Vapers Digest 20th July

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

What Nelson Mandela Can Teach Us About Human Rights ~ A coalition of vapers calls on the Australian Health Department to end the crackdown on vape businesses and consumers ~ A record consumer response to the EU’s calls for evidence on future legislation – Your voice counts! ~ Things Looking Grim For Vapers In Ireland ~ The Obscene Political Assault On Vaping ~ Advocates fighting tobacco epidemic in developing countries face intimidation – new study ~ How to Prepare for a Juul Apocalypse ~ Lousy Vaping Studies: A Master List Of Junk Science (Updated July 19, 2022) ~ Smoke without fire? ~ Call To Get Tough on Illegal Sales ~ Big Issues To Dominate Conference ~ Illegal Sales Attacked by IBVTA ~ Innco Weekly Issue ~ Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial ~ Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton ~ E-cigarette maker NJOY hires bankers for possible sale – WSJ ~ Juul Rival NJOY Hires Bankers for Possible Sale ~ Delusional anti-vaping ignoramuses ~ Govt’s tobacco ban will increase illicit trade by 61.7%, study shows ~ Tax increases on e-cigs likely to boost cigarette smoking among young adults ~ PMI’s e-cigarette innovation leads to decreased tobacco smoking in Japan by 9.5% per year

What Nelson Mandela Can Teach Us About Human Rights

Africa Harm Reduction Alliance

Mandela was an exemplary citizen with a steadfast belief in human rights. As one of the most recognizable human rights symbols, he is a man whose dedication to the liberties of his people inspires human rights activists across the globe. What can we learn from Nelson Mandela on human rights for people who use drugs?

A coalition of vapers calls on the Australian Health Department

to end the crackdown on vape businesses and consumers

World Vapers’ Alliance

In the letter released on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, vaping activists from around the world called on the Australian Department of Health to stop the crackdown on legal vape businesses and instead seek other regulatory measures. Aside from destroyed businesses, the coalition is worried that the measures will hurt consumers by pushing them to the black market.

The letter was released after vape shop owners across Western Australia received a 14-day notice to cease operations from the WA health department inspectors.

A record consumer response to the EU’s calls

for evidence on future legislation – Your voice counts!

New Nicotine Alliance UK

In May, the EU Commission launched a call for evidence to assess its legislative framework for tobacco control. This was part of the process to evaluate if current tobacco control legislation has fulfilled its goals towards the proposed EU Beating Cancer Plan goal of achieving a tobacco free generation by 2040.

The NNA urged supporters to respond to the consultation in our web article here. We are more than pleased to report that many of you did just that and that the consultation received a record number of responses, according to EU Political Report this week.

Things Looking Grim For Vapers In Ireland

Michelle, EcigClick

I reported previously how Ireland is struggling to formalise a Tobacco Control policy that promotes vaping and harm reduction. And it appears to be getting worse.

On July 17th 2022 the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health put forward a report regarding the future steps to take in Tobacco Control.

Sadly it isn’t as positive as the Khan Review in the UK for vapers.

The Obscene Political Assault On Vaping

John McGuirk, GRIPT

Like many absolute fools, I took up smoking in my late teens. The reasons are too many and varied to get into: the fact that the smoking areas created by Micheál Martin were generally the quietest and best places to talk to women was probably a factor. Feeling slightly rebellious was another. In any case, it’s up there with the worst decisions I have ever made in my life and, like most people, there are a few of those to choose from.

Advocates fighting tobacco epidemic

in developing countries face intimidation – new study

University Of Bath

Based on testimonies from tobacco control advocates and researchers working in different regions across the globe, the new study from the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) at the University of Bath published in Tobacco Control, indicates that intimidation seems to be happening in a coordinated way, suggesting targeted attacks.

How to Prepare for a Juul Apocalypse

Drew Schwartz, Vice

At a time when abortion rights in America are under assault, mass shootings have become a near-daily occurrence, and inflation is out of control, the Biden administration is expending a weirdly large amount of energy on an entirely separate issue: regulating the shit out of nicotine.

In April, the FDA proposed a rule that would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes. In June, it floated a plan to slash the amount of nicotine cigarettes can legally contain by 95 percent. And two days later, on June 23, it banned the sale of Juul products in the US, citing “insufficient and conflicting data” in the company’s application for market authorization.

Cameron English, American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)

The media reports the results of sloppy vaping research, then quickly forgets them. We do not. What follows is a list of many of the low-quality studies that have investigated the alleged health risks of e-cigarette use. We’ll regularly update this catalog of bad studies as necessary.

Smoke without fire?

Christopher Snowdon, Velvet Glove Iron Fist

A study titled ‘Should IQOS Emissions Be Considered as Smoke and Harmful to Health? A Review of the Chemical Evidence’ was published two weeks ago. The study comes with a big red flag:

The authors acknowledge the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products funding (www.bloomberg.org). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. The authors also thank Prof. Anna Gilmore and Sophie Braznell from the University of Bath and Dr. Ed Stephens from the University of St. Andrews for valuable discussions and reviewing the content of this article.

Three from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes

Call To Get Tough on Illegal Sales

The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), the largest trade body representing the vaping industry, has reinforced its call for a range of get-tough measures to crack down on unscrupulous retailers who sell vapes to young people, including fines of £10k and a national retail licencing scheme.

Big Issues To Dominate Conference

Big vaping issues of the moment are set to dominate the UK’s largest B2B vaping conference. Tackling rogue vape traders, preventing underage access to e-cigarettes and creating a sustainable vaping industry will be amongst the hot topics of debate at the Vaping Industry Forum and Exhibition at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London on Friday 9 September.

Illegal Sales Attacked by IBVTA

Trading Standards officers are complaining that the market is being flooded by illegal grey market disposables and fakes. The BBC has documented illegal sales taking place where these devices were being supplied to under-age test purchasers. The Independent British Vape Trade Association has expressed its concern, and repeated its commitment to educating both the public and retailers.

Innco Weekly Issue | July 11th, 2022

Innco

Hi Dear Friends,

It’s always a pleasure to greet you. I hope everyone is doing fantastic. We have uploaded close to a hundred photos of the General Assembly and Global Forum on Nicotine in case any member wants to check them out, they are available on the Members Shared Drive.

You can check the replays of the panels and presentations held at the Global Forum on Nicotine here.

Vape Company Triton Loses Its Appeal Against FDA Denial

Alex Norcia, Filter Magazine

On July 18, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Triton’s petition to review a marketing denial order (MDO) issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2021. The decision, which industry observers have been watching for nearly a year, could cap off one of the most significant legal battles between a notable vapor manufacturer and the FDA—one that has been viewed as something of a proxy for a wider struggle. Dozens of other smaller vape companies have accused the agency of operating unfairly, and will likely be disheartened by this ruling.

Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Triton

Jim McDonald, Vaping 360

In a highly anticipated decision, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday against Triton Distribution in its appeal of FDA Marketing Denial Orders (MDOs) the company received last September. The vote was 2-1, with Judge Edith Jones vigorously dissenting from the majority.

E-cigarette maker NJOY hires bankers for possible sale – WSJ

Reuters

E-cigarette maker NJOY Holdings Inc has hired bankers for a possible sale of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The report added the privately held NJOY is likely to be valued at up to $5 billion, according to the sources who cautioned the process was still at an early stage and there was no guarantee a deal would materialize.

Related: Juul Rival NJOY Hires Bankers for Possible Sale

Delusional anti-vaping ignoramuses

Christopher Snowdon, The Snowdon Substack

Australia is a basket case when it comes to vaping. Reading newspaper op-eds from Down Under, you would think the country had been completely cut off from the rest of the world. Its health establishment is so detached from reality that all you can do is laugh at it.

Govt’s tobacco ban will increase illicit trade by 61.7%, study shows

S. Birruntha, The Malaysian Reserve

THE government’s “Generation Endgame” (GEG) policy is expected to see illicit trade increase from 58.4% as of March 2022 to 61.7%, or RM8.7 billion.

The 15 to 19-year-old age group accounts for 7.7% of the tobacco use population, according to a study by Datametrics Research and Information Research Centre (DARE).

Tax increases on e-cigs likely to boost cigarette smoking among young adults

Mallory Locklear, Yale News

In an attempt to curb the use of increasingly popular electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, 30 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. have implemented taxes on these products. But a growing body of evidence suggests that, among adults, these taxes can increase cigarette smoking, a habit whose health effects are likely to be more harmful than vaping nicotine according to the National Academy of Science and Medicine.

PMI’s e-cigarette innovation leads to decreased

tobacco smoking in Japan by 9.5% per year

Duncan Mlanjira, Nyasa Times

Introduced in 2015, Phillip Morris International (PMI’s) new smokeless cigarette invention, the ‘IQOS’, is gaining popularity as evidenced in Japan where tobacco cigarette sales decreased at an accelerated pace after the introduction on the international marked of the leading electrically heated tobacco product.

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