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Vapers Digest 27th March

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Friday’s News at a glance:

ASA Rules Against Digital Vapers ~ Parliament Matters ~ Heated Tobacco Products Shouldn’t Be a Harm Reduction Afterthought ~ USA: Nicotine Pouch Tax ~ Time to Redefine Conflict of Interest ~ Public Health’s Most Dangerous Word: “Safer” ~ From clinic to Commission: Patients need effective ways to quit smoking ~ ‘EU’s compromise on tobacco excise tax is dead on arrival’ ~ The UK and Sweden show the EU the way on tobacco ~ Media Watch: Parenting Patch Finessed By Mice Nicotine Study ~ No clear evidence vaping causes oral disease, new CoEHAR review finds ~ Swedish MEP warns EU not to undermine country’s harm reduction approach ~ Legalise vaping in Australia ~ Tobacco Control Groups are Misleading Legislators in Their Efforts to Block Smokers from Access to Life-Saving Products ~ Unbiased Science – Where There’s Vape, There’s Fire: E-Cig Hype, Harm, and Hope??

Two From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes

ASA Rules Against Digital Vapers

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against a leaflet for Digital Vapers, a vape retailer, featuring cartoon-style images of a yellow pineapple, a red and green slice of watermelon, and a green coconut on a pink and orange background. ASA said that each cartoon fruit “had eyes and a mouth, and the watermelon was wearing sunglasses. The other side of the leaflet featured the cartoon-style pineapple and slice of watermelon on a pink and orange background. Both were smiling.”

Parliament Matters

This week, the House of Commons will consider the amendments the Lords have made to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. Andrew Snowden doesn’t get much of an answer from the new Under-Secretary for Health, while Andrew Rosindell is given a word shower. Finally, the government has updated its information regarding the vape regulatory bodies.

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From clinic to Commission: Patients need effective ways to quit smoking

Daniel Deyl, EU Perspectives

Mr McGovern’s forthright advocacy, honed at the E-Cigarette Summit UK panel and public-health policy briefings, has placed him at the heart of a debate pitting harm reduction against prohibition. The debate has heated up since EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi equated—controversially, to say the least—the use of alternative nicotine products with smoking. Mr McGovern spoke to EU Perspectives to discuss nicotine policy and complex regulatory nuances.

‘EU’s compromise on tobacco excise tax is dead on arrival’

Carl Deconinck, Brussels Signal

Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers has come out strongly against the compromise by the European Union on the excise tax on tobacco.

He told Brussels Signal today on the side lines of the World Nicotine Congress that the taxes the EU hopes to introduce do not stand a chance in Sweden.

Weimers said the European Commission wants to change the new proposed tax to €107 per kilogram of nicotine, down from the original level of €143.

The UK and Sweden show the EU the way on tobacco

Annachiara Magenta, EU News

The European Union should “follow Sweden’s example closely” when it comes to tobacco and cigarette alternatives. So says Dr. Mark Tyndall, a public health expert and professor of medicine at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. In an interview on the sidelines of the World Nicotine Congress (WNC) in Brussels, Dr. Tyndall also spoke about the UK’s relationship with e-cigarettes: “2025 was the first year in which e-cigarette consumption in the UK exceeded that of traditional cigarettes.” As a result, Tyndall continued, “I expect that in a few years’ time, 80 per cent of smokers will be using e-cigarettes and 20 per cent will be smoking cigarettes and tobacco.”

Media Watch: Parenting Patch Finessed By Mice Nicotine Study

The Daily Pouch

Rodent studies are the gift that keeps on giving for publications that want to extract attention from their audience via scaremongering and shock. Parenting Patch is the latest online outlet to sensationalise a speculative study on mice and nicotine.

Parenting Patch is a digital, family-oriented online magazine. It focuses on family life, posting articles on parenting, children’s health, homeschooling, and more. A few days ago, it published a piece called New Study Links Dads’ Nicotine Exposure To Diabetes & Altered Liver Function In Offspring.

Two from Clearing The Air

No clear evidence vaping causes oral disease, new CoEHAR review finds

Ali Anderson

Review of 12 human studies found mixed and inconsistent results on oral bacteria in people who use vapes

Some differences in oral microbiota were observed, but no consistent pattern linked to disease

Evidence was rated “very low”, meaning current research cannot establish a clear link between vaping and oral disease

Researchers say more long-term studies are needed to understand any real health impact

Swedish MEP warns EU not to undermine country’s harm reduction approach

Tim Hong

A Swedish member of the European Parliament has urged the European Commission not to weaken access to safer nicotine alternatives, as debate grows over future EU rules on tobacco and nicotine products.

Jessica Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) has submitted a formal written question to the Commission asking how it will ensure that upcoming revisions to the Tobacco Products Directive do not restrict Sweden’s long-standing approach to reducing smoking.

Her intervention comes as the EU considers changes that could affect products such as nicotine pouches and other smoke-free alternatives.

Legalise vaping in Australia

John Humphreys, Death & Taxes

Ten years ago Australia had one of the lowest rates of cigarette smoking in the world, a relatively small tobacco black market, and tobacco tax revenue of well over $10 billion per year.

Since then we have pursued one of the most draconian anti-smoking policy agendas in the world, with disappointing results. Our smoking rates are now higher than New Zealand, USA & Sweden, our tobacco black market is the worst in the world, and tobacco tax revenue has halved. The main reason for this outcome has been the Australian government’s irrational war on vaping.

Tobacco Control Groups are Misleading Legislators in Their Efforts to Block Smokers from Access to Life-Saving Products

Dr. Michael Siegel, The Rest Of The Story

Last night I testified at a hearing of the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee on a bill (S2844) that would allow the sale of flavored e-cigarettes in specialty vape shops that are only open to adults age 21+ and that conduct age verification (beyond checking an ID). The bill would also allocate 10% of the state revenue from such sales to be used for smoking cessation programs.

You can watch the hearing here (my testimony is at -24:30). You can find the written testimony that was submitted to the committee here.

Unbiased Science – Where There’s Vape, There’s Fire: E-Cig Hype, Harm, and Hope??

Unbiased Science

(Airdate 03/25/2026) In this episode, Jess and Sarah welcome Dr. Michael Siegel, a public health expert specializing in tobacco control, to examine the complex landscape of e-cigarettes and harm reduction strategies. The scientists explore the scientific evidence surrounding vaping, discussing how to balance potential benefits for adult smokers with risks to youth. Dr. Siegel provides insights into the influence of industry on public health policy and examines current regulatory approaches to e-cigarettes. Throughout the conversation, the experts navigate the nuanced challenges of developing effective public health policies that appropriately weigh both the harm reduction potential and the risks associated with vaping products.

FDA’s Anti-Vape Stance Helps Chinese E-Cigs Thrive

Pete McGinnis, Real Clear Health

Like Prohibition, today’s tobacco regulators are creating a massive black market.

Esco Bars is the new “bathtub gin.” A century on from alcohol prohibition and the same spirit that couldn’t kill spirits is failing against unregulated e-cigarettes.

More Data Indicating The Negative Consequences of Vape Flavour Bans

Diane Caruana, Vaping Post

In a recent survey conducted by Red C Research and Marketing in Ireland, one in five ex-smokers who had switched to vaping, said they were likely to revert back to smoking if flavoured vapes were banned. In fact, 75% of the participants said that in their opinion banning flavours was likely to lead to an increase in youth smoking.

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