News-n-Views 21st/27th September

We gather weekly the most important Vaping news.

INTERNATIONAL REGULATION

MAKING MALAYSIA A TOBACCO-FREE NATION

Technically speaking, vaping products are not legal in Malaysia, and have also been declared haram by the National Fatwa Council.

VAPE MAKERS STRUGGLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS AFTER FDA BANS FLAVORED E-CIGS

Industry watchers predict many smaller operations keep will selling the products until the feds’ enforcement strategy is clearer.

OPINIONS

QUIT-OR-DIE APPROACH AN ILL-ADVISED GAMBLE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

Many smokers are unable – or at least unwilling – to achieve cessation through complete nicotine and tobacco abstinence; they continue smoking despite the very real and obvious adverse health consequences.

BUREAUCRATS, DEMOCRATS ARE NEEDLESSLY KILLING A POWERFUL ANTI-SMOKING TOOL

The Food and Drug Administration is unfairly targeting vaping users by overregulation and excessive taxes.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

VAPING: NECESSARY CLINIC AND FUNCTIONAL INDICATORS TO ASSESS TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION AND RELATED BENEFITS

Tobacco harm reduction theories and their fundamental principles are questioned worldwide. New indicators specifically designed to establish the harm reduction potential of low risk tobacco products are examined by CoEHAR, with promising results

DOES NICOTINE PREVENT COVID TRANSMISSION?FRANCE MIGHT BEGIN CLINICAL TRIALS

A new epidemiology paper found that smokers get less COVID-19. The benefit, the authors say, is derived from the nicotine, not the cigarettes. Smoking kills people, but nicotine does not

STORY OF THE WEEK

WHO BUSTED FOR MANIPULATING KEY TOBACCO CONFERENCE

CAPHRA describes the WHO’s well calculated manoeuvring of COP9’s meeting protocols as trickery at its finest.