Vapers Digest 4th April
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Friday’s News at a glance:
WHO Double Standard Condemned ~ Disposable Ban Survey ~ EU To Target Pouch Tax ~ CoEHAR publishes the world’s first study assessing the impact of modified-risk products on eye health ~ Safer nicotine product taxation and optimal strategies for public health ~~ FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Among Casualties of Mass HHS Layoffs ~ Dam Breaks | King Ousted & SCOTUS Balks ~ Dismantling the FDA’s Tobacco Office Marks a New Beginning ~ Supreme Court Vacates Fifth Circuit Triton Decision ~ US Supreme Court largely backs FDA’s denial of flavored vape product applications ~ The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA’s Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes ~ Consumer groups push harm reduction, real-world evidence in tobacco control ~ Teenager pepper sprayed over vape in his backpack ~ Italy Challenges EU’s Tobacco Strategy: A Call for Evidence-Based Regulations ~ Is smoking or vaping worse for you? It depends who’s asking ~ An Opportunity for Creating a Better-Regulated Market ~ Price Of Vapes Shoots Up by €1.50 throughout Spain ~ Spain has made “no progress” in fight against smoking, leading psychologist warns ~ Poland to ban disposable vapes ~ ETHRA March news roundup ~ SCOHRE WEBINAR | The evolving regulatory landscape in the EU: Opportunities and Challenges ~ Let People Choose with Elizabeth Hicks | Ep. 78 ~ Ep. 14 – Vaping 101: How To Make The Switch To Vaping with Craig Pietersen From Vapers Corner. ~ SOUL CRUSHING | Vaping Advocacy, Media Scare Tactics & Push To #Bekind
Three from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
WHO Double Standard Condemned
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has condemned the World Health Organisation (WHO) for dismissing scrutiny of its funding as “misinformation” while enabling billionaire philanthropies to disproportionately influence global tobacco policy.
Disposable Ban Survey
Vape company Haypp is reminding the public about the unintended consequences that may arise from the upcoming ban on disposable/single-use vapes. With close to half of UK vapers using disposables, the upcoming ban is expected to impact a large number of users, the retailer says.
EU To Target Pouch Tax
Haypp Group’s Mark O’Mahoney has contacted Planet of the Vapes about a leaked European Union document proposing a major tax increase on nicotine pouches across the EU states. He tells us it shows how some states are pushing their agenda on pouches and perhaps indicates a broader direction of travel.
CoEHAR publishes the world’s first study assessing the impact of modified-risk products on eye health
Center of Excellence for the acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)
Toxic compounds released by cigarette smoke are linked to inflammation and oxidative stress in the eye, both of which are risk factors for more severe ocular diseases. But what happens to smokers who switch to modified-risk products? An international team of researchers, led by CoEHAR in Catania, has conducted the world’s first study analyzing the effects of modified-risk tobacco products on the human cornea using a clinically relevant research model. The results highlighted significant differences in inflammatory response and oxidative stress levels.
Safer nicotine product taxation and optimal strategies for public health
FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Among Casualties of Mass HHS Layoffs
Kim “Skip” Murray, Filter
On April 1, Dr. Brian King, the controversial director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), whose responsibilities included overseeing the authorization or rejection of vaping products for sale in the United States, emailed his staff.“It is with a heavy heart and profound disappointment that I share I have been placed on administrative leave,” he wrote. According to the Associated Press, King was offered reassignment to the Indian Health Service.
Dam Breaks | King Ousted & SCOTUS Balks
Brent Stafford, RegWatch
Supreme Court Vacates Fifth Circuit Triton Decision
Jim McDonald, Vaping 360
Yesterday, the Supreme Court vacated the Fifth Circuit Court ruling in favor of Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, sending the case back to the Fifth Circuit. The court’s 9-0 ruling is a win for the FDA, which appealed the Fifth Circuit decision to the high court, but it could be a temporary victory, because the court ruled narrowly and left many big questions unanswered.
John Kruzel, Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday largely backed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to let two e-cigarette companies sell flavored vape products that regulators consider a health risk to youths. The justices threw out a lower court’s decision that the FDA had failed to follow proper legal procedures under a federal law called the Administrative Procedure Act when it rejected the applications by the companies, Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, to sell these nicotine-containing products.
The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA’s Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes
Jacob Sullum, Reason
In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected an appeals court’s conclusion that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated the Administrative Procedure Act by “arbitrarily and capriciously” refusing to allow continued sales of flavored nicotine solutions produced by Vapetasia and Triton Distribution. The decision effectively approves the FDA’s de facto ban on nicotine vaping products in flavors other than tobacco and menthol, meaning that unfair and irrational policy will continue unless it is reversed by the Trump administration.
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