ineffective – Banning flavored nicotine – Home Schooling Suppresses High School Vaping – Ethan Nadelmann at the Webinar – Did Health Canada Miss the Mark? – Danish nicotine ban under fire – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

How to stop vaping. New guidelines available ~ BBC highlights snus’s potential to help cut UK smoking rates ~ South Africa: Concern Over New Vaping Rules ~ Thailand will not lift ban on vaping, citing health threat ~ Harry’s blog 113: The Human(ity) Factor ~ Ethan Nadelmann at the Webinar: Are you feeling burnout? ~ Trade Body TRPR Reaction ~ We Vape Call For Engagement ~ NNA Offers Comments ~ FDA approves marketplace use of Japan Tobacco’s e-cigarette products ~ Vaping Encourages Smoking Cessation — So Let’s Kill The Vaping Industry? ~ Another Vaping Teenager Faces Violent Police Enforcement ~ The FDA’s flawed PMTA process on vaping products does not help consumers ~ Our scatter-gun approach to be smoke-free by 2030 is failing ~ Opinion: Flavored tobacco ban bill bad for Maine’s public health

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:

ETHRA March news roundup – Scotland Mounts Pressure on Independent Vape Stores – ‘A sad day for UK smokers’: snus ignored – Philip Morris Limited invests in vape retailers – Get Involved! – WVA: Flavours Matter – Vapes On A Plane? What a Riot! – Vape Companies Fundraising For War Victims – 2 Million Years of Life – Pitiful Quality of Highly Cited Vaping Studies – Australian psychiatrists reaffirm support – Colorado’s proposed flavored tobacco ban – CTP Deputy Will Serve as Acting Director – Major Milestones – What is Pharmaceutical Grade Synthetic Nicotine? – March 2022 with Dr Ailsa Butler – GFN News Episode #3 – Science & Policy of THR in Taiwan – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

 

[Jessica99]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Malaysia Poised to Legalize E-Cigarettes ~ New study shows vaping helps Australian smokers quit ~ Vape bill opens door to responsible e-cigarette players ~ From Coercion to Empowerment ~ How FDA’s Mitch Zeller blew it on nicotine policy ~ Domestic vape industry needs one year to transition, says MRECA ~ Tobacco Company Reports For Full Year 2021 Demonstrate Inconsistent Progress ~ Change is afoot at the US CTP and CDC – but what will it mean for tobacco? ~ NNA Responds To TRPR Review ~ How vaping became a go-to public health villain ~ FDA Denies Pod-Based Vape from First Major Tobacco Company ~ Youth Cigarette Smoking at Historic Low ~ Angry vapers want electoral revenge ~ Flavored vapes ban will ‘push vapers back to smokin’ – survey ~ Doubling The Tax On Tobacco-Free Alternatives Leaves Smokers With No Choice But To Smoke On ~ First Cigarette That “Helps You Smoke Less” Launches National Pilot in Chicagoland

 

[Jessica99]

Friday’s News at a glance:
CoEHAR study on ecig flavored liquids – Vaping needs a balanced scientific debate – New research shows snus helps smokers quit – Banning all flavored tobacco doesn’t work – Derek Yach on TR’s Special Innovation Issue – Teen vaping has eliminated teen smoking – IEA Discussion Paper Released – Study Oz Success – Irish Vapers Surveyed – ASA’s Work Update – Pregnancy Research – Vape Shop Ambassadors – Parliament – Vape Flavour Bans – ETHRA European Nicotine Users Survey 2020 – More Doctors Recommending Vapes – Court Orders FDA to Report PMTA Review Progress – CPSC‘s Comical Vape Safety Campaign – VLN Cigarettes Test-Marketed in Chicago – Critique of Zeller’s Tenure – American Legislatures Supporting The Cigarette Trade? – Risk-Based Legislation – Smoker rights groups rally – Why we don’t always get the science we need – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest