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Vapers Digest 10th December

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Wednesday’s News at a glance:

 Zambia Blocks Quit Route ~ COP11 Outcomes Need Vigilance ~ Advancing Ghana’s Public Health Act: Multi-Sector Wins Through Harm Reduction ~ Dual use of cigarettes and vapes can reduce risks of smoking and help smokers quit, study finds ~ Confessions of an Addict ~ ASHes Keep Piling Up After 58 Years ~ Media Watch: CBC Investigates Nicotine Pouches ~ New Nordic data blows up nicotine ‘gateway myth’ ~ EU wants to make Terea twice as expensive – “Listening more to lobbyists than citizens” ~ Illegal vapes still on sale as fires surge six months after UK ban ~ Vapes and nicotine pouches help low-income smokers cut back, Brown University study finds ~ The Warning Shot in Geneva: COP11 and Africa’s Tobacco Reckoning ~ WHAT HAPPENED AROUND FCTC’s COP11?

Two from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes

Zambia Blocks Quit Route

Zambia’s new tobacco bill risks depriving smokers of their best chance to quit the deadly habit, according to a landmark new report released last week. The comparative study, Tale of Two Nations: Zambia v Sweden, reveals that Zambia’s proposed legislation could roll back public health progress by restricting or eliminating the very alternatives that have helped countries like Sweden slash smoking rates to historic lows.

COP11 Outcomes Need Vigilance

Outcomes from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Conference of Parties (COP11) underscores the need for scientific vigilance in tobacco control, says Dr Delon Human, an international health expert.

Advancing Ghana’s Public Health Act: Multi-Sector Wins Through Harm Reduction

Bismark Peter, MyjoyOnline

As Ghana enters a pivotal phase in its legislative review of the Public Health Act, policymakers have a unique opportunity to shape a healthier, more economically vibrant future. Recognising vapes and tobacco-free oral nicotine pouches within the Act is not just a public health imperative – it is an economic catalyst with far-reaching implications for Ghana’s development trajectory.

Dual use of cigarettes and vapes can reduce risks of smoking and help smokers quit, study finds

Queen Mary, University of London, Medical Xpress

A new major study from Queen Mary University of London has found that smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the same time—known as dual use—are reducing their intake of harmful chemicals and are also more likely to eventually quit smoking than those who continue to smoke only. This challenges common fears about dual use.

The study examined data from a large trial, which followed 886 adult smokers over one year. Participants were offered e-cigarettes or nicotine replacement products as part of a stop-smoking attempt.

Confessions of an Addict

The Risk-Monger

I have been battling an addiction for over the last 20 years. Once I experience a high, I can only make plans for the next fix. It has consumed a large amount of my time, having had a negative effect on my professional career and my family relationships (who have also suffered a heavy burden). The physical harm I have suffered has been immense and I have been frequently warned about the long-term effects on my body. I now see my daughter picking up my addiction and it worries me for her future. I cannot begin to calculate how much money I have wasted on completely stupid things, exploited by marketers who have identified my vulnerabilities. It is such a widely shared addiction that satirical groups have formed online to show how sad and ridiculous we are. At the same time, I do not plan to quit my addiction. It brings me pleasure.

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ASHes Keep Piling Up After 58 Years

Kevin Crowley, Vaping Links

After 58 years of “health” advocacy, ASH promotes bans, taxes, and propaganda. Their slogan “Zero Tobacco Deaths” quietly means: no safer alternatives are acceptable. For them, it’s abstinence or nothing. Quit or die. The ashes keep piling up.

Over the weekend, I noticed a tweet post from ASH Action on Smoking & Health (USA), quoting Dr. Jennifer Miao, a cardiologist at Yale University, about a ‘study’ from Johns Hopkins University, and it’s bothering me.

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

The Future of Vaping in 2016

12 Top E-Cig Experts Predict – Ashtray Blog

The future of vaping is uncertain. Think:

The FDA is on a mission to ban 99% of e-cigs in the USA… denying choice to the 10% of adult Americans who vape. And EU regulations will affect many millions of vapers in Europe.

What will happen to vapers – and vape technology – in 2016?

Public health and trading standards

Working to get the benefit from e cigarettes – Jim McManus

I had an unexpected discussion about e cigarette safety today which was entirely encouraging.

Today was the Annual Safer Communities Conference for the Local Government Association. An event which talks about a range of things keeping communities safe…

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