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Vapers Digest 31st March

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Monday’s News at a glance:

IBVTA welcomes £10m funding ~ Evidence That Vaping Could Save Thousands ~ WHO urged to change cigar control tack ~ 12 EU Member States demand a vaping and pouch “crackdown”. They’re in the minority. ~ Leaked EU document reveals tax shock on white snus amid economic, political and criminal concerns ~ PMI Stock Opens Strongly In 2025 Despite Overall Market Sluggishness ~ Dr. Tedros, I Can’t Let You Do That: The WHO’s Strange AI Chat Bot ~ IS ARGENTINA READY FOR CHANGE?

Two From Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes

IBVTA welcomes £10m funding

As covered by Planet of the Vapes this week, the Government has announced a new £10 million boost for Trading Standards which is claimed will bolster operations in local communities for the next year, including funding an expected 80 more apprentice enforcement officers. The Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA) says it “welcomes” the move.

Evidence That Vaping Could Save Thousands

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has endorsed compelling evidence presented by Asa Saligupta, Director of ENDs Cigarette Smoke Thailand, highlighting the life-saving potential of vaping as an alternative to deadly combustible cigarettes.

WHO urged to change cigar control tack

Daily Tribune

The World Health Organization (WHO) was asked to accept harm reduction as an effective method in tobacco control, saying this will help prevent millions of deaths annually.

French oncologist Dr. David Khayat said the WHO should shift toward pragmatic solutions, adding that current strategies proved ineffective, with more than a billion people continuing to smoke.

12 EU Member States demand a vaping and pouch “crackdown”. They’re in the minority.

Peter Beckett, Clearing The Air

“Out-of-control immigration policies and Islamist violence are frightening people and destabilizing Europe’s democracies”, lamented German media magnate Matthias Dophner in a piece for the Bildt newspaper, which he owns, in November last year.

“Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China are waging or funding war on our doorstep and are trying to further alienate the US and the EU in order to weaken freedom. Economies of the “old world” are stagnating or collapsing”, he went on.

Leaked EU document reveals tax shock on white snus amid economic, political and criminal concerns

Colin Stevens, EuroReporter

A leaked European Commission document has exposed a controversial plan to impose a sharp EU-wide tax increase on white snus, potentially igniting serious economic, political, and criminal consequences.

Published by Snusjournalen, the leaked directive is being pushed by the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD), and could have far-reaching implications across the bloc.

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It’s Conference Season!

Skip Murray, Skip’s Corner – Let’s Talk!

It’s been a year since I shared my story about dealing with stage fright. Back when I played in a band, I learned that the less eyes were on me, the easier it was to avoid getting sick while performing. I never sang in a band (I tell people I sing like a dead frog in heat – yes, my voice is that bad!). I had the habit of standing towards the back of the stage, by the drummer. It made me less the focus of attention than my bandmates standing in the front.

Dr. Tedros, I Can’t Let You Do That: The WHO’s Strange AI Chat Bot

Joseph Hart, The Daily Pouch

A recent tweet by the inimitable Charles Gardner alerted me to the World Health Organization’s AI bot, SARAH. I was pretty surprised to learn about it, chiefly because I didn’t know the WHO was so devoid of cold, calculating, and charisma-free representatives that it felt the urgent need to create even more.

But if 2001: A Space Odyssey taught me anything about AI, it’s that you can’t always trust technology to act in the ways you want. So, I’m going to try to corrupt SARAH, take her off the reservation, and get her to betray her parents —something I haven’t tried in person since I was a young, less balding man.

IS ARGENTINA READY FOR CHANGE?

Global Forum on Nicotine

Could Chile’s new progressive approach to safer products win over Argentina? Despite its prohibitionist stance over the past decade, Argentinian advocates are hopeful that there is room for change. To explore the divergent policies of these South American neighbours is Federico Fernández, CEO of We Are Innovation.

A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…

Hands off our Elf Bars!

Christopher Snowdon

According to several headlines today, the UK government is on the verge of banning disposable e-cigarettes. It may even be thinking of banning some e-cigarette flavours. This is all just speculation for now. The only word from the government is that it will be launching a public consultation to ask what, if anything, it should do about an apparent rise in youth vaping.

What are nicotine pouches?

GSTHR – Briefing papers

Nicotine pouches are thumbnail-sized sachets containing vegetable fibres infused with nicotine and a range of flavours. Placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, nicotine is absorbed through the oral mucous membrane. This Briefing Paper provides an introduction to the nicotine pouch category and assesses the potential for these products to contribute to tobacco harm reduction.

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