Vapers Digest 3rd May
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
The Pharmacology of Nicotine ~ Seeking Substitutes ~ One of the worst ever tobacco control papers is ‘corrected’ ~ Adult Smoking Rate Drops Again as Vaping Climbs ~ Fact check. The Health Minister’s claims on vaping are wrong ~ The Butler ‘plan to ban’. Where are we now? ~ Australia versus e-cigarettes: ban them again! ~ Crackdown on vaping. Sky News Laura Jayes, 3 May 2023 ~ EU TPD Consultation ~ Oz Ban Doubles Down On Stupid ~ Congress must hold CDC accountable for its vaping missteps ~ The proposed Quebec Flavour Ban, An open letter to the Quebec Minister of Health ~ Will It Work? | UK’s Free Vape Scheme, It’s Impact at Home and Abroad ~ Hawaii: Legislature Passes 70% Vape Tax ~ ETHRA April News roundup
The Pharmacology of Nicotine
Grant Churchill, Tobacco Reporter
In this article, I will describe the pharmacology of nicotine. I will guide you along nicotine’s journey, starting with how it gets into a person, explain what it does once inside by interacting with specific receptors and finally, how it is inactivated and leaves.
Due to its chemical properties, nicotine can exist in two forms, depending on acidity, which controls its ability to be absorbed and, in turn, the effectiveness of delivery by different routes of administration.
Seeking Substitutes
Stefanie Rossel, Tobacco Reporter
When it comes to tobacco, India holds several records: It is the world’s second-largest consumer, third-largest producer and fifth-largest exporter. Its consumption pattern is also remarkable. According to the 2016–2017 Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 266.8 million adult Indians—28.6 percent of the country’s population—use tobacco in some form.
One of the worst ever tobacco control papers is ‘corrected’
Clive Bates, The Counterfactual
Papers by tobacco control academics are often truly awful – thinly disguised self-serving polemics masquerading as objective inquiry. But sometimes, the scientific paper and research conduct are so terrible that they become usefully revealing. This blog looks at a case in point.
Adult Smoking Rate Drops Again as Vaping Climbs
Jim McDonald, Vaping 360
The smoking rate in 2022 among adult Americans dropped to its lowest rate since health officials began measuring it, according to survey results released yesterday. The decline came alongside an increase in the percentage of U.S. adults who vape.
Preliminary full-year 2022 results from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) showed just 11.2 percent of adults smoked every day or some days.
Two from Colin Mendelsohn
Fact check. The Health Minister’s claims on vaping are wrong
HEALTH MINISTER MARK BUTLER said in a recent interview that the claim that most vapes sold to kids do not contain nicotine is “utter hore-shi**t”. However it turns out that many of his own claims are horse-s**t and should be corrected urgently.Mr Butler’s claims here and here are being used to justify further harsh restrictions on vaping in Australia.
The Butler ‘plan to ban’. Where are we now?
MANY VAPERS AND RETAILERS have contacted me, confused and distressed by Mark Butler’s “plan to ban” vaping. While many of the details are still not yet clear, I have prepared a summary of the common questions and the likely outcomes.
Australia versus e-cigarettes: ban them again!
Christopher Snowdon, Velvet Glove Iron Fist
It’s difficult to keep up with all of Australia’s bans on e-cigarettes. Readers might correct me in the comments, but if my memory is correct, vapes containing nicotine have always been banned from sale.
Smokers still stubbornly sought them out to help them quit smoking, so naturally the government banned the importation of vapes that contain nicotine.
Related:
Banning vapes would be ‘abdicating instead of regulating’
Australia to ban recreational vaping in major public health move
.@Mark_Butler_MP’s ‘plan to ban’ is misguided. The black market will continue to thrive, kids will continue to #vape and the adult smokers who need #vapes to quit will struggle to access them legally
My interview on @7NewsMelbourne #vapingsaveslives@Anne_Ruston @greencate https://t.co/FpPjMFmvxj
— Dr Colin Mendelsohn (@ColinMendelsohn) May 2, 2023
Two from Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
EU TPD Consultation
Authors of a landmark report on reducing the tobacco-related death toll urge the European Commission to adopt Sweden’s successful strategies in their upcoming revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
Oz Ban Doubles Down On Stupid
Australia mounted a “crackdown” on vaping, only for it to fail and boost the black market. So, to address its failure, it plans to do it all over again – but tougher! The backwards attitude to harm reduction has contributed to stalled progress on combatting tobacco related harm, while forward thinking nations experience success by encouraging switching. Australia looks set to compound its previous mistakes.
Congress must hold CDC accountable for its vaping missteps
Guy Bentley, Reason
Before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came under criticism for its confusing and often contradictory messaging on COVID-19, the agency was responsible for a different public health communications failure, this one about vaping.
The proposed Quebec Flavour Ban, An open letter to the Quebec Minister of Health
John Oyston, Dr. John’s Blog
Dear Minister Dube
Alcohol is harmful to young people. Alcohol consumption may lead to aggressive behaviour, automobile accidents, alcohol overdose and death. Chronic use may lead to addiction, liver failure and death. Consumption during pregnancy is harmful to the foetus. Alcohol is carcinogenic.
Alcohol comes in many flavours. In addition to the traditional beer and wine flavours, there are a wide variety of fruit-flavoured cocktails and fruit-based alcoholic sodas that are attractive to young people. Almost all young people who drink alcohol consume flavoured drinks.
Will It Work? | UK’s Free Vape Scheme,
It’s Impact at Home and Abroad
Brent Stafford, Regwatch
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