Vapers Digest 27th May
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Op-ed: WHO Is Spurning Success ~ A ridiculous but revealing conference declaration ~ Australia and Brazil: Nicotine’s Accidental Laboratories ~ The Latest Fear Campaign: Why Julian Hill’s “Vaping is Linked to Cancer” Claim Misleads Australians ~ New data confirms Sweden’s smoke-free status ~ A Public Health Response to WHO’s Nicotine Pouch Report: Tobacco Harm Reduction Remains Absent but Crucial ~ A Letter to the Global Tobacco Harm Reduction Community ~ The Future of Tobacco Control in Africa Must Include Harm Reduction ~ OPINION: the EU is consulting on nicotine bans. The paper trail matters. ~ The Quit-Smoking Tool That’s Beating Patches and Gum ~ Zyns have been banned in France, which is a crime against humanity ~ Big Tobacco comes out on top after US FDA shake-up ~ Washington Youth Tobacco Use Near Record Lows as Adults Continue Switching to Smoke-Free Alternatives ~ Teen Vaping Has Long Been Falling. Why Do Schools Think the Opposite? ~ South Korea: Vapes ~ Tighter vape rules may backfire ~ Health Hazard | Cliff Douglas Interview | Part 2 | RegWatch
Op-ed: WHO Is Spurning Success
Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
The Future of Tobacco Control in Africa Must Include Harm Reduction
Joseph Magero, Health Times
As Africa marks World No Tobacco Day, governments across the continent must ask an important question: are current tobacco control policies truly tailored to African realities, or are they simply borrowed from elsewhere and imposed without regard for local feasibility?
For too long, many African countries have adopted tobacco control approaches copied directly from Western institutions, often without considering differences in enforcement capacity, economic realities, healthcare access, consumer behavior, or the growing illicit trade crisis.
OPINION: the EU is consulting on nicotine bans. The paper trail matters.
*Since this was written the commission has launched a second public consultation. We will write more about that shortly.
**This article, minus the swearing, has been submitted to the EU’s call for evidence on behalf of Clearing the Air. Go ahead and write your own if you can. And use our comment writing tool if you need inspiration.
Annex 5 of the European Commission’s evaluation of its tobacco laws tells you more or less everything you need to know about what they think of you and your opinions on safer nicotine products. In describing the results of its last consultation on the topic, we find the following passage:
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