Wednesday’s News at a glance: World Health Organisation exploits tobacco farmers, the hungry, sick and poor in its crude activism ~ W.H.O. boss lies about vaping ~ Yet another murky WHO meeting ~ Vape Pricing Critical If FDA Limits Nicotine …
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Vapers Digest 7th June
Tagged with: Ben Adlin, Christopher Snowdon, ChristopherSnowdon.com, Clive Bates, COPWatch, Dave Cross, Dr Sharon Cox, Dr. Brad Rodu, Filter, Jim McDonald, LOREMIPSUMDOLOR, Planet of the Vapes, Prof Caitlin Notley, Prof Jamie Brown, Prof Nicholas Hopkinson, Radio New Zealand, Science Media Centre, Tess McClure, The Counterfactual, The Guardian, Tobacco Truth, Vaping 360
Vapers Digest 17th May
Wednesday’s News at a glance: Rethinking U.S. tobacco and nicotine regulation (part 2) ~ Can Vaping Help People Quit Smoking? It’s a Fact ~ Will a Change of Leadership End the CDC’s Vaping Misinformation? ~ Avail Vapor wants to take …
Vapers Digest 3rd May
Wednesday’s News at a glance: The Pharmacology of Nicotine ~ Seeking Substitutes ~ One of the worst ever tobacco control papers is ‘corrected’ ~ Adult Smoking Rate Drops Again as Vaping Climbs ~ Fact check. The Health Minister’s claims on …
Tagged with: Brent Stafford, Christopher Snowdon, Clive Bates, ColinMendelsohn.com.au, ETHRA, European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates, Grant Churchill, Guy Bentley, Jim McDonald, Lura Jayes, Reason, RegWatch, Sky News, Stefanie Rossel, The Counterfactual, Tobacco Reporter, Two from Colin Mendelsohn, Vaping 360, Velvet Glove Iron Fist
Vapers Digest 7th November
Monday’s News at a glance:- Using models disconnected from reality to justify huge ‘endgame’ interventions – E-cigarettes may be better than nicotine patches – Philip Morris clinches Swedish Match – Effective Anti-smoking Policies Global Index – Seven Steps for Italy – Black Cat’s Vape Attack – How to make England smoke-free by 2030 – Trade Association USVA Sues FDA – Minister mulls banning single-use flavored e-cigs – Let’s move smokers toward less harmful alternatives
Tagged with: Allison Boughner, Andy Creager, Christopher Snowdon, Clive Bates, FDA, Italy, Peter Hajek, Philip Morris, Pregnancy, Sunderland, Swedish Match, The Counterfactual, USVA, WVA
Vapers Digest 4th November
Friday’s News at a glance:- Chaos, waste and failure: what is wrong with FDA tobacco regulation – Think Tank Publishes Alternative Strategy – Does Nicotine Help You Lose Weight? – CA Voters May Pass Nicotine Flavor Ban – Vaping Advocates Sign Manila Declaration – Two Years Of Kiwi Regs – Not Nice Mice Research – Sarah Game MLC introduces groundbreaking Bill – Vape Experts Release White Paper On WHO ‘guidance’ – Oral Nicotine Products – an underused option – American vs. European Vape Shops – Nicotine is not a cause of disease – Replacing tobacco with e-cigarettes – Heated tobacco flavours ban now official – Candidates who Ignored Vaping Constituents – School vaping policies – Cleveland Clinic Pushes Dangerous Anti-Vaping Propaganda – Women in THR: Coffee Chat with Michelle Minton – Unpacking PMI’s Promise of a Smoke-Free Future
Vapers Digest 28th October
Friday’s News at a glance:- A powerful declaration makes a compelling case for tobacco harm reduction – The WHO’s Tobacco Treaty Failure – Switzerland Proposes E-cigarette Taxes – FDA Issues First Marketing Denials for Menthol Vapes – Flavour Limit Flawed – IEVA Code for Responsible Marketing – Parliament – Will Californians Overrule Ban? – Altria to Take on Juul – FDA Seems to Have set Aside Science – Is nicotine just an unassuming bypasser – What are the effects of vaping – Don’t send the wrong message on GEG – Will THR strategies ever triumph? – October 2022 with Dr Leonie Brose – Interview with Leon Byner
Vapers Digest 29th July
Friday’s News at a glance:- From FDA to PMI – a sell-out or a bold move for public health? – Top FDA Tobacco Official Quits – Pro-Consumer Vaping Bill Becomes Law – Gregory Conley Takes External Affairs Job at AVM – The Half-Truth Initiative – FDA’s Chance to Right the Ship on Harm Reduction – WVA Attacks Irish Plans – ELFBAR and Illegality – Don’t Get Sucked In – Parliament – An editor invited me to submit a commentary, then he rejected it – Coventry shopkeepers want to stop selling cigarettes – Nicotine Pouch Use Is on the Rise – Nicotine is not the devil, cigarettes are – Driven By Snobbery | Prohibitionists’ War on Vaping – Australia’s Vaping Witch Hunt – Pragmatism over idealism – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Tagged with: Alex Norcia, Australia, AVM, Brad Rodu, Cameron English, CAPHRA, Clive Bates, Coventry, Dave Cross, Dr. Jasjit Ahluwalia, Elf Bar, FDA, Gregory Conley, Ireland, Jim McDonald, Karl Abramson, Lynn T. Kozlowski, Malaysia, Martin Cullip, Matt Holman, Philippines, PMI, The Counterfactual, WVA
Vapers Digest 24th June
Friday’s News at a glance:- The FDA forces Juul to pull the most successful anti-smoking product ever – As FDA flounders, the U.K. surges ahead with vaping – GFN Seeks to Accelerate Harm Reduction for All – Vapers made the EU commission listen! – SOVAPE Responds to the EU – Keynote Focusses on Billionaires and Foundations – Kiwi Anti Campaign – WHO tobacco control ‘failing’ European smokers – NZ Hospital Leads the Way – Study debunks fears of youth vaping – NHMRC vaping position is a disgrace – ‘People Need To Know Safer Nicotine Products Available’ – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
Vapers Digest 1st June
Wednesday’s News at a glance: Fake news alert: WHO updates its post-truth fact sheet on e-cigarettes ~ The Takeaways ~ Why Are So Many Young People Taking Up Vaping? The Answers Are Foggy at Best ~ World Health Organization Needs …
Tagged with: Clive Bates, Dave Cross, ECig Intelligence, ecigclick, European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates, Geoff Russ, GhanaWeb, Jack Revell, Lindsey Stroud, Lorraine Mullaney, Maine Policy Institute, National Post, Nick Murray, Planet of the Vapes, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, The Counterfactual, The Latch, Tobacco Reporter
Vapers Digest 11th May
Wednesday’s News at a glance:- Will Brazil rethink its vaping prohibition? – Smoking cessation policies in Brazil and UK: – Tobacco Control Act didn’t significantly reduce teen smoking – Vapes introduced to Whanganui mental health ward – Hong Kong’s Ecig Swansong – Scotland Fury – New Zealand Mustn’t Sabotage Its Goal – Flavor Ban Bills Are Dead in Colorado and Connecticut – Colorado Senate’s Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Ban – Hawaii Bill to Ban Flavored Vapes – Maria Papaioannoy from Rights4Vapers – Anti-Vaping Bias Undermines E-cigarette Research? – Is There a Place for E-Cigarettes in Tobacco Addiction Treatment Policy? – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest
