Vape company gets second chance against FDA in Fifth Court. Tempe flavor ban stalls with facts and common sense. Taiwan bans all vaping. THR advocate gets black listed. Experts call out bad vaping/COPD studies in review. CASAA Live is back and more!
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HEADS UP! // NEW YORK
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that she wants to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in NY. Flavored vapor products are already banned in NY, so this would further reduce adult access to far less harmful smoking alternatives.
.@KevinThomasNY Senate Bill S516
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Prohibits the sale or provision of any quantity of electronic liquid used to refill an electronic cigarette or cartridgeGovernment overreach! @GovKathyHochul make NY a better place to live. Eliminate the flavor ban
— Donald Iocco (@DonaldIocco) January 7, 2023
READ MORE: NY State of the State 2023: Hochul eyes cigarette tax hike
HEADS UP! // INDIANA
A bill introduced by state Rep. Carolyn Jackson seeks to deprive adults over 21 of the flavored vapor products that help them keep from smoking and which could potentially help the 19.4% of adults in the state who still smoke to quit.
Flavor ban has been dropped in Indiana: https://t.co/zNVHY1mexI
— Lindsey Stroud (@lmstroud89) January 10, 2023
READ MORE: Read Text: House Bill 1133
HEADS UP! // MAINE
State Senator Jill Duson has filed a bill seeking to ban the sale of flavored tobacco/vapor products statewide. The State Legislature has already begun its session, but the bill has not yet been assigned to a committee.
READ MORE: Maine Legislator Introduces Bill to Ban Flavored Tobacco Sales Statewide
CALL TO ACTION UPDATE // Tempe, AZ Flavor Ban
The Tempe, AZ flavor ban proposal has run into serious problems: Facts and common sense.
This balanced article by Elias Weiss points out the huge decline in teen vaping/smoking and how the ban would impact adults who depend on the products to quit smoking.
https://twitter.com/CASAAmedia/status/1581027505942982656
READ MORE: Tempe Delays Action on Proposed Flavored Nicotine Ban
CALL TO ACTION: Tempe, Arizona – Stop a Flavor ban!
ADVOCACY // 2022 eCigIntelligence Consumer Survey
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SURVEY LINK: USA – Vape Consumer Survey 2022
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION // Advocates Face Censorship and Ostracization
“People protecting and hugely enriching the cigarette companies, and adding hugely to the toll of death and disease, not because they are being bought off but because they have never meaningfully intellectually engaged on the issue.” ~ David Sweanor
@JonathanFoulds presents a great quote from @LundKarl which sums up the harm reduction perspective regarding e-cigarettes beautifully, at the INCa organised e-cig conference in Paris pic.twitter.com/FCnh1wI9tL
— Felix Naughton (@FelixNaughton) December 5, 2022
READ MORE: “Next Time It Could Be You”—The McCarthyism in Tobacco Con
FDA // Second Chance for Triton
“En banc” means ALL judges of the 5th Court will now hear the case, rather than just a smaller panel of judges from the court. Triton will now have the opportunity to introduce information for the court to assess that wasn’t available to the first panel. Reported by CASAA Director Jim McDonald for Vaping360.
Fifth Circuit Grants Triton a Rehearing of MDO Appeal — updated with briefing and argument schedule.
By Jim McDonaldhttps://t.co/WNyla6Y0Ju— Vaping360 (@Vaping360) January 20, 2023
READ MORE: Fifth Circuit Grants Triton a Rehearing of MDO Appeal
TOBACCO CONTROL // Follow the Money
“During fiscal year 2023, states will collect some $26.7 billion either through tobacco settlement funds or taxes on tobacco. But in all they’ll spend just 2.7%…on tobacco prevention and cessation programs.” (NOTE: States get ZERO MSA money from vape sales.)
The report asserts that many states “shortchange” programs meant to prevent young people from experimenting with tobacco and others designed to help older users quit.https://t.co/7mRLCCQQ3D
— Journal Record (@JournalRecord) January 19, 2023
READ MORE: Spending on tobacco prevention, cessation found lacking
Legislation // Crime & Punishment
Think about “convicted of vaping.” They’re talking about nicotine, a legal substance that doesn’t cause intoxication. So safe it’s sold OTC as gum and lozenges in sweet flavors. With the same repercussions as smoking, alcohol and controlled substances.
https://twitter.com/gbentley1/status/1615810679998681088
READ MORE: Smith County judge threatens to confiscate cellphones of minors convicted of vaping
AROUND THE WORLD // Taiwan Passes Excessive Vaping Ban
Taiwan has banned both the sale and PERSONAL USE of low risk vapor products, while they have a smoking rate between 16% – 19%. Nearly 7 billion cigarettes were sold in 2021. Ironically, Taiwan’s health minister tried to quit smoking in early 2022, but apparently didn’t succeed. Reported by CASAA Director Jim McDonald for Vaping360.
Taiwan is going to ban vaping on this Friday.
Insane and ridiculous officials and legislators. pic.twitter.com/r9nJIeSXlP— Yu-Yang(Danny) Wang (@DannyWangTW) January 10, 2023
READ MORE: Taiwan Bans Vape Sales and Personal Use
RESEARCH // Review of Bad Studies of Vaping/COPD Link
Review of clinical studies & surveys claiming link between COPD & vaping uncovers “the poor quality of the existing scientific literature” that inexplicably ignores the “plethora of studies” with “evidence for the harm reduction potential” of vapor and Heat-Not-Burn products.
Health impact of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Current and emerging evidence https://t.co/rb3WIWWJ2O
— martin smith (@martinsmith02) January 16, 2023
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CASAA IN ACTION // Twitter Spaces
The week we recap the Reagan-Udall sessions with Amanda Wheeler, Tim Andrews and CASAA CEO Alex Clark, who all presented to the panel about FDA’s issues regulating reduced-harm products. What grade would you give FDA? Also available on CASAA’s Spotify channel (above.)
— CASAA (@CASAAmedia) October 26, 2022
CASAA IN ACTION // CASAA Live
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On this CASAA Explains episode, CASAA CEO Alex Clark and VP Logan Evans reveal the common misconceptions about who & what actually poses the biggest threat to vaping. The answer may surprise you!
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