Weekly Issue | July 11th, 2022
“Smoking kills. So, not informing smokers of health benefits, if they switch to #SaferNicotine alternatives, is a form of negligent homicide.“ ~ Charles Gardner, PhD.
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You can check the replays of the panels and presentations held at the Global Forum on Nicotine here.
The Topic of the month is the statements of over 100 respected scientific and public health organizations that have reviewed the evidence and agree that safer nicotine alternatives are in fact safer. If you like to tweet these statements is as easy as just clicking any statement you will want to post. Check them out here.
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Curated by the INNCO's Secretariat
Vaping nicotine – making the switch from smoking tobacco -...
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN for NSW Users and AIDS Association (NUAA) User News. It provides simple advice for smokers who want to start legally vapin...
Charles A. Gardner, PhD on Twitter
Numerous peer-reviewed studies show nicotine patches help #ADHD adults. Nicotine reduces their symptoms.40% of US ADHD adults smoke, compared to 1...
Opinion | The FDA Misses Its Hit on Juul
After it was sued, the agency admits that it ignored key evidence.
Why nicotine is part of the solution to end smoking, accor...
Doctors are prescribing nicotine as a main component to help patients, well, quit smoking.
Kurt Yeo on how vaping can assist smokers to quit cigarettes
Vaping Saved My Life, a consumer advocacy group, conducted a pilot social experiment that saw participants attempt to give up traditional smoking f...
Study reveals the risk of airborne transmission of the SAR...
What happens if I'm sitting near a vaper without a mask? A new study shows that e-cigarettes only add 1% risk compared to the inevitable continuous...
Vaping ‘a crucial tool to reduce inequalities for Indigeno...
LETTER TO THE ALICE SPRINGS NEWS A new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found Indigenous people in the Northern Territory ha...
#sonoflibertyradio - Inflamed Brains
Can you say "Arbitrary and Capricious"?https://halfwheel.com/fdas-regulations-of-premium-cigars-struck-down-by-court/410505/?fbclid=IwAR1SnLrlEebXC...
The Food & Drug Administration Has a Vaping Problem
Something is wrong at the Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products, and federal courts are beginning to notice.
Panama's law to ban vaporizers rejected
The Medical Cannabis Association of Panama (ACAPAN) rejected the approval by the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo, of the law banning ...
The FDA’s policies would boost the black market and smokin...
The FDA apparently has learned nothing from the country’s unhappy experience with the war on drugs.
Highlights from England
England's approach to tobacco harm reduction science, policy and civil society
We know the UK is vape-friendly – but can Khan influence t...
Could the UK's Khan review of tobacco policy have lessons for the rest of the world in its enthusiastic endorsement of vaping, even for countries w...
The FDA is waging an irrational war against nicotine, vaping
NC consumer choice advocate: The FDA’s latest ruling against Juul shows its persistent bias against nicotine vaping. | Opinion
Vaping an effective quit option: GPs
generAl practitioners are being urged to brace themselves for increasing numbers of requests for prescriptions for nicotine vaping products (NVPs).
Dental Errors Dismissed
Experts were “disappointed” with “several basic errors and misrepresentations” in a paper claiming that vaping causes tooth damage
Does THR offer an opportunity for Africa to reduce harms f...
There is a need for greater urgency to reduce the harm of smoking by implementing policy grounded in both science and human rights.
FDA Chaos: Agency Reverses Itself, Grants Juul a Stay
The FDA has reversed its decision to ban Juul products, and has granted the vape manufacturer a stay while re-reviewing the evidence.
The E-Cigarette Registry
You can help contribute to a long-term health data repository of people who have quit smoking with and without using e-cigarettes to further scient...
Belgium Accepts Reduced Harm
The Belgian Superior Health Council has sent a report to the government saying vaping is a better alternative than smoking and can be used as a smo...
The FDA’s drift toward harm production
Originally published by the Newnan Times-Herald, Albany Herald, and Rome News-Tribune
Opinion | The FDA’s Anti-Nicotine Myopia
Legal parsing plus ideology has the agency reenacting the folly of Prohibition.
Juul e-cigarettes may soon be back on the market as the FD...
The FDA said "scientific issues unique to the Juul application" warranted additional review following its order banning the sale of its e-cigarettes.
Heart expert says Filipino smokers deserve less harmful al...
Filipino smokers, numbering more than 16 million nationwide, deserve cigarette alternatives that will help significantly reduce health risks, accor...
The FDA Perversely Seeks To Make Both Cigarettes and Harm-...
The perverse combination of these two regulatory strategies would undermine public health in the name of promoting it.
Lars Ramström: "Mi investigación demuestra que MPOWER no e...
Una investigación independiente muestra que las medidas de control del tabaco de la OMS conocidas como MPOWER no tienen una asociación clara con lo...
RESET: Saving Lives Through Sound Regulation of Safer Nico...
RESET: R- Risk-based Regulation E- Ensuring Intended Use S- Safety and Quality E- Environmental Considerations T- Traceability and Fiscal Polic...
On nicotine, White House goes one step forward, two steps ...
The Biden administration simultaneously announced its intention to slash the allowable level of nicotine in cigarettes and to push the popular e-ci...
Spain May Set Further Restrictions on The Sale and Distrib...
The Ministry of Health is looking into banning online sales of vaping products, and limit sales to specialized tobacco shops.
Steuerentstehung bei "Bunkerware"
Werden Bunkerbestände irgendwann illegal? Wir erklären, wie der Zoll das sieht.
The Balance Between Vaping’s Harm and Potential Use as a T...
Completely banning a product that is useful for adult smokers who are looking to quit is not the only way to help reduce youth access.
Oz Black Market Boom
CAPHRA slams a lie-strewn document as other news proves Australia’s war on tobacco harm reduction is completely failing
E-Cig Batteries Power Drones in Ukraine War - Tobacco Repo...
Confronted with rising prices for batteries, engineers are using power cells from vapes.
BVRA auf der Hall of Vape
Unser Stand auf Europas größter Messe für E-Zigaretten.
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