News-n-Views 11th/16th May

We gather weekly the most important Vaping news.

INTERNATIONAL REGULATION

EU TPD IMPLEMENTATION REPORT: THE COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED

The EU Commission will soon reveal the outcome of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) implementation report

BAN ALL CIGARETTES, NOT JUST MENTHOLS, AND URGE ADULT SMOKERS TO TRY LESS HARMFUL OPTIONS

America can lead on health and help African Americans and other adult smokers with a ban on cigarettes and incentives to switch to alternatives.

OPINIONS

OTTAWA’s TOBACCO TAX SHOULD REFLECT THE DIFFERENT HEALTH RISKS OF VAPES

In its budget statement, the federal government announced that it would introduce a special excise levy on vaping products in 2022. 

WANT FEWER TEEN SMOKERS? STOP BANNING VAPES

It’s time for policymakers to embrace the role of tobacco harm reduction and actually protect public health rather than spew misinformation.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS TOWARD THE CLINICAL USAGE OF E-CIGARETTES: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN SAUDI ARABIA

The study aim to assess knowledge and attitudes about e-smoking among undergraduate medical students, specifically focused on favorable view of therapeutic e-cigarette use for smoking cessation or harm reduction.

EFFECT OF MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE BILL NO.4196 ON ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY

The study suggests that legislation arising from misstatements about EVALI and e-cigarettes caused an increase in cigarette consumption.

STORY OF THE WEEK

SWEDISH MEP CALLS OUT COMMISSION ‘DISHONESTY’ ON SNUS AND CANCER

Swedish MEP Sara Skyttedal believes the European Commission’s “ideological opposition” to all tobacco and nicotine leaves ignorant on the science on Swedish snus and cancer.