Author: Bill Tarling

“Whereas 10 years ago you might have got a waft of cigarette smoke in your face walking down the high-street, these days you are far more likely to get a whiff of a scented aroma from a passer-by’s vaping device. As 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅-𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲-𝗰𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 , the sudden and swift success of vaping is easy to grasp. In the UK there are currently an estimated 7.2 million smokers. As anyone who has ever been a smoker can testify, every smoker is a person who is desperate to quit – and vaping is their solution. According to official government statistics, out of the 2.8 million vapers across the country the majority of them have stopped smoking tobacco products completely and are now regular users of e-cigarettes or vaping devices. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. Market research group, Euromonitor estimates the number of vapers worldwide will rise to 55 million in the next couple of years, and the market for vaping is predicted to reach a staggering value of $50 billion by the year 2025.”

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Why Vaping is Taking the Exhibition World by Storm

““In an era of anti-expert populism,” writes Anna McKie, “it is more important than ever to stand up for scientific truth.” Professor Linda Bauld has been doing precisely that for vaping – but has been attacked in the process. Now she claims that tobacco controllers are trying to dig up dirt to muddy her reputation. Bauld claims that these attacks have prevented her from being published in journals and invited to conferences and that this helps contribute to misleading the public.”

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A Bauld Response

“Consultations are underway for regulating vaping product sales on P.E.I., but Health Minister James Aylward says he has made up his mind on one thing. Flavoured vape juice will be banned in the province. “We did it with flavoured tobacco, we’re going to do it with flavoured vaping as well,” Aylward told CBC’s Island Morning. “I won’t be swayed.” 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, said Aylward, and he expects to have draft regulations by early March, and those could be in force as soon as the end of that month.”

BILL TARLING – It’s rather insulting that, even with accepting ‘public consultation’, he states that he will not be swayed regardless to change his mind… proof that he gives public input or scientific consultation absolutely no consideration in his anti-vaping agenda

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‘I won’t be swayed’: P.E.I. to ban flavoured vape juice

“The government needs to address the lack of age restrictions on vape products to limit youth access, via immediate regulation to place the products under the same age restricted R18 category as other “adult only” consumer products, such as alcohol and combustible tobacco. “By doing this one thing, the government to focus on formulating risk proportionate regulations to serve the needs of the adult smokers and vapers in New Zealand that will not involve punitive measures such as the flavour ban Hon. Salesa stated in last public announcement regarding the “youth vaping” issue.”

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Youth Vaping and the Laws of Aotearoa

Dr Andrew Pipe, the organiser of the “12th annual Ottawa Conference on state-of-the-art clinical approaches to smoking cessation”, likens vaping advocates to “pigs”. He claims to have never heard of Rights4Vapers, the group that booked a room in the conference centre, speaks volumes about his preparedness to engage in reasoned debate. Rights4Vapers said they organised a simultaneous press conference in order to share genuine evidence on vaping and have their voices heard. The conference featured Stanton Glantz as the keynote speaker, a man with a tenuous grasp on truth and reality. Glantz made the fatuous claim that eighty children take up vaping and proceed to smoking for every smoker who switches to electronic cigarettes. Dr Mark Tyndall called Glantz an extremist and said: “Despite what Dr Glantz has shared, there is no proof that vaping leads to heart attacks, cancer or respiratory diseases. Vaping is tobacco harm reduction. If all smokers switched to vaping, we would have a massive impact on one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time.””

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Infiltration

“Backed by a three-year, $𝟭.𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the scholars aim to address a paradox presented by the required warnings. “You have this potential therapeutic use for one population and a harmful use for another,” said Jeff Niederdeppe, associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. “The trick is, how do you deter young people from starting but not prevent smokers from trying to quit through using e-cigarettes?” The researchers will again take advantage of a mobile communications lab to reach hundreds of test participants in multiple states. Eye-tracking stations will help show which ad content attracts viewers’ attention, revealing how often and for how long they focus on text and images in different areas. Potential e-cigarette warning strategies could focus more on youth, Niederdeppe and Byrne said, highlighting, for example, evidence that nicotine can harm developing brains or increase anxiety and depression. Or they could target adults, perhaps stating that e-cigarettes should only be used by adults who are trying to quit smoking.”

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Study takes on e-cigarette warning ‘paradox’

“House Bill 2454 and Senate Bill 6254 would ban all flavored vape products, without exception. Requested by Gov. Jay Inslee, the bills would also limit the amount of addictive nicotine that vape liquid could contain, and ban all use of vitamin E acetate in e-cigarettes. The Senate’s Committee on Health and Long Term Care 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆.”

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EDITORIAL: Protect youth with state vaping bill

WASHINGTON STATE BILLS:

HOUSE BILL 2454  and  SENATE BILL 6254

“Michigan is one step closer to formally banning vitamin E acetate in vaping products. On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee reported three bills that would ban the processing and sale of any marijuana or tobacco products that contains vitamin E acetate, making it a misdemeanor punishable by fines of up to $10,000. House Bills 5159, 5160 and 5161 are now before the full House of Representatives for further review. The legislation would need to pass the House and Senate and be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to become law.”

BILL TARLING – Vitamin E Acetate is not used in legal E-liquid Vapor Products. Only VG, PG, Artificial and/or Natural Flavoring, and (optional) nicotine is used in legal E-liquid Vapor Products [EVP].

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Michigan bills banning vitamin E acetate in vapes clear House committee

“Sen. Fred Martin was instrumental in legislation attempting to raise the minimum age to 21 back in 2017. Martin says he does feel sympathy for those 18 to 20-year-olds who no longer have access to these products. Despite the health risks and new possible legal implications, some students still feel the new law is unnecessary. Kai Hart, a sophomore sociology major, believes the federal government should decide whether 18 or 21 is the age to be a legal adult. Once decided, adults should have access to all restricted items. “This country is treating adults like children.””

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Legal age to purchase tobacco, nicotine raised to 21

“Raising alarm over the boom in e-cigarettes among young people, Florida lawmakers Tuesday moved to raise the age limit on tobacco products from 18 to 21. At least 18 other states now have laws setting the minimum age for vaping at 21, and efforts are underway in the remaining states to raise the age limit. But e-cigarette retailers argue that vaping is not the same as smoking tobacco and that the legislation would hurt their businesses. In December, the federal government raised the age to buy both tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes to 21 nationwide. But states are passing their own laws because 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹. A Senate health committee voted unanimously to advance the bill Tuesday. The proposed law would also make it illegal to smoke or vape 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 schools.”

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Florida lawmakers weigh raising age for smoking, vaping