Vapers Digest 21st January

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

No Vape Link to Dog Poisoning ~ Supermarket Owner Sentenced ~ Vapes Improve Quit Chances ~ Why the EU Still Wants You to Keep Smoking ~ The BBC is Still Not Impartial on Nicotine ~ EU accused of ‘anti-vax levels of science denial’ over safer nicotine products ~ WARNING: Nicotine may cause focus, motivation, and joie de vivre (which is why they hate it) ~ Hotline and caning: Singapore steps up vape crackdown ~ Study linking vaping to stroke retracted over “major errors” in analysis ~ Up in smoke: Publisher pulls vaping paper nearly two years after complaint ~ Convenience Stores Want to Help Reduce Smoking–Why Is Ottawa Standing in the Way? ~ New law could see vaping banned in all pubs across England ~ Local youth tobacco use down 70% in four years ~ New report reveals stunning change in teen behavior: ‘Has almost disappeared’ ~ NY Gov. Vows Crackdown on Illicit Vapes ~ Vaping and Popcorn Lung Myth ~ EXPERTS CLASH OVER EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL CLAIMS

Three from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes

No Vape Link to Dog Poisoning

Dog owners can breathe easier now that a study by the Veterinary Poisons Information Service shows that there is no link between e-cigarette exposure and dog poisoning severity.

Supermarket Owner Sentenced

The owner and an employee of Bal Supermarket, Hayes, Middlesex, have been convicted in court for stocking illegal goods including vapes and selling to under-age customers.

Vapes Improve Quit Chances

A new report, Tale of Two Nations: Argentina v Sweden, shows that safer nicotine alternatives such as vapes and oral nicotine pouches significantly improve smokers’ chances of quitting, particularly as part of a New Year’s attempt.

Why the EU Still Wants You to Keep Smoking

Juan Taborcia, Considerate Pouchers

Have you ever wondered why the people who claim to care most about your health are the ones making it most expensive to stay healthy?

The BBC is Still Not Impartial on Nicotine

Joseph Hart, Daily Pouch

The latter months of 2025 were rough for the BBC’s reputation as an impartial news broker.

EU accused of ‘anti-vax levels of science denial’ over safer nicotine products

Smoke Free Sweden

Leading international health experts have accused the European Commission of engaging in anti-vaccine-style science denial after it rejected overwhelming evidence that smoke-free nicotine products reduce smoking and smoking-related disease.

WARNING: Nicotine may cause focus, motivation, and joie de vivre (which is why they hate it)

John Mac Ghlionn, The Blaze

According to Salon, nicotine use is apparently the preserve of stupid men, right up there with weight lifting and a fondness for firearms.

PDF File: WARNING Nicotine may cause focus, motivation, and joie de vivre (which is why they hate it) _ Blaze Media (1)

Two From Clearing The Air

Hotline and caning: Singapore steps up vape crackdown

Tim Hong

Singapore has escalated its war on vapes, rolling out harsher penalties, expanding enforcement powers and urging the public to report suspected users via a national hotline, as authorities seek to crush a black market increasingly linked to illicit drugs.

Study linking vaping to stroke retracted over “major errors” in analysis

Ali Anderson

A 2022 paper reporting higher odds and earlier onset of stroke among people who use vapes has been formally retracted.

The journal said an investigation identified major data-analysis errors and that the authors could not adequately resolve them; the authors did not agree with the decision.

Independent reviewers flagged impossible sample sizes, uncertainty about whether vaping occurred before stroke, and extremely small numbers of stroke cases among vapers.

The decision wipes out a widely-cited claim that vaping increases stroke risk.

A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…

Study: Snus use has no impact…

On cardiovascular disease risk – Snusforumet

A new study from the United States reveals that the risk of cardiovascular disease among snus users is no higher compared to people who have never used tobacco.

Habitual smokers run an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to non-smokers.

Signs of Anxiety in the Anti-Vaping Camp

Alex Norcia

On January 14, a collection of public health nonprofits and tobacco control groups—including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), the American Heart Association and Truth Initiative—sent a letter to Mitch Zeller, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The groups—many of which are funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg and all of which want to clamp down on vaping—urged the agency to “expedite” its decisions on products that remain on the market without authorization.

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Vapers Digest 21st January

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Three from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes

Juan Taborcia, Considerate Pouchers

Joseph Hart, Daily Pouch

Smoke Free Sweden

John Mac Ghlionn, The Blaze

PDF File: WARNING Nicotine may cause focus, motivation, and joie de vivre (which is why they hate it) _ Blaze Media (1)

Two From Clearing The Air

Tim Hong

Ali Anderson

VSML South Africa

Global Forum on Nicotine

A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…

On cardiovascular disease risk – Snusforumet

Alex Norcia

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