Vapers Digest 12th February
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
World Cancer Day Debate ~ Is The Ministry Cursed? ~ GFN25: Cutting Through The Noise ~ New Study Fails to Show that Youth Vaping Causes Future Smoking ~ Get help and Swap to Stop smoking ~ EU Commissioner Hoekstra spreads misinformation on vaping ignoring science ~ The European Commission: A source of misinformation ~ David Clement: Why is the government paying to lobby itself? It’s time to end this corrupt process ~ Suggested Trump Admin Reform Chinese Vapes, Mexican Cartels and U.S. Agencies ~ What is Synthetic Nicotine? ~ Vapers report better general health than smokers, new study finds ~ Our Study Spotlights How Vaping Can Reduce Health Disparities ~ Canada Pauses on Vape Flavor Ban. But It’s “Far From Over.” ~ Episode 30: David Sweanor ~ NEW ZEALAND’S SUCCESS STORY | This Is How New Zealand Outpaced Australia feat. Colin Mendelsohn
THREE from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
World Cancer Day Debate
World Cancer Day took place on February 4th, and parliamentarians spoke about vaping and the Tobacco and Vapes Bill during a discussion of a Parliamentary Statement. Andrew Gwynne, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, began the proceedings – unaware that this would be his last activity in post as he was set to become the ex-Parliamentary Under-Secretary.
Is The Ministry Cursed?
Is the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (Minister for Health) a cursed post? The minister with responsibility for vaping and tobacco harm reduction has changed hands with deplorable frequency, given its importance to the nation – nine ministers in ten years, some lasting just a few weeks. The latest victim is Andrew Gwynne, the Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton since 2005, sacked by the Prime Minister for “badly misjudged comments”.
GFN25: Cutting Through The Noise
Organisers of the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) say that evidence supporting the inclusion tobacco harm reduction is growing, as is the consumer uptake of safer nicotine products, but the risk perceptions of vapes and other alternative products are deteriorating. Experts at GFN25 in June will address the communications issues impeding progress for tobacco harm reduction.
New Study Fails to Show that Youth Vaping Causes Future Smoking
Patty Shillington, University of Massachusetts Amherst
A team of public health researchers found “very low-certainty evidence” to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is a gateway to cigarette smoking for young people.
“One of the substantial concerns from some members of the public health community about vaping is that it might cause more young people to smoke,” says Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, assistant professor of health policy and management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and senior author of a new review paper published in the journal Addiction. “Some — but not all — evidence from our study possibly suggests the opposite — that vaping may contribute to declines in youth smoking, particularly in the U.S.”
David Clement: Why is the government paying to lobby itself? It’s time to end this corrupt process
David Clement, The Hub
Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the U.S. NGO ecosystem with his executive order which pauses federal funding, pending review, for organizations that are deemed to be “undermining national security.” What falls in this category is opaque, but generally speaking, the premise is that funding is paused until the Trump administration can review how money is being spent, specifically to ensure they aren’t using taxpayer money to fund organizations that undermine Trump’s policies. Regardless of what you might think of President Trump, the logic of this does make sense.
Roderick Law, Real Clear Health
As President Trump and border czar Tom Homan set about getting control of our southern border, they have an opportunity not only to clamp down on the horrors of human trafficking and drug smuggling. They can also deal a blow to the Chinese companies that make $3.5 billion a year selling contraband e-cigarettes and vapes in the U.S. and the Mexican cartels that smuggle them.
COP 10 – what happened?
Christopher Snowdon, Velvet Glove Iron Fist
I got back from Panama City on Saturday after a great few days with some of the best people in tobacco harm reduction. The Taxpayers Protection Alliance did a terrific job of running an alternative conference to the WHO farce and it was good to speak to so many journalists who had come from far and wide.
Where are the Crusades to Ban Alcohol,
Marijuana & Caffeine – For the Children?
Brad Rodu, Tobacco Truth
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) just introduced a program to discourage underage drinking, aimed specifically at middle schoolers (here). It’s called “Too Soon = Too Dangerous.” The chart at left, based on data from the government’s Monitoring the Future Survey (MTFS), shows that attention to early substance abuse is timely.
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