Category: Vaping News

“Vaping shops across New York are open — and people are wondering why. Multiple people have reached out to the Democrat and Chronicle, asking why vaping shops are open across the county. They’re not only open across the county, as a cursory check will show; they’re largely open across the state. The state order on what businesses are essential allows a business with one working employee at a time to remain open. Most vaping shops are using this exemption to remain open as many other businesses are temporarily shuttered.”

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Vaping shops across New York using exemption to keep doors open

“Two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a total war on the use of electronic cigarettes, declaring a fabricated epidemic in teenage vaping. E-cigarette manufacturers were raided, new federal regulations were implemented, and a misinformation campaign was waged on the public from the health agencies that claim to serve them, scaring millions of Americans from making a life-saving switch while the nation sat vulnerable to a pandemic. Contrary to the federal government’s claims, an epidemic in adolescent vaping doesn’t exist.”

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Federal Obsession With Fake Epidemic Distracted Nation From Pandemic Preparedness

“Tobacco and vapor companies have an extra four months to file their premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for newly deemed tobacco products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This past summer, District Judge Paul Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland set a May 12, 2020 deadline for companies to submit the applications to the agency, as Convenience Store News previously reported. However, on April 3, Grimm said he would agree to extend the deadline for the PMTAs to Sept. 9, according to Law360.”

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Federal Judge Approves Delay of PMTA Deadline for Vapor Products

“The UK E-Cigarette Research Forum (UKECRF) is an initiative developed by Cancer Research UK in partnership with Public Health England (PHE) and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS). Among other things, it brings together genuine experts to look at research related to vaping. UKECRF has released its latest vape research briefing, thanks to funding by Cancer Research UK (CRUK). The research briefing is part of a series of monthly updates aiming to provide an overview of new studies on electronic cigarettes. The briefings are intended for researchers, policy makers, health professionals and others who may not have time to keep up to date with new findings and would like to access a summary that goes beyond the study abstract.”

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Research Roundup

“Alex Cunningham, MP for Stockton North has been a staunch advocate for vaping and its potential to reduce risk for smokers, especially those in disenfranchised and vulnerable groups in society. He has recently spoken up in favour of allowing vape stores to operate during the COVID-19 outbreak. Writing a letter to the Secretary of State, Alex said that bricks and mortar stores were essential in ensuring that ex-smokers without access to (or a fear of) the internet needed this access to prevent them from returning to smoking.”

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MP Demands Juice For All

“European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA) has announced that it has new scientific partners. The umbrella organisation has members throughout Europe that campaign on vaping and harm reduction issues. It delightedly announced three new scientific partners. ETHRA is an umbrella body for European nicotine consumer groups. It has been exceptionally active during its brief time since its inception and hopes that the addition of the three new science partners will add yet more weight to its powerful arguments.”

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ETHRA Announces Science Partners

“Thomas Miller, the Attorney General of Iowa has written to Mitch Zeller, the Director of the Centre for Tobacco Products at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He and a number of other tobacco harm reduction advocates are concerned about recent statements linking vaping to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining Attorney General Miller in signing the letter were Professor David Abrams (New York University), Scott Ballin (Health Policy Consultant), Clive Bates (Counterfactual), Professor Michael Cummings (Medical University of South Carolina), Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, Dr Thomas Glynn (Stanford University), Ethan Nadelmann (Drug Policy Alliance), Dr Raymond Niaura (New York University), Steven Schroeder (University of California San Francisco), David Sweanor (University of Ottawa), Dr Kenneth Warner (University of Michigan), Dr Daniel Wikler and Mary Saltonstall (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health).”

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Dear Mitch

“A heart ‘study’ by Stanton Glantz was used by anti-vape activists to push for a ban on vaping in Thailand. Now, following its retraction for academic malfeasance by the publishing journal, the Ends Cigarette Smoke Thailand (ECST) group has called for a rethink and pressed for the use of responsible research in future discussions.”

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Thai Group Demands Rethink

“Conversations about the supposed negative impact of vaping should be based on scientific evidence as opposed to personal feelings,” says the VPASA. “The mistake that many anti-vaping advocates make is to lambast vaping while failing to acknowledge that there is still, hitherto, no scientific evidence that suggests that vaping poses a substantial risk to people’s health, let alone a risk equivalent to cigarette smoking.”

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South African Association Demystifies Vaping

“Tobacco legislation and regulation is constantly under review at the local, state and federal levels. In this monthly roundup, Convenience Store News highlights the latest proposals and approved changes happening across the United States.”

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Tackling Tobacco: March 2020 Legislative & Regulatory Roundup