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Wednesday’s News at a glance:

E-cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking ~ Epidemiology Paper Correlates Vaping To Anorexia – And Then We Wonder Why Anyone Is Skeptical About COVID-19 Data ~ Quit-Or-Die Approach An Ill-Advised Gamble For Public Health ~ Swedish Match is ready to shake up the industry by getting out of combustibles ~ What every vaper needs to know from 1 October 2021 ~ Nine of 10 Filipino smokers want better alternatives to cigarettes, survey says ~ A Spectacular Failure \\ SPOTLIGHT Series ~ Yes, Tobacco Harms. But Banning Vaping Harms More. ~ Nicotine Flavor Bans: Symbolic Politics With Real-World Harms ~ House Democrats Seek to Hike Taxes on Vapes as Smokers Keep Dying ~ Kiwi Lockdown Fag Failure ~ UKVIA Demands Packaging Action ~ America Let Down By The FDA ~ Democrats’ Proposed Vape Tax Would Violate Biden Campaign Pledge ~ Do vape companies targets teens? A perspective ~ The FDA’s Inexplicable Crusade Against Tobacco Smoking Harm Reduction Continues ~ Tax on vaping could lead to unintended consequence – report

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Friday’s News at a glance:

Nicotine Tax: Vapers Apply Pressure & Some Democrats Have Doubts – New study reveals common misunderstandings – Updated PMTA Denial List Includes 295 Vape Manufacturers – Swedish Match deserves as much credit as Volvo – Parliament Square Vape Rally – Lithuania – The Next Country To Fall – WVA Members Address The WHO – HK Told To Regulate Not Ban – Quitting Success – More Warnings, “Experts” Demand – Farewell E-Cigarettes? – If the FDA Doesn’t Kill the Vaping Industry – FDA Issues MDOs to Turning Point Brands – The NYT still doesn’t understand the difference – sCOPe Livestream 8-12 November 2021 – MOH stop-smoking guidelines ignore the best way! – Countries’ case studies on vaping shatter WHO’s lies – 2 Years of Vaping Ban in India – Demand rise for science-backed smoke-free products – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

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Monday’s News at a glance:

The real threat from the WHO and what UK consumers can and should do about it – NNA Calls On UK Vapers To Act – News from Parliament – Senators Propose $100 Million in Vape Industry User Fees…Again – ‘Rights 4 Vapers’ bus touches down – Antivaping Campaign Highlights Mental Health by Pitching ‘Depression Sticks’ – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

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Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Vaping: necessary clinic and functional indicators to assess tobacco harm reduction and related benefits ~ Release: Health System Chaos Looms As Greg Hunt’s Vaping Prescription Plan Bombs With GPs ~ Why Importing Your Vapes Could Cost You 200k | BONUS ~ Bangladesh Government Says It Will Prohibit Vape Sales ~ C3/SOM breakfast webinars on prevention and work – vaping presentation by PHE ~ The US Obsession With Youth Vaping Looks Odd From Across the Atlantic ~ Bureaucrats and politicians seem determined to cripple a lifesaving alternative to smoking ~ New Cochrane Report ~ Estonian MPs Demand Transparency ~ CASAA Call For Sense On Tax ~ Vaping Works If Governments Allow It To ~ How should state policymakers approach e-cigarettes? ~ Fatal Assumption | Spurious Cost-Benefit Analysis Drives Risky Flavour Ban

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

Vaping & the workplace – Vaping Can Restore Lung Defence – UK Vape Ban Threat – URGENT Call To Action – NNA Asks UK Vapers to Help Stop FCTC Attacks – 323 Vape Companies Have Received MDOs – Turning Point Brands Sues FDA – Case Studies Trump WHO’s Lies – Riding For Vapes – Explosive Research Busts Bullying Billionaire – Academics Attack Shopkeepers – PM Spied Vaping – The Media Needs to Get Vaping Right – Vaping vs. Tobacco Smoking: – The FDA has decimated the market – Truth Initiative Creates Fake Vape Company – WHO Busted – Vaping And Mental Health: – Needlessly killing a powerful anti-smoking tool – Youth Vaping Has Not Led to Smoking – Now it’s the great vape conspiracy – False beliefs about tobacco alternatives – Vape flavor bans to worsen global smoking problem – PUDO Inc signs specialized vape product delivery solution – Reignite the Fight Against Smoking – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday's News at a glance:

October 1 crackdown will drive vapers back to smoking - WHO costing millions of lives with e-cigarettes opposition - Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt - Anti-Vaping Congressman Insists 'There's Simply No Evidence' - NZ Ignoring The Best Way - POTV's Disposable Vape Position Statement - New Dedicated Website Launched - India should adopt THR tactics - WHO must let all stakeholders have a say - Challenge WHO’s stance vs. vaping - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Nicotine vapes are about to become illegal without a prescription. But will it stop young people from buying them? ~ Government closes loophole on e-cigarettes ~ Australia: New Medical Vaping Plan Begins October 1st ~ Is better health for smokers a possibility? ~ Snus ‘best thing that ever happened’ in Scandinavia: medical expert ~ THR Radio Programs Get Heartening Feedback from the Community ~ In Memoriam – Father Jack Kearney ~ Does Vape Need Saving? ~ Philippine survey confirms huge support for vaping ~ UKVIA and Smoke Free App Team Up To Save Millions Of Smokers Lives ~ Group slams FDA chief for bias against vaping ~ Misinformation about vaping will keep adults smoking ~ Tobacco Tax Equity Act Perpetuates Economic and Health Disparities ~ Proposed Taxes on Harm Reduction Products Create Concerning Risks ~ CRUCIAL STEP IN TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION~ Two More California Cities Preparing To Ban Flavored Tobacco and Vape Products ~

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

ETHRA September news roundup – Combat addiction with harm reduction, not prohibition – CDC Says Youth Vaping Dropped – Teen Vaping Fell by Over 40% in 2021 – Youth Vaping Rates Decline Steeply in the US – U.S. Trade Agency Orders IQOS Off the U.S. Market – WHO’s Manipulation Caught Out – WHO Should Adopt UK Ecig Approach – Trading Standards Hunt Illegal Disposables – WHO Releases New Report – The Great De-Vape – Freedom of choice has been cancelled and will cost lives – Buying Nicotine in Australia Is About to Get Even Harder – Australia makes smoking so much easier – Advocates and Prohibitionists Temporarily Unite – Experts Urge Authorities To Embrace THR – San Jose Prohibits Flavored Vape and Tobacco Products – SA tobacco bill clouds the issues – A safer alternative for 1.3 billion people – Missing the mark on e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday's News at a glance:

A More Integrated Approach to Harm Reduction ~ Consumer-Centric Tobacco Harm Reduction Needed ~ How Can We Integrate Nicotine Into Harm Reduction Programs? ~ More Vape Manufacturers Challenge PMTA Denials ~ UKVIA’s Stoptober App ~ Stoptober Is Back ~ INNCO Calls For Impact Studies ~ EU Asked to Scrutinize Lithuania’s Flavor Ban ~ Red Tape Around The Aussie Vape ~ Biden Promised To Follow the Science; So, Why Isn’t He Doing So on Vaping?

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

Smoke and Mirrors: Orwellian Echoes of 1984 – CDC Releases 2020 Adult Smoking & Vaping Data – Respecting the Agency of Smokers: – Calling on doctors to support the opportunity of vaping for the fight against cancer – FDA Warns 20 Vape Companies – Cabinet Minister Wants to Reverse Thailand‘s Vaping Ban – Huge Pinoy Support For Vaping – New Misinformation Research Released – The EU’s Tobacco Tax Directive – USA Youth Vaping Falls Again – Proposed Michigan Flavor Restrictions – New California Vape Taxes – Federal Health Agencies Confused About Statistics – Bloomberg’s Anti-Vaping Policies are Exploitative and Wrong – Survey Proves Indian Vaping Ban A Total Failure – Public Health Ignores Declining Youth Vaping Rates – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Australia’s Black Friday – Medical Journal of Australia censors debate on vaping harms – The battle over the government’s tough new vaping ban – FDA Backs Down, Rescinds Turning Point Brands’ MDOs – Turning Point Brands’ PMTAs Are Back Under FDA Review – Four reasons to reject a federal tobacco tax increase – Boris urged to use Brexit freedoms to end e-cigarette ban fears – Federal Health Agencies Don’t Need More Funding – Banning e-cigarettes would cost lives, not save them – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Thai Minister’s Support For Vaping ‘goes Global’ ~ The Digital Economy Minister Crusading To Legalize Vaping In Thailand ~ FDA Permits Marketing of E-Cigarette Products, Marking First Authorization of Its Kind by the Agency ~ FDA Issues First Authorization for a Vaping Product ~ Day 2: Post Tobacco – Recreational nicotine and society ~ Leading health organisations mislead the public on vaping ~ Health Canada Is Poised to Take a Disastrous Wrong Turn on Vaping ~ Consumer Voices Will Not Be Silenced ~ Embrace new evidence-based tobacco control to save lives ~ Stoptober Safety Win ~ Indian Vape Ban A Total Failure ~ Michigan Gov. Whitmer Drops Proposed Flavor Prohibition ~

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:
UK E-Cigarette Summit – Nicotine regulation in Europe: – The Disposable Vapes Debate – Michigan Drops Its Vape Flavor Ban – Blind Lawmakers in Costa Rica – All Change For Thailand? – Stoptober NHS Advice – Tories Told About THR – Miss Information – Biden Could Pick Vaping Foe Robert Califf as FDA Chief – Heated Denver Council Hearing – FDA and Triton Argue in Court Filings – Chaos & Disorder – FDA’s First-Ever Vaping Product Authorization – FDA Approves an E-Cigarette for the First Time – Just Tell Me If Vape Lung Was Fake – WVA Calls On New Zealand – Vaping harm perceptions and an SSA fellowship – Experts Challenge WHO Position on Safer Nicotine – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Expert statements on WHO and tobacco harm reduction – One hundred specialists call for WHO to change its hostile stance – Removing Barriers from Vaping: Tips for People with Disabilities – At Least 28 Vape Companies Have Challenged MDOs in Court – The FDA’s Confusing Rulings – Mackem Manager’s THR Madness – This Newsletter Is Not “FDA Approved” – A global look at vaping regulations – US sketches out tough regime for e-cigarettes – FDA’s Negligence Led to Youth E-Cigarette Use – Survey finds students are using vaping as quit smoking aid – Kenya must step up bid to help smokers – Scientists push for THR policies – Illegal Vape Products Seized in New Waterford – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Global broadcast counters secretive WHO conference ~ ETHRA and partners write to the delegations of the European Parties to FCTC COP9 ~ World Health Organisation slammed in open letter for ‘anti-vape’ stance contributing to ‘millions’ of deaths ~ More Bad Behavior from Journal Authors & Editors on A Fatally Flawed Study of Vaping & COPD ~ Youth19 Vaping Survey – Dated, Disingenuous And Damaging ~ Tobacco Harm Reduction Products Help Smokers Quit ~ Medical misinformation derailing public health initiatives around the world ~ GSTHR Releases Briefing Papers ~ The sCOPe Round-the-Clock Broadcasting Event ~ Advocate Attacks Public Health Organisations ~ Whose Lungs Are They Anyway? ~ PMTA News: FDA Authorizes Zombie Nicotine Product ~ Biden’s FDA Just Gave Big Tobacco Control of the Vape Industry