Vapers Digest 4th December
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
CRUK Celebrates New Bill ~ NNA: Government’s All-Out Offensive On Vaping ~ Tobacco harm reduction will save 600,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya by 2060: Report ~ Slim Chances ~ WVA Condemns EU Health Ministers’ Backroom Deal on Smoke-Free Environment ~ A hollow victory: EU Commission recommendation to ban vaping everywhere agreed by Member States, but with huge caveats A Model For Tobacco Control Disinformation ~ America First Agenda Includes Protecting Vaping Freedom ~ U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on blocked flavoured vapes ~ Supreme Court Justices Grill FDA, Vape Companies in Triton Case ~ Food and Drug Administration Defends Refusal To Approve Flavored E-Cigarettes Before the Supreme Court ~ Supreme Court Hears Triton and FDA Arguments; Offers Few Hints ~ All eyes turn to the courts. ~ Stubbed out – world’s oldest tobacco trade magazine to close ~ PRESSURE TEST | U.S. Vape Industry Argues Case at Supreme Court ~ REMEMBERING A HARM REDUCTION STAR | Featuring Jeffrey Zamora and Anne Molloy
Two from Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes
CRUK Celebrates New Bill
Cancer Research UK called the vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill “another significant step forward for our Smokefree UK campaign”, as MPs overwhelmingly supported the piece of legislation at its Second Reading. The charity added that this legislation could help prevent future generations from taking up smoking – the biggest cause of cancer in the UK.
NNA: Government’s All-Out Offensive On Vaping
The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) has criticized what it calls the government’s “all-out offensive” against vaping, highlighting the potential harm to public health initiatives that support smokers transitioning to safer alternatives. This reaction follows newly proposed restrictions on vape marketing and distribution.
Tobacco harm reduction will save 600,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya by 2060: Report
Madhumita Paul, Down To Earth
Adopting a forward-thinking strategy towards tobacco harm reduction (THR) products in Nigeria and Kenya could save 600,000 lives by the year 2060, research by global public health experts have shown.
The report released November 19, 2024 noted that by integrating THR into traditional tobacco control measures, countries can drastically cut tobacco-related deaths.
Slim Chances
Cheryl K. Olson, Tobacco Reporter
Before Ozempic and Wegovy, before fen/phen and Xenical, there was nicotine. Cigarettes have long been viewed as appetite suppressants.
In the early 20th century, advertisements manipulatively cautioned women to “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet” to “maintain that modern figure of fashion.” Modern-day military personnel, with employment prospects tied to fitness standards, often turn to tobacco for help.
All eyes turn to the courts.
Skip Murray, Skip’s Corner
There is no commentary this time; we’re jumping right into litigation.
- SCOTUS oral arguments: Supreme Court Justices Grill FDA, Vape Companies in Triton Case. “Presumably, you put [nicotine] in to addict adults and children,” said Justice Sotomayor… “One hopes for the justices to find the system is broken, but that doesn’t seem likely,” observed a leading advocate.” (Quoting the tweet from Filter.)
- FDA battles vaping industry at the Supreme Court. “There’s a concern that the FDA has kind of been operating in an ad hoc, unfair manner in the way it’s been evaluating all these applications for what are literally millions of vaping products,” says law professor Jonathan Adler, who has written extensively about this subject.” (NPR)
A look back at how things have moved on or otherwise…
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it
Christopher Snowdon
No one really knows why Rishi Sunak decided to make tobacco prohibition a cornerstone of his prime ministerial agenda. It polls quite well, although the Conservative Party’s overall poll ratings have got worse since he announced it and the New Zealand government has since decided to repeal a similar policy. Sunak himself is now the least popular member of his own government in the eyes of Conservative members.
Hypocrisy of FDA Commissioner Califf’s
Stance on Vaping – Martin Cullip
Earlier this year, Dr. Robert Califf, commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), emerged as a vocal advocate against misinformation in the public health domain.
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