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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

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?

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 ~

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

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

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

Friday’s News at a glance:

PMTA Decision Day: FDA Leaves Vape Industry Twisting in the Wind – FDA Fails to Meet Deadline – FDA Kicks the Can Down the Road – FDA needs to embrace vaping’s potential – FDA Shows Its Bias –FDA Needs More Time to Decide Fate of Juul – Industry Demands Tough Action on Disposables – ASH Scotland Wants Ecig Clampdown – Dear Canada – Ecigs For Mental Health – Vaping Brings New Zealand Closer To Smokefree 2025 – California Passes New Retail Vape Tax – Social media misinformation about e-cigarettes – Nicotine Science and Policy Daily Digest