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“There is good news for America’s smokers hoping to quit. A new study authored by researchers at Kansas University, California State and San Marcos University revealed when smokers switch to non-combustible alternatives, such as electronic cigarettes, they are more likely to quit and experience better health outcomes. This finding should be no surprise to those who are familiar with past studies on e-cigarettes showing their viability as a smoking cessation device. In contradiction to what this most recent vaping study and broader research shows, government policies continue to discourage the use of e-cigarettes. Instead of embracing electronic cigarettes as a healthier alternative to smoking, governments at both the state and federal level have imposed high taxes and regulatory burdens. If government officials want to improve public health, they should incentivize the use of e-cigarettes so that smokers can have more readily available access to vapor products that are shown to aid quitting and do not have the same long-term effects as traditional cigarettes.”

ARTICLE LINK:   Policymakers: Stop Ignoring the Science on Vapes

“The findings imply that the genetic influences associated with people taking up smoking also influence people being e-cigarette users; these were also found to be associated with risk-taking behaviours more generally, such as externalising disorders in childhood. Previously, e-cigarette-use has been linked to an increased risk of smoking. However, if individuals are genetically more likely to both smoke and use e-cigarettes, policies which aim to prevent e-cigarette use by removing them from the market may actually encourage smoking where only cigarettes are available.”

ARTICLE LINK:   Risk-takers predisposed to smoking and e-cigarette use, new study suggests

“Sellers who do no register or comply with new regulations, which are set to take effect 90 days from passage, would be subject to severe penalties, including up to three years in prison. The amended bill, known as the PACT Act (Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking), modifies the definition of “cigarettes” to include any vaping product, whether it contain nicotine or not. These changes prohibit Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) from being sent to consumers through the United States Postal Service, influencing other common carriers such as FedEx, which announced it would ban the delivery of vaping products as of March 1, 2021.”

ARTICLE LINK:   VAPE INDUSTRY UNDER PACT ACT ATTACK

“It was business as usual Wednesday when a Senate panel voted to pass legislation to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21 for the second year in a row. This time around bill sponsor Sen. Travis Hutson has narrowly tailored the legislation more to Gov. Ron Desantis’ liking. It would appear the bill (SB 1080) is to many Senators liking as well. It unanimously passed the Committee on Health Policy Wednesday, and previously passed the Committee on Regulated Industries 9-0 earlier in March. The bill also splits up laws governing tobacco versus nicotine, because vaping products like e-cigarettes only contain nicotine and do not contain tobacco. Hutson said this change was to satisfy vaping companies. “We basically copied our tobacco statute and did a nicotine statute as well, so that they will be handled differently as it relates to taxation and regulation,” Hutson said.”

BILL TARLING — It looks to be a very welcomed achievement in getting even a little separation between tobacco products and E-liquid Vape Products [EVP] so that EVP’s don’t automatically get lumped in with every smoking and tobacco regulation or tax rate

ARTICLE LINK: Bill raising smoking age to 21 passes second Senate committee

THE DP SHOW REPLAY – WITH SPECIAL GUEST MATT CULLEY FROM SMM!

Matt Culley was in town vacationing so I went to pick him up for the show! We talk vape, the PACT Act, submarines, and other random topics.

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“The Connecticut General Assembly will consider a bill that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and e-cigarette products in an attempt to reduce addiction, which disproportionately affects young adults and people of color. The ban would target vape products with fruity flavors that are popular with young people. The bill would also prevent the sale of menthol flavored products. The bill advanced from the state’s public health committee to the full Legislature on March 5. Senate Committee Chair Mary Daugherty Abrams said during the press conference that she thinks that there is a “strong” chance that the bill passes through the legislature. If the bill is enacted, the ban would go into effect in October.”

ARTICLE LINK:
Connecticut Could Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes, Menthol Tobacco Products By October

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to take all flavored e-cigarettes off the market. The 43 House Democrats sent the letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock as the agency reviews premarket tobacco applications and flavored e-cigarette. The lawmakers want the FDA to ban all flavored e-cigarettes upon further review and nix the exemption the FDA has for methanol and disposable e-cigarettes. Along with a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, lawmakers want a ban on premarket tobacco applications and the marketing of e-cigarettes that target minors.”

ARTICLE LINK:   Democrats urge FDA to clear market of all flavored e-cigarettes

Matt Culley is visiting Florida and will be visiting with me tonight on the DP Show!

“Consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific region warned that a blanket ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) in low- and middle-income countries, as proposed by an anti-tobacco non-government organization funded by Bloomberg, will only inflame the smoking epidemic and result in higher death toll from smoking-related diseases. The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) issued the statement in support of a report released by the International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO) that tobacco harm reduction (THR) alternatives like e-cigarettes and HTPs would help, and not hinder, the aims of global tobacco control. INNCO also said banning reduced harm alternatives would only lead people back to smoking and greater harm. It said blanket bans in LMICs are a form of ‘philanthropic colonialism’. The Union, a Bloomberg partner for ‘The Initiative to reduce tobacco use’, published its fourth position statement on e-cigarettes last year which called for a blanket ban on all electronic nicotine delivery systems and HTPs in LMICs.”

ARTICLE LINK:   Ban on Safer Nicotine Products in LMICs to Inflame Smoking Epidemic

“Two of China’s regulators plan to bring the rules governing the sale of e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products in line with those for ordinary cigarettes. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, posted online the draft regulations that could potentially curb a fast-growing industry. China’s tobacco industry is controlled entirely via a government monopoly, and strict controls determine what companies and retailers can produce and sell cigarettes. Cigarette sales generated 5.45% of China’s overall tax revenue in 2018. For this reason, industry experts have long expected the state to intervene in the business operations of China’s private e-cigarette companies.”

ARTICLE LINK:
China mulls bringing e-cigarette regulation in line with traditional tobacco products