Vapers Digest 23rd June
Monday’s News at a glance:
French Pouch Ban Criticised ~ Experts State Harm Reduction Potential ~ Something’s very wrong at Global Action to End Smoking ~ Supreme Court Rules Against FDA in “Venue Shopping” Case ~ Supreme Court sides with vaping industry in rejecting FDA venue challenge ~ A Vaping Victory for Big Tobacco Masks the Real Issue ~ Band-Aids on a Gaping Wound: How Australia’s Vape Policy Failure Fuels Crime, Confusion, and Harm ~ Australia risks losing ‘war on nicotine’ in same way as war on drugs as illegal tobacco sales explode ~ Bloomberg’s War on Harm Reduction Faces Consumer Backlash at Tobacco Conference ~ EU countries call for vaping crackdown in push for updated tobacco laws ~ Insight: How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States ~ Evidence over Eminence | Garrett McGovern calls for tobacco control rethink at #GFN25 ~ Global Panel Urges Rapid Reform of WHO and FCTC
Two From Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
French Pouch Ban Criticised
Smoke Free Sweden says the Swedish government has stepped up its defense of safer alternatives for smokers in Europe by formally opposing a proposed French ban on nicotine pouches. Through the issuing of a so-called ‘Detailed Opinion’ to the European Union challenging the French proposal, the opposition follows a similar move earlier in 2025 in response to restrictive legislation in Spain.
Experts State Harm Reduction Potential
At the Next Generation Nicotine Delivery USA 2025 conference, Dr. Derek Yach, renowned global health strategist, presented compelling new research projecting that integrating Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) strategies with traditional tobacco control measures could save over 14 million lives in 23 countries across all continents by 2060. These lives saved are between 25 and 50 percent more than projected to be saved if current WHO measures were fully implemented. Meanwhile, harm reduction expert Clive Bates has detailed facts about nicotine.
Supreme Court Rules Against FDA in “Venue Shopping” Case
Jim McDonald, Vaping 360
The Supreme Court today ruled against the FDA, finding that appeals of FDA marketing denial orders (MDOs) are not limited only to the products’ manufacturers, and that vape manufacturers may appeal denials in any federal circuit court, as long as they are joined by an affected party located in the judicial circuit being petitioned.
Supreme Court sides with vaping industry in rejecting FDA venue challenge
Zach Schonfeld, The Hill
I’m a courts and legal reporter for The Hill, covering the intersection of national politics and the judiciary. My beat primarily focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court and the cases shaping the Trump administration.
As someone who is not a lawyer, I am passionate about helping non-lawyers digest the intricacies of legal proceedings as they increasingly become relevant to the political arena.
A Vaping Victory for Big Tobacco Masks the Real Issue
Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg
On Friday, the US Supreme Court waded into the confusing, on-again, off-again effort by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate e-cigarettes … and didn’t get too far. In voting 7-2 to allow a suit by RJ Reynolds Vapor Company against the agency to continue, the justices ruled on a tricky procedural issue and, I think, got the answer right. The litigation is far from over, but recent scholarly work suggests that the ban itself might be a mistake.
A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…
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