Vapers Digest 18th March
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Parliamentary Matters ~ Farsalinos Reviews Pouch Evidence ~ VPZ Calls For Strong Enforcement ~ UKVIA Responds to Glasgow Fire ~ The Youth-Smoking Collapse Nobody Wants to Talk About ~ The public-health crisis that Democrats won’t see ~ The Gateway That Never Appeared ~ Teen Vaping in NSW: What the Data Really Shows ~ The Question Warsaw Still Asks ~ Europe’s Vaping Black Market Is Booming. Politicians Need to Wake Up. ~ Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation ~ Experts slam EU commissioner’s ‘hazardous’ claims about alternatives to cigarettes ~ Retracted vaping study shows the real danger of misinformation in nicotine debate ~ YouTuber powers electric car using 500 discarded vape batteries ~ How FDA Can Better Align Its Draft Guidance on Flavored ENDS with the Tobacco Control Act’s APPH Mandate ~ Exclusive: Glas says FDA-authorized G2 vape includes age-gating technology ~ If Kenya bans flavours, cigarettes will win ~ New York Sheriff Pushes Back on Gov Hochul’s 75% ‘Bro Tax’ on Nicotine Pouches ~ Unraveling the FDA’s shortsighted ban on flavored vapes ~ Planned Denial | FDA’s Shifting Standards For Vape Authorization ~ How to Avoid Pitfalls in Observational E-Cigarette Health Research | #GFN25 Science Discussion
Four from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
Parliamentary Matters
In her last outing as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, as part of debate on National Wellbeing Indicators, Ashley Dalton MP was told off by the speaker for not answering a question. Yes, that’s right, the Department of Health and Revolving Doors has ushered in yet another Under-Secretary for Health. Dalton also fielded some questions from Ruth Jones MP, Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee.
Farsalinos Reviews Pouch Evidence
Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos has produced a major review which finds that nicotine pouches could be safest alternative to tobacco use yet for smokers. The new scientific review reveals that oral nicotine pouches show all the signs of being most effective method of helping smokers to give up deadly cigarettes.
VPZ Calls For Strong Enforcement
VPZ, the UK’s largest specialist vape retailer, has acknowledged the passage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill through the House of Lords, marking a significant milestone in the United Kingdom’s public health and regulatory framework for nicotine products. The retailer told Planet of the Vapes that it has long supported responsible retail standards, strong compliance systems and effective enforcement remain essential to maintaining consumer safety and public confidence in regulated vaping products.
UKVIA Responds to Glasgow Fire
The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) has responded to the vape shop fire in Glasgow and said its thoughts are with everyone affected. The trade body has also sent a letter to the National Fire Chiefs Council, offering to work closely with them to identify any lessons to be learnt that arise from the incident.
Researchers fuming over EU health commissioner’s nicotine misinformation
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A group of leading European academics and medical researchers has publicly challenged what they describe as “false and misleading” statements by EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi about the risks of smoke-free nicotine products.
In an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, 23 experts from more than a dozen countries warn that the Commissioner’s claims could undermine public health policy and mislead millions of smokers across Europe.
Experts slam EU commissioner’s “hazardous’ claims about alternatives to cigarettes
Michaela Koubová, EU Perspectives
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