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Vapers Digest 8th April

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Wednesday’s News at a glance:

The Evidence Doesn’t Say That: On the New E-Cigarette Carcinogenicity Review ~ Does Vaping Cause Cancer?  ~ Viewpoint Diversity Collides with Harm and Outrage ~ Application to Be a Compliant Nicotine User ~ Swedish MEP Praised ~ Media Amplifies Dubious Vaping Cancer Claims, CAPHRA Urges Scientific Integrity ~ EU tax plan could target vapes to fund cancer strategy ~ Vaping rises as smoking declines to record low, new CDC data shows ~  EU attacks vaping as ‘gateway to nicotine addictions’ ~ EU Tobacco Review Risks Driving Smoking and Illicit Trade, Warns Global Coalition ~ Brussel’s tobacco control evaluation is biased and ignores the evidence ~ Sensational new data shows Sweden ‘already smoke-free’ ~ Youth Tobacco Numbers Show a Public Health Win. So Why Is the FDA Silent? ~ Are Age-Gated Devices Really the Solution to the Youth Vaping “Epidemic”? ~ WHO and the FCTC and Why Should Canadians Care? ~ Vape makers turn to ‘Made in America’ credentials amid Trump’s tariffs, crackdown ~ FDA Allows Fontem to Continue Selling Pouches Amid Court Battle ~ Smart Glass Exposes Smokers in Shenzhen Malls Restrooms

The Evidence Doesn’t Say That: On the New E-Cigarette Carcinogenicity Review

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Adebisi

A new review in Carcinogenesis concludes that nicotine e-cigarettes are “likely carcinogenic to humans.” That is a serious judgment. Read closely, the confidence sits uneasily with the weakness of the evidence on which it rests.

The review, led by Stewart and colleagues, draws on case reports, biomarker studies, rodent bioassays, and mechanistic evidence to conclude that nicotine-based e-cigarettes cause an “indeterminate burden” of oral and lung cancer. What it openly concedes, however, is that no epidemiological study has yet compared tumour incidence in e-cigarette users with nonusers. The paper builds its case from indirect evidence—and that matters for how far the conclusion can responsibly reach.

Does Vaping Cause Cancer?

Gideon M-K: Health Nerd

There are a few topics that health writers on the internet tend to stay away from, because of the nature of the debate. There’s nothing quite like writing what you see as a fairly innocuous piece about breastfeeding or ketogenic diets and getting bizarre hate mail the next day accusing you of what amounts to mass murder. Of these topics, vaping is arguably the most controversial.

I expect to get a fair few emails about this piece.

The reason for this is fairly understandable. The online debate around vaping has two broad sides—the public health argument, which tends to be that vaping is similar to smoking and should be discouraged, and a broadly libertarian viewpoint suggesting that vaping is the key to saving hundreds of millions of lives.

Viewpoint Diversity Collides with Harm and Outrage

#PickOnGitch

In 2024, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco organized listening sessions for the board of directors to receive perspectives on participation (submitting abstracts to conferences and manuscripts to the journal) for those with connections to industry. As an example of the current state of the debate, see this recent commentary (Maddox et al, 2026).

Below are slightly updated remarks that I shared on 12 December 2024. And please note the Bibliography as it is full of gems and pearls (IMHO)!

Comments for SRNT Listening Session on 12 December 2024 updated as of 6 April 2026

Application to Be a Compliant Nicotine User

Alan Gor

There is a form now. You do not receive it directly. It is not handed to you with ceremony or explained in plain language. It exists more as an atmosphere than a document, a set of expectations, a posture you are meant to adopt, a quiet understanding that if you are going to use nicotine, you will do so on approved terms, in approved ways, for approved reasons. Still, for clarity, it helps to imagine it as a form. A real one. With boxes to tick. With statements to initial. With declarations that must be signed not just with your name, but with your compliance.

Section One. Purpose of Use.

Please explain why you use nicotine. Be careful here. There are correct answers and incorrect ones. Stress relief is acceptable, but only if framed as a problem to be solved. Habit is acceptable, but only if followed by an intention to quit.

Swedish MEP Praised

Dave Cross, Planet Of The Vapes

International health experts at Smoke Free Sweden have hailed MEP Jessica Polfjärd for warning Brussels officials not to undermine the Swedish harm-reduction strategy that has driven the country to the brink of smoke-free status. Polfjärd (EPP, Sweden) has submitted a formal written question to the European Commission asking how it will ensure that upcoming revisions to the EU Tobacco Products Directive do not remove the longstanding right of Swedes to access safer alternatives to cigarettes.

Media Amplifies Dubious Vaping Cancer Claims, CAPHRA Urges Scientific Integrity

Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), Scoop

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says recent coverage of an Australian study on vaping and cancer risk gave the public a misleading impression by amplifying alarming claims without adequately reporting serious expert criticism or the much greater risks of smoking.

CAPHRA said the issue is not whether vaping is harmless. It is not. The issue is whether health reporting is presenting relative risk accurately and giving audiences the scientific context they need to make informed decisions.

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Two From Clearing The Air

EU tax plan could target vapes to fund cancer strategy

Tim Hong

A new proposal in the European Parliament could see vapes taxed across the EU to help fund future cancer programmes.

According to a report by Romanian MEP Vlad Voiculescu, the bloc should raise €2 billion through new levies on nicotine products and ultra-processed foods to support its flagship cancer plan.

Push for new taxes

The proposal suggests setting aside a share of future EU tobacco taxes – currently under discussion as part of the Tobacco Excise Directive – alongside new taxes on highly processed foods.

Vaping rises as smoking declines to record low, new CDC data shows

Ali Anderson

Cigarette smoking in the United States has fallen to its lowest level on record, as vape use continues to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The report found that 9.8 per cent of U.S. adults smoked cigarettes in 2024, down from 10.8 per cent in 2023 – marking the first time the figure has dropped below 10 per cent.

The long-term trend reflects decades of public health efforts and growing awareness of the harms of smoking. Rates have fallen sharply since the 1960s, when more than 40 per cent of American adults smoked.

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