News-n-Views 8th/14th June

We gather weekly the most important Vaping news.

INTERNATIONAL REGULATION

WILL PHARMACIES NEED A TOBACCO LICENCE TO SELL E-CIGARETTES?

Much work remains to be done ahead of the 1 October start of Prescription-only e-cigarette sales, with tobacco licenses for pharmacies not ruled out in Australia.

AUCKLAND BLACK MARKET TOBACCO: DAIRIES SELLING ILLEGAL SMOKES FOR ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS

Auckland dairies are selling cut-price cigarettes imported and distributed by gangs as part of a vast and growing tobacco black market.

OPINIONS

EU TOBACCO PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE A ‘WASTED OPPORTUNITY’ TO LEARN FROM SWEDEN

The latest EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) report makes no attempt to understand why the one EU country where snus is legal also has the EU’s lowest smoking rates.

HOW VAPING CAN BE A SMOKEFREE WEAPON

Over the past few months a spate of high school principals in New Zealand have spoken out about a hazy, sickly-sweet ‘epidemic’ emerging in their schools: vaping, or e-cigarettes.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

A DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ANALYSIS OF YOUTH SMOKING AND A BAN ON SALES OF FLAVOURED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

San Francisco’s ban on flavored tobacco product sales was associated with increased smoking among minor high school students relative to other school districts. 

JOURNALISTS CRITICISE RESEARCH ON COVID-19 BY CONFUSING IT WITH TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION AND MAKING FALSE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT CONFLICTS

A featured article in the BMJ, authored by journalists from the Investigative Desk, criticize research about COVID-19 and the cholinergic system by confusing it with tobacco harm reduction and non-pharmaceutical nicotine products. 

STORY OF THE WEEK

DELIVERING A SMOKEFREE 2030: THE UK PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON SMOKING AND HEALTH RECCOMENDATIONS FOR THE TOBACCO CONTROL PLAN 2021

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Smoking and Health is a cross-party group of Peers and MPs which was founded in 1976 and is currently chaired by Bob Blackman MP.