Vapers Digest 9th November
Wednesday’s News at a glance:
Tobacco Harm Reduction And Nicotine Perceptions ~ Smokefree impact of removing nicotine ‘massively overestimated’ ~ Why I’m cheering for the tobacco smugglers ~ Fresh report slams Khan review, renews calls for UK to legalise snus ~ Burning our burning to ASH ~ Flavor bans are harm, not harm reduction ~ Scholarship Programme Call for Applications ~ White Paper Attacks WHO Guidance ~ Parliament ~ INNCO: Weekly Issue ~ Philippines Vaping Policy Could Be a Model for the Rest of Asia ~ ‘Cloudy logic’ behind new vape tax, says indirect tax, customs and trade lawyer ~ California Voters Keep State Ban on Flavored Tobacco and Vapes
Tobacco Harm Reduction And Nicotine Perceptions
Bill Wirtz, Maria Chaplia, Michael Landl, Consumer Choice Center
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Vaping is an innovative harm reduction tool which has been recognised as a safer alternative to smoking by Public Health England, Cancer Research UK, Ministry of Health New Zealand, among many others. Millions of smokers globally choose vaping as a means to quit smoking. Despite its indisputable successes in bringing about the end of the smoking pandemic, vaping is subject to a wide array of myths. Understanding the prevalence of these myths, as well as the fundamental beliefs surrounding them is key to breaking the vaping stigma.
Smokefree impact of removing nicotine ‘massively overestimated’
Marc Daalder, Newsroom
Leading anti-smoking campaigners say officials’ modelling wrongly suggested the Government’s plan would reduce smoking rates by 85 percent within five years
In a new review released early Monday morning, researchers from Action on Smoking and Health say the modelling underpinning the Government’s plan to mandate cigarettes be sold without nicotine is “significantly flawed”.
Why I’m cheering for the tobacco smugglers
Dr Eric Crampton, Newsroom
Under the Government’s proposed rules to set very low nicotine content for tobacco and cigarettes, the illicit market will be the only place to find a real cigarette
Opinion: Nowhere in New Zealand is as landlocked as the southern Manitoba farm where I grew up. Reaching the ocean, by road, required at least 24 hours of non-stop driving.
Congratulations to @WHO for getting #vaping so wrong! 23 years ago my colleagues & I requested & were granted meeting WHO Geneva to complain about WHO opposing needle syringe programs needed to control HIV. 1 year later WHO supported NSPs. History being repeated https://t.co/meebGNQ2kv
— Alex Wodak AM (@AlexWodak) November 9, 2022
Flavor bans are harm, not harm reduction
Rich Marianos, The Downey Patriot
As the Biden administration moves forward with its tobacco industry crackdown, states are taking the issue into their own hands in the form of universal flavor bans. California will likely become the latest to add its name to this growing list of states following the November elections, but proponents of this prohibition are turning a blind eye to the science-based benefits of harm reduction.
THREE from Dave Cross, Planet of the Vapes
Scholarship Programme Call for Applications
A global programme helping to produce the tobacco harm reduction leaders of the future is currently seeking new applications. In its first five years, the Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme (THRSP) has had an unprecedented impact around the world, developing the careers of 98 Scholars from 40 countries across six continents.
White Paper Attacks WHO Guidance
Titled ‘The Subversion of Public Health: Consumer Perspectives’, a white paper presented at the recent Fifth Asia Harm Reduction Forum (AHRF 2022) has now been publicly released. Compiled by several leading international Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts, it was presented at the 28 October forum in the Philippines by Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates).
Parliament
As widely predicted, the new Prime Minister has made yet more changes to the Department of Health and Social Care. In addition, questions about guidelines, the smoking-free 2030 target, and EU-derived regulations from MPs Andrew Rosindell, Andrew Gwynne, and Martyn Day have all elicited answers.
INNCO: Weekly Issue | November 27th, 2022
Innco
Hi Dear Friends,
It’s always a pleasure to greet you. Today, INNCO made its submission to the Reagan-Udall review committee. We will be posting it on our communication channels for everyone to be able to read it.
Two weeks ago, we uploaded a video from Dr. Wasim from Norway on our YouTube Channel. If you want to check the video out, you can do it here.
If you haven’t got the chance to fill out the survey forwarded by Charles Gardner, consider doing so, because we definitely need as many responses as possible. please we need your support.
Philippines Vaping Policy Could Be a Model for the Rest of Asia
‘Cloudy logic’ behind new vape tax, says indirect tax, customs and trade lawyer
Aidan Manab, Canadian Lawyer Mag
California Voters Keep State Ban on Flavored Tobacco and Vapes
Scott Shackford, Reason
Pull out those joints and edibles and stub out those menthols. California voters, years after legalizing recreational marijuana, appear to have ban flavored tobacco.
With 24 percent of the vote reported, Californians seem to be heavily supporting ballot referendum Proposition 31 in numbers high enough for the Associated Press to call it just before 9 p.m. Pacific time.
On this Day…2021
Stop Smoking, Start Vaping – Book Review
James Dunworth, Ashtray Blog
The world of vaping exists in a cloud of confusion and misinformation. Arguably there’s never been a greater need for clear, authoritative guidance for smokers who are considering switching to vaping.
A new book, Stop Smoking, Start Vaping, by Dr Dr Colin Mendelsohn, aims to do just that.
Colin is well qualified to write this book. Specialising in helping people to quit smoking, he has over 35 years experience both in tobacco treatment and in related research. Well known and respected amongst vaping advocates, he has been a strong voice for vapers in a country which is prepared to fine or even imprison smokers who try to quit smoking with electronic cigarettes.
SCOPE Launches THR Online Library
Tobacco Reporter
SCOPE has launched a comprehensive library of online panel discussions and presentations relating to tobacco harm reduction (THR).
A global collaboration of THR consumer groups, SCOPE includes Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association (CASAA) in the United States, Iberoamerica (ARDT) in Latin America and the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).
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