Vapers Digest 21st July
Monday’s News at a glance:
Tackling Misconceptions with Videos ~ ASH Wants Pouches Restricted ~ Shadow Report Urges WHO FCTC to Embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction as a Core Strategy ~ Shadow Report on the (NON)-Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 1 (d) on Harm Reduction Strategies ~ Why Should Working Brits Pay for the WHO’s Failures? ~ New ASH data showing a rise in youth smoking is ‘deeply troubling’ says UK Vaping Industry Association ~ Exclusive: Smoking data taken down after link to vape ban ~ More Reasons Why the Clinical Trial of Low Nicotine Cigarettes for Pregnant Smokers Was Unethical ~ Nicotine pouch taxes undermine efforts to help smokers quit ~ Flavoured vapes help smokers cut down and lower cancer risk, U.S analysis finds ~ Vapes could save millions of life years in Ukraine, new study finds ~ NACS Asks Trump Administration to Address Illicit Chinese Vapes ~ Philip Morris and Altria Shares Decline After FDA Clears Juul E-Cigarettes for Market ~ Mark Tyndall’s book launch with Harry Shapiro | #GFN25
Two From Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
Tackling Misconceptions with Videos
A new study led by researchers from Brighton and Sussex Medical School, King’s College London, the University of East Anglia, and University College London has found that brief, academic-led videos designed for social media can significantly improve young adults’ understanding of the relative harms of vaping compared to smoking. The work is refreshing given Action on Smoking and Health worrying about young people learning the truth about nicotine pouches and vapes.
ASH Wants Pouches Restricted
Anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health says it has new data that shows awareness of nicotine pouches among British under-18s has grown between 2024 and 2025. ASH, which complained about misinformation scaring adult smokers away from vapes this week, focusses on teens who have ‘ever tried’ pouches as a justification for its stance.
New ASH data showing a rise in youth smoking is ‘deeply troubling’ says UK Vaping Industry Association
Tobacco Reporter
The UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) is alarmed at new data from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) which reveals a worrying increase in the numbers of young people smoking.
The new data reveals that one-in-five 11-17-year-olds have tried vaping, unchanged since 2023, while ever smoking among young people has increased from 14% in 2023 to 21% in 2025
Rick Morton, The Saturday Paper
The disappearance of a critical update showing smoking and vaping rates among young Australians increased due to the federal government’s vaping ban has exposed a political power play in public health research.
On July 1, Roy Morgan Research released its latest Single Source survey findings on nicotine habits under the headline, “Smoking increases among young Australians since ‘vaping sales ban’ in 2024”.
More Reasons Why the Clinical Trial of Low Nicotine Cigarettes for Pregnant Smokers Was Unethical
Dr. Michael Siegel, The Rest Of The Story
Last week, I explained that a recent clinical trial of very low nicotine cigarettes for pregnant smokers was unethical because neither the intervention nor control groups were offered usual care: being instructed by a physician to quit smoking and being offered behavioral interventions, as specified by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. However, in addition to this ethical breach, there are several other aspects of the research which contribute to its impropriety.
Nicotine pouch taxes undermine efforts to help smokers quit
Guy Bentley, Reason Foundation
Quitting smoking in Rhode Island just got more expensive. Included in the state’s budget, passed in June, was an 80 percent tax increase on nicotine pouches. The tax represents a fundamental misunderstanding of sound public health policy and effective taxation. It threatens to undermine harm reduction efforts while creating perverse incentives that could worsen public health outcomes in the Ocean State.
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