Vapers Digest 21st August
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
On nicotine, the European Commission’s selective transparency is causing flawed policy ~ New Data Show that E-Cigarettes are Saving Lives and Debunk Claims by Opponents that Vaping is a Gateway to Smoking Can the Theory of Youth Vaping as “Gateway” to Smoking Be Put to Bed? ~ Pragmatic Regulation is Called For ~ CAPHRA Campaign Against Bill ~ Smoke Free Sweden Offers Solutions ~ Swedish anti-smoking strategies offers solution for languishing EU smoking rates ~ A Seat at the Table – Part 2 ~ Shortchanged | Truth on Nicotine & Relative Risk Denied to Public ~ Will the pharmacy-only vaping model be successful? ~ Youth Use of Tobacco and Vape Products Continue to Decline Among Maryland Middle and High School Students ~ Kenya’s Senate Seeking Submissions of Memoranda for a Bill to Amend Regulations of Tobacco and Nicotine Products
Jesus Olivares-Guerrero, EuroReporter
In Brussels, a lack of transparency is undermining trust in policymaking and resulting in flawed policy. The handling of thelatest Eurobarometersurvey on tobacco and nicotine exposes a pattern of selective transparency. The survey was delayed and buried, yet its unpublished data was used to support a member state’s bid to ban disposables – a type of e-cigarette.
New Data Show that E-Cigarettes are Saving Lives
and Debunk Claims by Opponents that Vaping is a Gateway to Smoking
Michael Siegel, Tobacco Analysis
The claim by opponents of e-cigarettes that vaping is a gateway to smoking and will increase the long-term hazards of tobacco product use have now been completely debunked by longitudinal trend data demonstrating that the truth is the exact opposite.
The results of a Gallup poll conducted last month revealed that adult smoking prevalence has reached an all-time low (11%) and that the decline in smoking has been driven largely by a dramatic drop in smoking among young adults. The prevalence of smoking among adults ages 18-29 was only 6%.
Can the Theory of Youth Vaping as “Gateway” to Smoking Be Put to Bed?
Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
Pragmatic Regulation is Called For
A call has been issued for the pragmatic regulation of safer nicotine products in New Zealand by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates. The announcement follows concerns raised over the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill 2024.
CAPHRA Campaign Against Bill
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates has launched a campaign against New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill. The consumer organisation is raising the alarm following the Bill’s announcement by the New Zealand government.
Smoke Free Sweden Offers Solutions
The Smoke Free Sweden movement says Swedish anti-smoking strategies offer solutions for languishing European Union smoking rates. The organisation says that smoking rates across the EU have stagnated because of a lack of availability of smoke free nicotine alternatives. The international health experts say their stance is supported by new data from Eurobarometer’s latest report: ‘Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and related products’.
Swedish anti-smoking strategies offers solution for languishing EU smoking rates
Smoke Free Sweden
SMOKING rates across the EU have stagnated because of a lack of availability of smoke free nicotine alternatives, say international health experts, backed by new data from Eurobarometer’s latest report: ‘Attitudes of Europeans towards tobacco and related products’.
Citing the new data, Smoke Free Sweden researchers said smoking prevalence in the 27 Member States had fallen by just a single percentage point – from 25% to 24% – since the last iteration of the survey in 2020.
A Seat at the Table – Part 2
Skip Murray, Skip’s Corner
I know I sound like a broken record. You can roll your eyes if you want to because I will most likely keep talking about this until I reach “happy camper” status or am dead, whichever comes first. I’m rooting for happy! LOL
Over the past few months, there has been a fair amount of discussion about whether industry people should have a seat at the table (conferences, regulatory process, research, etc.). I agree that it’s an important conversation!
Shortchanged | Truth on Nicotine & Relative Risk Denied to Public
Brent Stafford, RegWatch
Industry funding taints all science, research, and tobacco harm reduction advocacy, no matter how stringent the firewalls or how far the funding is removed. This criticism is a convenient argument for detractors of safer nicotine products to deny the truth about nicotine and relative risk. Joining us today to unpack the dangers and consequences of dismissing the truth about tobacco harm reduction is Clifford E. Douglas, President and CEO of Global Action to End Smoking. Has public understanding about safer nicotine products been shortchanged?
Will the pharmacy-only vaping model be successful?
Colin Mendelsohn
The pharmacy-only regulatory model for nicotine vaping is likely to fail, just like the prescription model. Very few pharmacists are on board and most vapers are unwilling to purchase these unappealing and more expensive products. The black market will continue to supply the vast majority of users.
A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…
Vapes Better Than Patches
Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
New National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded research from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) finds vapes are better than patches to help pregnant women quit smoking and reduce the risk of low birthweight.
Mark Butler’s vaping nightmare …
Only gets worse – Colin Mendelsohn
MARK BUTLER’S CRACKDOWN ON VAPING is rapidly becoming a disaster. Recent reports of the firebombing of tobacconist and vape shops in Victoria are an inevitable result of handing the control of vapes and tobacco over to criminal networks and motorcycle gangs.
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