Vapers Digest 10th September
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Prohibition Does Not Work ~ Parliamentary Matters 1 ~ Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Decries Supposed Fast-Tracking of Safer Alternatives to Cigarettes But Says Nothing About FDA’s Inaction on Real Cigarettes ~ Toward the development of e-cigarettes as smoking-cessation therapeutics ~ Don’t Ignore the People: The WHO and EU Must Listen to Consumers on Tobacco Harm Reduction ~ Oral health and smoke-free products: the first study evaluating the quality of clinical reporting ~ Doctors and Harm Reduction: The Fight for Honest Tobacco Policy ~ Rapid switch from smoking to vaping is helping close NZ’s big health inequalities ~ Your Voice: I’d like to address some key facts about nicotine pouches ~ ATNF 2025 – Consequences of Misperceptions – This Time, It’s Personal ~ Experts warn Brussels tax hike risks reversing Sweden’s smoking decline ~ Vape bans fuelling surge in illicit trade, new report warn ~ Volunteers repurpose vapes to power Ukrainian drones ~ Taxed Compassion ~ What New York’s Cigarette Litter Says About Tobacco Control ~ Vape ban isn’t working, says waste firm boss ~ Nicotine pouches may offer path to reduced tobacco harm, Rutgers study finds ~ FDA Will Fast-Track Some Nicotine Pouch Authorizations ~ The 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco and Its Implications for the Nicotine Vaping Industry ~ Chicago student petitions to restore bathroom doors ~ Shaping the landscape for safer nicotine products – Panel Discussion | #GFN25
Two From Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
Prohibition Does Not Work
Last week saw the official launch of Prohibition Does Not Work, an organisation dedicated to advancing progressive policies that empower adult smokers to transition to safer, smoke-free alternatives while exposing the dangers of prohibitionist measures. Backed by a coalition of international think tanks, the organisation highlights the benefits of progressive, evidence-based policy solutions to help achieve a smoke free world.
Parliamentary Matters 1
And we’re back! Or rather, the politicians have (with the exception of those who think flying to the USA was more important) returned to work at Westminster after another nice holiday to discuss vaping and tobacco harm reduction. Questions in this article come from the Conservative Party’s Andrew Snowden, Andrew Rosindell and Labour’s Jim Dickson. With the government reaffirming its intent to ban vape flavours, it’s still vital for vapers to contact their MP.
Dr. Michael Siegel, The Rest Of The Story
The FDA is planning to fast-track applications for the marketing of nicotine pouches, according to Reuters. Nicotine pouches are much safer alternatives to real tobacco cigarettes. They contain no tobacco, involve no combustion, and do not even involve inhalation. The FDA has already approved Zyn nicotine pouches after concluding that they are appropriate for the protection of the public’s health because they are much safer than cigarettes and may help smokers quit. The FDA wrote:
Doctors and Harm Reduction: The Fight for Honest Tobacco Policy
Diane Caruana, Vaping Post
For more than a century, smoking has been a leading driver of preventable death worldwide. In India alone, it claims over a million lives every year. In the United States, it kills nearly half a million annually. And across Europe, youth nicotine use is becoming entangled in black markets and online loopholes. Despite the clear human cost, policies in many countries continue to treat harm reduction with suspicion—or ignore it altogether. Increasingly, doctors and health professionals are stepping forward to challenge this approach, arguing that science and compassion must guide how governments respond.
Rapid switch from smoking to vaping is helping close NZ’s big health inequalities
Ruth Bonita, Newsroom
A Pākehā boy born in Waikato today can expect to live eight years longer than his Māori neighbour. Pacific infants face mortality rates that have barely shifted in two decades.
These grossly unfair inequalities are set out in Determining Our Future, the first comprehensive Public Health Advisory Committee report on determinants of health and equity since 1998.
The report is wide-ranging, spanning housing, income, education, obesity, diabetes, and mental health. That breadth is necessary; inequalities are complex and deeply rooted. But if we are asking where – or how – government can act immediately to make a measurable difference, one thing stands out: smoking.
Your Voice: I’d like to address some key facts about nicotine pouches
Craig Plain, Kelowna Now
The recent commentary on nicotine pouches raises important issues but leaves out some key facts that I would like to address.
First, Zonnic was approved by Health Canada after meeting all Natural Health Product (NHP) regulatory requirements. A randomized crossover clinical study showed the pouch had similar nicotine delivery to the lozenge, and a superior delivery compared to the gum, and greater product satisfaction. These are important factors in supporting smoking cessation. (Study link here.)
ATNF 2025 – Consequences of Misperceptions – This Time, It’s Personal
Skip Murray, Skip’s Corner – Let’s Talk!
Good afternoon.
My name is Skip. I’m your friendly neighborhood advocate with lived experience. I have been rather vocal about the lack of inclusion of people who use nicotine in these conversations, and I am honored to have the opportunity to use my voice to represent them today.
The first time I spoke at a conference was at GTNF in 2022. I shared stories about some of my former customers from the vape shop. I pointed out what a mistake it is to use fearmongering and misinformation to deter people from using smoking harm reduction products.
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