Vapers Digest 8th March

Cigarettes, ENDS Use, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Incidence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study ~ Cultural change is crucial to consigning smoking to the past ~ EU seeks more input on tobacco legislation in new call for evidence ~ The EU’s vaping tax is bizarre and irrational ~ GFN News #46 | DENYING THE SCIENCE | Clive Bates discusses vaping science misinformation ~ Half A Million Say Go To GFN23 ~ New Kid on the Recycling Block ~ Italian Health Minister endangers hundreds of thousands of ex-smokers ~ Budget 2023: No vaping crackdown in spring statement as Jeremy Hunt rules out disposable e-cigarettes levy ~ Record Lows In Tobacco Use, Declines In Vapor Use Among Maryland Youth

Science Direct, American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Introduction

Understanding the relationship between ENDS use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory conditions is critical. However, most previous studies have not fully adjusted for cigarette smoking history.

Cultural change is crucial to consigning smoking to the past

Martin Cullip, CAPX

This past year promised to be an important one when it came to putting in place properly researched tobacco harm reduction policies. Unfortunately, as another No Smoking Day comes and goes, there is clearly still much progress to be made. For all the talk of a ‘vaping revolution’ paving the way to the first truly smoke-free generation, this shift has yet to materialise. But perhaps the issue is that policymakers are looking for change in the wrong place.

The truth is that traditional tobacco control policies have been predominantly focused on heavy-handed taxation or, if Wes Streeting gets his way, a near total ban on cigarette sales.