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Vapers Digest 14th February

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Wednesday’s News at a glance:

CAPHRA Sounds The Alarm On WHO And FCTC’s Disturbing Lack Of Transparency ~ Tobacco conference loot for the few while Cancer Institute begs for funds ~ Reporting the Ministry to the Ombudsman – “Lack of transparency on nicotine pouches and the EU” ~ New Zealand expert advises Australian policymakers on vaping ~ Australia’s Vape Prohibition Replicates Drug-War Disasters ~ Government Ignored Trade Voices ~ Will the Supreme Court Hear a Vaping Appeal Soon? ~ A STEP BACKWARDS? | UK disposable ban explained with Michelle Jones of Ecigclick

CAPHRA Sounds The Alarm On WHO And FCTC’s Disturbing Lack Of Transparency

Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), Scoop

In a recent and controversial move, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) have voted to exclude not only media and consumers but other interested parties whose livelihoods depend on decisions made at the Conference of the Parties (COP10) in Panama, sparking outrage among public health advocates and transparency champions.

Tobacco conference loot for the few while Cancer Institute begs for funds

Susana Lwezcano, Newsroom Panama

Panama, as a State, has been positioning itself as a brave legionnaire in the fight against tobacco for years. Not only do we have anti-smoking legislation that I dare say is one of the most restrictive in the region, but the management has been publicly recognized by institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) writes Susana Lwezcano.

As an example of this, Panama has been chosen to host the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the third session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP3). of the Protocol for the Elimination of Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, meetings that are held consecutively from February 5 to 12 with the motto “United for a healthy life.”

Reporting the Ministry to the Ombudsman – “Lack of transparency on nicotine pouches and the EU”

New Zealand expert advises Australian policymakers on vaping

Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Tobacco Treatment

DURING A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO AUSTRALIA, Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH) has been engaging with Australian policymakers to develop a best-practice vaping regulatory framework.

Smoking and vaping policies were very similar in Australia and New Zealand until 2020 when the four major political parties in New Zealand accepted vaping as an important tool to accelerate the decline in smoking rates.

Since 2020, New Zealand has had a regulated vaping market that allowed a wide range of vapes to be sold as adult consumer products.

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Australia’s Vape Prohibition Replicates Drug-War Disasters

Dr. Colin Mendelsohn, Filter Magazine

In the land down under, a burgeoning illicit market for vaping products paints a stark portrait of failed prohibition. Australia’s stringent anti-vape stance has inadvertently but predictably nourished a thriving underground economy, with ramifications echoing the lessons of 20th-century drug bans.

The intricate web of negative consequences underscores the urgent need for a paradigm shift towards regulation and harm reduction. On February 12, some colleagues and I released a briefing paper to launch a campaign to raise awareness of these self-inflicted problems

Government Ignored Trade Voices

Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes

The Scottish Grocers Federation says that views from the convenience retail sector were completely ignored by the government when it decided on what action to take on vaping. The Federation raised its concerns that convenience retailers, and anyone linked to the sale of tobacco products, had been officially excluded and cautioned that the proposals risk supporting a black market and punishing honest businesses.

Will the Supreme Court Hear a Vaping Appeal Soon?

Jim McDonald, Vaping 360

Two vape manufacturers are seeking Supreme Court review of their unsuccessful appeals of FDA marketing denial orders (MDOs). Both have filed petitions for writs of certiorari with the high court in recent weeks.

The petitioners: Magellan Technology and Lotus Vaping Technologies

Magellan Technology, Inc., filed its Supreme Court petition Jan. 22, asking the court to review its appeal denied last June 16 by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal challenged MDOs issued in September 2021 for 12 non-tobacco-flavored refill pods for the company’s Juno pod vape.

A STEP BACKWARDS? | UK disposable ban explained with Michelle Jones of Ecigclick

Global Forum on Nicotine

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

PMI Will Launch U.S. IQOS Production

To Bypass Import Ban – Jim McDonald

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) will begin U.S. production of heated tobacco product IQOS in the United States, putting the product back on convenience store shelves by next year. IQOS is sold in the U.S. under license by PMI’s American partner Altria.

We’re in danger of missing the target

For a smoke-free Britain – Andrew Lewer MP

I will outline here, as I have done in Parliament, that one easy win in the battle to keep the UK healthier, is a re-doubling of Government efforts to reduce the number of smokers. Cigarettes remain the largest cause of preventable deaths in the UK. Whilst it may have fallen down the list of government priorities, we have set ourselves an ambitious target of being a smoke-free nation by 2030.

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