Vapers Digest 10th April
Friday’s News at a glance:
The EU Is Stepping Backwards ~ Vaping Products Duty Applications Open ~ TPD Attacked ~ FDA Commissioner Marty Makary Endangers Vaping Freedom of Choice ~ Taxing Vapes Undermines Public Health and Personal Freedom ~ Vaping in a recent report by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM). ~ The Ecosystem of Tobacco Control ~ A Peek Under the Hood in (Our Attempt) to Correct the Science ~ TobaccoAsia/ InterTabac Podcast #53 ~ When 89 percent of voices are set aside ~ Public Health Organizations Have Become Merchants of Doubt ~ Open letter from Medical Observatory (Evaluation Report TPD) ~ A New York Tax That Could Literally Cost The Lives Of Smokers ~ Seven things you need to know about Tobacco, Vape and Next Generation ~ Vaping overtakes smoking for the first time in UK, CoEHAR analysis shows ~ NGOs, Bureaucrats, & the Anti-Nicotine Lobby: Clearing the Air with MEP Charlie Weimers ~ Inside Brussels: EU Insider Reveals What’s Next for Tobacco Rules ~ Vaping Under Fire! The NNA’s Fight to Save Harm Reduction
Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
The EU Is Stepping Backwards
Europe risks falling behind in the fight against smoking as the UK and Sweden drive down cigarette use through safer alternatives, according to international public health expert Dr Mark Tyndall. In a powerful endorsement of smoke-free nicotine products, Dr Tyndall said vaping was designed to replace cigarettes by removing the harmful chemicals responsible for smoking-related disease.
Vaping Products Duty Applications Open
HM Revenue and Customs says UK businesses should apply now for Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme approval if they wish to continue trading. The application process opened up on 1 April for manufacturers, importers and warehousekeepers. The government has provided guidance on what businesses need to do, key dates, and who is responsible across the supply chain.
TPD Attacked
The European Commission stands accused of undermining its own smoke-free ambitions and putting millions of lives at risk by targeting safer nicotine alternatives that are helping smokers to quit. The World Vapers Alliance and Smoke-Free Sweden have both lambasted moves which will mean the new the Tobacco Products Directive will see the EU being on track to miss its 2040 smoke-free goal by 70 years.
