Vapers Digest 28th October

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Paid To Vape ~ Illegal Market Exaggerated ~ Declaration call for Safer Nicotine ~ WHO Admits Europe Is Failing — Yet Still Ignores Harm Reduction ~ WHO THE F*&K IS LUNG HEALTH FOUNDATION? ~ Four times Sweden’s tax: inside the EU’s new plan for nicotine pouches ~ Tobacco Tax Compromise: Sweden Likely To Stand Firm on Risk-Based Taxation ~ Same Molecule, Different Rules: Why NRT Escapes the Scrutiny Pouches Face ~ Ireland’s vape flavour ban advances despite warnings it could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes ~ Study Projects Small Lifetime Mortality Impact From Youth Vaping ~ E-cigarettes help smokers quit even without specialist support, randomized trial finds ~ Smokeless products: Science doesn’t wait for policy. ~ WVA WARNS WHO EUROPE AGAINST IGNORING THE SCIENCE IN NEW HEALTH STRATEGY ~ The WHO’s War on Nicotine: Lessons from Australia’s Black Market | Mini Episode ft. Tim Andrews ~ The Nuance of Nicotine and Public Health with Dr. Siegel – Episode 003 ~ Does Nicotine Regulation Change Public Perception?

Three From Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes

Paid To Vape

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) say that vaping products are becoming smarter and potentially more addictive, as “some new devices now reward users with cryptocurrency and other incentives tied to vaping behaviour.” This, they believe, is a “dangerous combination”.

Illegal Market Exaggerated

Action on Smoking and Health contends that the illegal cigarette market is not as large as the tobacco industry claims it to be – similar to its feelings about the illicit vape market. In its latest report, it claims that tobacco companies exaggerate the size of Britain’s illegal cigarette market threefold and that illegal cigarette consumption has fallen by almost 90%.

Declaration call for Safer Nicotine

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has launched the Asia-Pacific Declaration, a formal call on health ministers and public health officials across the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions to legalise safer nicotine alternatives for adults who smoke.

WHO Admits Europe Is Failing — Yet Still Ignores Harm Reduction

The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted what we have been arguing all along – that Europe is failing to meet its public health targets. Yet rather than learn from countries successfully reducing smoking, it appears determined to double down on the same failed policies.

Ahead of its October 27–29 European Regional Committee meeting in Copenhagen, the WHO has published a briefing document acknowledging that Europe is not on track to meet its 2030 targets for reducing noncommunicable diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.

WHO THE F*&K IS LUNG HEALTH FOUNDATION?

The Nicotine Project

I think a lot of people are asking the same question: Who is the Lung Health Foundation, and what’s with the American PR machine behind them? If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering how all these NEWISH groups keep popping up, like out of nowhere. I’ve written about them before (here and here), So, I pulled on my wellies, grabbed a shovel and decided to dig through the BS to see what’s underneath. And guess who keeps showing up? The Lung Health Foundation. Let’s call them Daddy. They’re at the centre of two coalitions pushing to reshape nicotine policy in Canada. I want to know when did nicotine and those that use it have become the enemy in all this.

Four times Sweden’s tax: inside the EU’s new plan for nicotine pouches

Juan Taborcia, Considerate Pouchers

A new EU compromise on tobacco and nicotine taxes has landed, and nicotine pouches are right in the middle of it.

The text was prepared by the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU for a meeting of national tax officials on 26 October. POLITICO obtained it. We’ve read it. Here’s what it says, and why it matters for every adult in Europe who uses pouches.

Ireland’s vape flavour ban advances despite warnings it could send ex-smokers back to cigarettes

Tim Hong, Clearing The Air

The legislation passed on 21 October, restricting permitted vape flavour names to tobacco and unflavoured.

A bid to save menthol was defeated by 28 votes to seven. Eoin O’Boyle, who runs OB Vape in Drogheda, says customers who finally stopped smoking could lose the flavours that helped them make the switch.

“Take that away and a lot of them will go back to cigarettes,” he said. “That’s not a health policy.”

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