Vapers Digest 17th July
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Australia’s strict new vape laws “certain to fail”, expert warns ~ Vape crackdown doomed to fail – criminologist ~ The WHO and GGTC Want Your Credibility ~ EXCLUSIVE: MEPs who will vote on EU vaping law revealed ~ More or less Addicted or Dependent? ~ Secondhand Vape Risk “Is Negligible” ~ ZYN Shortage: Production Capacity Can’t Meet Demand ~ Zyn maker Philip Morris announces $600 million facility to produce the popular pouches in Colorado ~ Millions switch from cigarettes as consumers ignore anti-vaping slogans ~ Legislation and regulation – health and economic consequences – Panel Discussion #2 ~ Dr James Martin – Victorian Parliamentry Hearing 2024 ~ Rohan Pike, evidence to Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into vaping
EXCLUSIVE: MEPs who will vote on EU vaping law revealed
Alastair Cohen, Clearing The Air
Clearing the Air can today reveal which MEPs will sit on the European Parliament’s public health committee, known as SANT.The Committee produced two reports in the last Parliament extolling the virtues of harm reduction, and will be in the lead when Parliament considers new proposals from the EU Commission on safer nicotine products.
More or less Addicted or Dependent?
Alan Beard, Why Oh Why
This tweet from Dr Jonathan Foulds , has prompted this blog
This is the study in question https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905831/ Using Dr Foulds Penn State dependence score gives No or low dependence accounted for in excess of 60% of respondents, this would tally with my own personal experience of Vaping/use of e-cigs.
Secondhand Vape Risk “Is Negligible”
Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
Researchers at the Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, and the SPECTRUM Consortium have investigated the secondhand nicotine absorption risk from e-cigarette vapour in children and compared it to the risk posed by tobacco smoke. Professor Peter Hajek says the resulting risk posed by vaping “is negligible” according to the research findings.
Retail stores are experiencing shortages of ZYN nicotine pouches, disrupting the fastest-growing nicotine product market segment. But despite rumors about the source of the supply issues, ZYN manufacturer Swedish Match North America says it’s simply a matter of demand for the popular nicotine pouches growing too rapidly.
“We’ve heard the chatter and want you to know there have been no manufacturing disruptions to US ZYN operations,” the company said July 1 on the ZYN Facebook page.
Zyn maker Philip Morris announces $600 million facility to produce the popular pouches in Colorado
Rob Wile, NBC News
Zyn users, rejoice: Production is about to ramp up in the U.S. Philip Morris International, or PMI, Zyn’s parent company, announced Tuesday it would invest $600 million to build a production facility in Aurora, Colorado, dedicated to manufacturing the popular nicotine pouches. Zyn has been subject to nationwide shortages as a result of its runaway success.
On this Day…2023
A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…
Smokers who get flavour advice…
More likely to quit, Sarah Marsh
Smokers who get help picking the flavour of e-cigarette they will use and receive supportive text messages are much more likely to quit, research has found.
I have finally kicked a decades-long…
Smoking habit – banning vapes would be a disaster – Kevin Lynch
God protect us from do-gooders. You will have discerned that I’m upset, maybe even angry. You would be correct.
I’m currently on my third week without a smoke – a longstanding addiction going back several decades.
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