Vapers Digest 1st November
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
REPLICA STUDY: SLIGHT OR NO CYTOTOXIC, MUTAGENIC AND GENOTOXIC EFFECTS INDUCED BY THE E-CIGARETTE AEROSOL ~ DiaSmoke Free Working Group Challenges American Diabetes Association Guidelines on E-Cigarette Use ~ UK smoking and vaping policy consultation – my draft response ~ Make Your Voice Heard: Join the Fight for a Better Regulation in Australia! ~ The Canadian Vaping Association – Quebec’s vaping flavour ban comes into force today, lacking support for smokers and a clear enforcement strategy ~ “Utter Rubbish”—Powerhouse Vape Activist Demands Voice ~ Real Costs of the FDA Fiscal Year 2022 Tobacco Activity Report ~ Kim “Skip” Murray Chats To Ecigclick!! ~ Kim “Skip” Murray Chats To Ecigclick!! ~ Open Letter to the UN ~ Parliament ~ Access is Better than Tax Hikes ~ #COP10 COP-OUT | Harry Shapiro discusses COP10 and the latest GSTHR briefing paper ~ Another anonymously-written WHO paper is misleading Parties to #COP10 ~ ETHRA October News roundup
Two with Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction, CoEHAR
REPLICA STUDY: SLIGHT OR NO CYTOTOXIC, MUTAGENIC
AND GENOTOXIC EFFECTS INDUCED BY THE E-CIGARETTE AEROSOL
The DiaSmokeFree Working Group send a letter to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) expressing concern and seeking correction of a couple of statements in the ADA guidelines regarding the use of e-cigarettes among individuals with diabetes. The letter has been published today in Diabetes Care.
UK smoking and vaping policy consultation – my draft response
Clive Bates, The Counterfactual
Alberto Hernandez, World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA)
The New South Wales Parliament in Australia is reviewing its regulation of e-cigarettes and has opened an inquiry to better understand its impact on users. Australia’s e-cigarette regulation allows the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes only to adults with a medical prescription. Since the number of doctors who can prescribe nicotine products is very low, this is a huge barrier for smokers who want to quit smoking with the help of vaping, which has led to the creation of a huge black market. In fact, it is estimated that only 8% of Australian vapers have a prescription, while the remaining 92% would have acquired their products illegally.
We need you to join the fight and make your voice heard! Explain to Australian politicians how vaping changed your life for the better and why it is important for you to have easy access to the products.
Quebec’s vaping flavour ban comes into force today,
lacking support for smokers and a clear enforcement strategy
Financial Post
In a recent Global News interview, Liz Scanlon from Heart and Stroke commended the Government of Quebec for its newly enacted regulation prohibiting the sale of flavoured nicotine vapour products, which comes into force today. However, the Canadian Vaping Association (CVA) has expressed concerns to the Quebec government, arguing that this regulation will not achieve its intended goal of curbing youth experimentation. According to the CVA, the consequences will include the closure of specialty vape shops within the province, the loss of over 1000 jobs, and a shift in consumer demand towards foreign suppliers and the illicit market.
“Utter Rubbish”—Powerhouse Vape Activist Demands Voice
Filter, Helen Redmond
Judy Gibson is a pistol—one of the fiercest, most unapologetic tobacco harm reduction advocates you’ll ever meet. I interviewed her in Warsaw during the Global Forum on Nicotine. Our discussion, which you can watch above, ranged from how she quit smoking to the work of the International Network of Nicotine Consumers (INNCO, where she serves on the General Secretariat) and the need for more activism to secure the rights of people who vape.
Real Costs of the FDA Fiscal Year 2022 Tobacco Activity Report
Dr. Brad Rodu, Tobacco Truth
President Biden, in March 2022, signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), which has important ramifications for Tobacco World. It requires, among other things, “yearly reporting by FDA on specific information and data related to tobacco regulation activities.” The Fiscal Year 2022 report from the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) (here) contains some fascinating information.The first line of the report, “Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States,” is patently FALSE, as the FDA acknowledges in the next two sentences, where it admits that “an estimated 480,000 Americans die prematurely from smoking, or from exposure to second-hand smoke.”
Kim “Skip” Murray Chats To Ecigclick!!
Michelle, EcigClick
This week’s THR Superstar is Kim “Skip” Murray!
I started this series of interviews to shine a spotlight on those who fight to protect the rights of those of us who benefit from safer nicotine products.
Skip works so hard, not only is she a Fellow of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) Consumer Center and contributes to the Safer Nicotine Wiki – she is also very active on social media and writing articles on the subject of Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR).
"Professor Emeritus Erik Nord has complained about snus research to a committee composed of a number of research institutions in Norway, which is tasked with uncovering fraudulent research."https://t.co/Pu0Q6ISyCj
— European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (@europethra) October 30, 2023
Big Vape: What They Didn't Show https://t.co/xHM0iihLk8
— CASAA (@CASAAmedia) October 30, 2023
Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
Open Letter to the UN
Pressure is building on the United Nations as 52 consumer groups from around the world have written an open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk. They are calling on the UN to protect the universal Right to Health and endorse harm reduction to reduce smoking.
Parliament
Tory MPs Craig Whittaker and Mark Jenkinson comment to the media that the UK needs to stand up to the WHO over our track record with vapes. Meanwhile, the Commons continues to discuss teen use, how widespread the illegal products are, and when the Government is going to get around to publishing its response to the youth vaping consultation.
Access is Better than Tax Hikes
A study looking at the situation in New Zealand reveals opening up access to alternative nicotine products is more effective than tax hikes on vape products when it comes to smoking cessation. The report conclusively found that vapes accelerated the rate of smoking cessation in the country.
#COP10 COP-OUT | Harry Shapiro discusses COP10 and the latest GSTHR briefing paper
Global Forum on Nicotine
Another anonymously-written WHO paper is misleading Parties to #COP10
The one where it is suggested nicotine pouches should be banned because they are popular
Two weeks ago, Copwatch drew attention to an anonymously-written paper designed to gaslight Parties at COP10 about disposable vapes.
There is a similar attempt at gaslighting going on with a second document in the same series, this time on nicotine pouches. It begins by setting out its stall. “As we will illustrate below, pouches are offered in an extraordinary array of flavours”, before misdirecting Parties as to the threat.
ETHRA October News roundup
European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA)
ETHRA’s monthly roundup of news: UK Consultation Call to Action – EU Smoke & Mirrors – Consumers Plea to UN for Health-Centered Strategies at COP10 – Ireland to ban flavours? – ETHRA Memo to Tobacco Control – Copwatch: Keeping Consumers in the Loop on COP10 Developments – EU Commission Critique Sparks Joint Declaration – Country updates. Read on for more
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