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Monday's News at a glance:

Drop in e-cigarette use despite evidence it helps smokers quit - Are ECs successful to help people quitting smoke? - Has vaping peaked in the UK? - Time To Help Smokers Quit! - GSTHR’s Burning Issues - Labour Attacks Vaping - Reduced Harm For The Homeless - 86,000 Disposable Vapes Seized - If there’s a scientific consensus on e-cigs, it may not be quite what you think - Juul Labs to Exit Germany - Michael's story part 1/4 - Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Letter to the Dutch Parliament to express concern about the possible ban on flavoured e-cigarettes in the Netherlands ~ SCHEER report on vaping pretends it’s still 2011 ~ Response to the extremely poor European Commission SCHEER preliminary opinion on e-cigarettes ~ Exclusive: Mark Pawsey MP on the opportunities and challenges facing vape in 2021 ~ Commenting on Flavor Bans: What Should You Discuss? ~ Local Flavor Bans Are A Bad Idea ~ Australian Advocates Not Listening ~ The Lancet Launches Another Attack ~ Nicotine e-liquids require urgent regulation in Australia ~ Why doctors may start prescribing nicotine to help beat disease: New research shows the addictive element of cigarettes may be a potential treatment for Parkinson’s, dementia and even Covid-19 ~ Consumer group eyes filing graft charges against FDA ~ Opinion: We must unite to protect vape ~ Michael’s story part 2 / 4 ~ Michael’s story part 3 / 4

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

Twenty reasons to be sceptical about rules lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes – IBVTA writes to Welsh Government – Good News: Young Adults Sustain the High School Smoking Decline! – The unfortunate case of the Cochrane Review – Vaping Looks Like a Gateway Out of—Not Into—Smoking – CoEHAR’s study confirms beneficial effects of ECIG on COPD smokers – Polosa’s COPD Follow-up – Vaping During Pregnancy – We Vape Welcomes Cochrane Update – COVID Prompts Vape Tax – Prohibiting E-cigarettes Leads to Smuggling and Smoking – Unfolding Tragedy of India’s Vape Prohibition – Vaping debate to be heard by Senate inquiry – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

‘Global State of THR’ Set for Release – Leafly Magazine discovered true cause of EVALI at least six months before CDC – Tobacco Harm Reduction – 7 things you need to know about vaping – Wales Forgets About Vaping – Quitting Smoking for Mental Health – Kick the Habit – VG/PG Cops – Relapse Risk – Cancer Council Australia and Heart Foundation misinformed on vaping – Rachael’s Story Part 1 / 6 – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Anti-Science War on Vaping ~ Base vape, heated tobacco regulations on science, not fiction, says expert ~ Senior health officials misinformed about vaping at the Senate Estimates Hearing ~ Introducing ATHRA’s FAQs. How to fact check spurious claims on vaping ~ FDA receiving foreign money ‘shameful and scandalous’ — vaping groups ~ Can Banning E-Cigarettes Do More Harm Than Good? ~ Questions in Parliament ~ Number of GB Vapers Declines ~ Rachael’s story part 2 ~ Rachael’s story part 3 ~ Retailers call for a fair go with the sale of e-cigarettes ~ Opinion: Measure 108’s vaping tax neither smart nor humane

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

NNA writes to the UK government suggesting post-Brexit reforms – The Virtual E-Cigarette Summit, 3-4 December 2020 – European survey: 80 percent of vapers stopped smoking completely – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – E-Cigarettes = Nicotine Medicines = Prescription Medicines = Cold Turkey – Liability Claims That Vaping Exacerbates COVID-19 Currently Do Not Hold Up In U.S. Courts – Another Setback For The Oz Nic Ban – Help The University of Exeter – NZ Vape Tax Warning – Tipping Points – Access to safer nicotine products – Democrats More at Risk for Anti-E-Cigarette Stance – Altria takes $2.6 billion hit – BAT Highlights Serious Inaccuracies – Australia Up In Smoke – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Some sensible and realistic Brexit reforms – Post Brexit Vaping Regulations – NNA Offers UK Government A 10 Step Plan – IBVTA writes to MPs and Peers – Best Vape Articles for October 2020 – Long-Term Daily Vaping Doesn’t Cause Lung Damage – Lockdown 2 – Fact Sheet of Lies – COP92021 – Navy Vessels To Become ‘Tobacco-Free’ From January – Michael Johnsen MP’s campaign to make nicotine vaping liquid a consumer product in NSW – Q&A: Does India’s e-cigarette ban do more harm than good? – Study: 1 in 5 Smokers Manage to Quit 6 Months After Purchasing E-Cigs – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Reported Patterns of Vaping to Support Long-Term Abstinence from Smoking: A Cross-Sectional Survey of a Convenience Sample of Vapers ~ Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020 ~ New report from the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction reveals only nine users of safer nicotine products for every 100 smokers worldwide – experts argue global tobacco control must adopt harm reduction to save lives~ Vaping numbers soar as Australia falls further behind the pack, Report ~ Jonathan Foulds ~ NNA Post Brexit Vape Reform Call ~ IBVTA writes to MPs and Peers ~ Remember Remember ~ Vapor vs. Smoke: Just More of the Same or Totally Different?

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

The Irreconcilable Conflict Principle – Vape industry warns of 50% sales drop – The Birth of Harm Reduction – The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR) 2020 – IEVA European Survey – ASH Whipping Up A Storm – Burning Issues – Consumer Group Protests Lockdown Rules – Hawaiian Corruption Smear – The Stroke Association – Voters Approve Vape Taxes in Two States, Cannabis Sales in Five – Important Vaping Studies About Health and Usage – Consumers urge PRRD to cut foreign grants – Report urges need for THR products – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Anti vaping MEP Michèle Rivasi heads “informal” TPD working group – COPD Patients Who Switch From Smoking to Vaping See Long-Term Benefits – Claim that vaping lacks evidence for quitting is misleading and wrong – Ukrainian government approved separate excise stamps for EHTPs – Academic Disconnected From Reality – UKECRF Research Roundup – Vaping More Effective for Smoking Cessation than Nicotine Patch or Gum – Tobacco harm reduction a viable solution – Vape and e-cigarette advocate groups happy with new legislation – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Editorial: New research strengthens the case for e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids, but more evidence is needed ~ Editorial: New research strengthens the case for e-cigarettes as smoking cessation aids ~ Expert reaction to the randomised control trial on e-cigarettes for quitting smoking ~ Expert reaction to the randomised control trial on e-cigarettes for quitting smoking ~ EU countries still puzzled over how to achieve smoking reduction ~ Nicotine Vaping and the Law: An interview with Dr Alex Wodak, President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation ~ Artificial Ineptitude ~ Mouse Cruelty Criticised ~ How California’s flavored tobacco ban will hurt communities and budgets

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

When you think you’ve seen it all – Effect of the covid-19 outbreak and the abolition of Public Health England – Anchorage Passes a 55% Tax on Vaping Products – E-Cigarettes Prevail in Cessation Aids Study – AVCA Welcomes New Associate Health Minister – Broken ‘Gateway’ Record Needs Changing – Heartless Heart Association – NY Ordered To Reimburse VTA – Bates On Burning Issues – Contradictions and Conflicts – A pilot comparison to NRT and Champix – Ampol backs easing of restrictions – Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction – Demystifying Nicotine – Street Drugs Discussions – Policy reforms needed – Abuse liability assessment of the JUUL – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Monday’s News at a glance:

Harry’s blog 106: Back to front – Another Groundless Gateway, Courtesy of Children’s National Hospital – Sensory experiences and cues among E-cigarette users – Why banning Vaping will be unwise – PayPal Problems Proliferate – PMI Accuse Tobacco Controller Of Lying – Australian Committee Submission – Vietnam needs framework for new-generation cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest

[jessica]

Wednesday’s News at a glance:

Stuck in a Time Warp ~ Vaping: The Sensory Experience That Improves Your Chances To Quit Smoking ~ International consumer groups express concerns over foreign grant influence on FDA regulations ~ Africa: What are the Current Challenges for Tobacco Harm Reduction? ~ UK Parliamentary Debate ~ More Bluster From Bath ~ IBVTA Launches Battery Stewardship Guide ~ Foolish Doc’s Letter Fail ~ Coronavirus saw people swapping e-cigarettes for tobacco, helping boost sales ~ Public Health: Similarities of e-cigarettes and COVID vaccination? Now or never

[jessica]

Friday’s News at a glance:

Nicotine & the EU: Your chance to be heard – INNCO expresses concern – Suffolk County Tobacco 25 Law Tabled – Nova Scotia’s Constitution Challenged – Positive Evidence About Vaping – New Laws for NZ – Anti-Vape MEP Heading Up Working Group – Be Wary of the Bangkok Cops – Dutch to ban cigarette sales in supermarkets from 2024 – A harm reduction strategy for smoking cessation – San Francisco Considers Ban – Switching to e-cigarettes from smoking reduces toxic exposure – Pod e-cigarettes less harmful than regular cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest