Vapers Digest 13th March
Friday’s News at a glance:
Experts Slam Blood Pressure Study ~ “Myths vs Facts” Ignores Success ~ Disposable Ban Backfires ~ Secondhand vaping: the (lack of) evidence ~ What problem would a vaping ban solve? ~ Taxes on smoking, drinking, and sugar should better align with the harm they cause ~ SRNT 2026 Conference: Reaction ~ RETRACTED: Evidence on vaping e-cigarettes as a risk factor for cancer: A systematic review ~ What’s new in things to do? ~ The Reckoning: When Policy Finally Meets Reality ~ The IMF Just Challenged Global Tobacco Control Orthodoxy ~ What If Harm Reduction Is Actually an Evolutionary Process? ~ Michael J. McFadden (1951-2025) and the fight for smokers’ rights / tobacco harm reduction ~ Key EU committee: “Lower-risk products should face lower nicotine taxes.” ~ EU’s Civil Society Advisory Body Urges “Less Harm, Less Tax” Approach in Tobacco Tax Reform ~ Czech MEP disappoints with vape tax increase plan ~ Free vape scheme pushes 125,000 more smokers to try quitting ~ US youth vaping continues to fall as cigarette smoking nears historic low ~ IMF backs harm-based taxes on nicotine products – with lower rates for vapes ~ Study: half of EU vapes ‘irregular’ ~ Teen Tobacco Use Down in New Survey. Why Did FDA Hide It? ~ FDA Releases Raw NYTS Data Without Comment ~ Evidence Ignored? The UK’s Vape Success Story That The World Seems to be Turning Away From ~ Could a Ban on Disposable Vapes Lead to More Cigarette Smoking? ~ City backs off ‘Operation Vaporize’ as blowback from vape shop owners intensifies ~ FDA Authorizes Glas Vape but Flavor Hopes Fall Short
Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
Experts Slam Blood Pressure Study
A study claiming that vaping has a bad impact on blood pressure has been eviscerated by tobacco harm reduction experts. The observational study was published in The American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology and claimed to look at vaping and smoking and blood pressure.
“Myths vs Facts” Ignores Success
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s (FCTC) new social media “Myths vs Facts” series on X/Twitter ignores real-world tobacco harm reduction success, says the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates. The consumer advocacy organisation says it is time for them to embrace the evidence.
Disposable Ban Backfires
“Poorly thought regulation” has delivered “a rise in the black market” because the industry was not listened to, according to the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). In an interview with Joanna Junak on GFN News, Director General John Dunne told her that little has been done by the government to incentivise behavioural change in those who used to use disposable vapes.
