Bill Godshall Update 2015-12-16
Tobacco Harm Reduction Update - December 16th, 2015
Contents:
THR Surveillance, News Stories On MTF Survey Findings, THR Research, THR Advocacy, FDA Deeming Ban (Congress), FDA Deeming Ban, Other FDA, Other DHHS, THR Business, UK MHRA Approves BAT Vapor Product As Medicine, Cigarette-protecting Vapor Product Bans, Litigation, Taxation, Lobbying for State $$, E-liquid Marketing Restriction, E-liquid Packaging Restrictions, Vaping Bans, Minimum Age Laws, Farming Restrictions, EU TPD, Tobacco Display Bans, Deceptive Smokeless Tobacco Warnings, Gaffe, More Junk Science, Propaganda and Lies.
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THR Surveillance
NIDA funded 2015 Monitoring the Future survey finds record low lifetime, past-30-day, daily and ½ pack+/day teen cigarette smoking rates among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders;
- past-30-day cigarette smoking declined 10% among 8th graders (from 4.0% to 3.6%) since 2014, declined 12% among 10th graders (from 7.2% to 6.3%), declined 16% among 12th graders (from 13.6% to 11.4%),
- daily cigarette smoking fell 7% among 8th graders (from 1.4% to 1.3%), fell 6% among 10th graders (from 3.2% to 3.0%), fell 18% among 12th graders (from 6.7% to 5.5%),
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Ecigtbl.pdf
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Ecigfig.pdf
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/data/15data.html
2015 MTF finds 50% decline in past-30-day teen cigarette smoking since 2010 (as vaping has skyrocketed), but MTF press release absurdly credits tax hikes, advertising and promotion restrictions, smoking bans, CDC’s anti smoking ads, school anti tobacco programs, TCA’s ban on <1% of flavored cigarettes, quit-smoking programs and FDA approved drugs.
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15cigpr.pdf
2015 MTF finds past-30-day e-cig use by teens DECLINED 5% (from 13.9% to 13.2%), increasing 9% among 8th graders (from 8.7% to 9.5%), declining 14% among 10th graders (from 16.2% to 14.0%), and declining 5% among 12th graders (from 17.1% to 16.2%), but MTF buries e-cig prevalence data in data tables, claims rate .
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Edrtbl.pdf
NIDA MTF data chart and press release MTF found just 20% of teens who used e-cigs vaped nicotine, finds most just inhaled flavorings, falsely refers to vaping as “smoking”, but that data was never reported in Univ of Michigan MTF data tables or press releases.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future/overview-findings-2015/monitoring-future-figures-2015 (e-cig nicotine/flavoring data near bottom of page)
http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2015/12/drug-use-trends-remain-stable-or-decline-among-teens
NIDA director Nora Volkow attacks no-nicotine vapor products (in response to MTF finding that just 20% of teen e-cig users reported vaping nicotine), claims decreasing their appeal will become “more urgent as studies emerge that identify the adverse outcomes” despite vaping’s negligible risks and lifesaving benefits for smokers.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/12/16/survey-teens-still-intrigued-e-cigarettes/77363202/
2015 MTF fails to provide critically important cross tab data for e-cig use, cigarette use and dual use (unlike in 2014 http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/14data/14tobtbl29.pdf) and asked deceptive question about reasons e-cigs were used so MTF surveyors could deceptively claim that few teens used e-cigs to quit smoking.
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org//pressreleases/15ecigpr_complete.pdf
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Eecigtbl.pdf
NIDA funded MTF surveyor Richard Miech falsely claims survey found e-cigs are not used by teens to quit smoking, falsely insinuates that e-cigs are as harmful as cigarettes, lobbies for FDA e-cig ban and an e-cig flavoring ban by falsely claiming TCA’s ban of select cigarette flavorings (accounting for <1% of flavored cigarettes) reduced smoking.
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15ecigpr.pdf
2015 MTF survey finding 7% of teens smoked a cigarette in past-30-days shatters DHHS’s Healthy People 2020 target of 16% for high school students, which is the only Healthy People goal ever achieved for tobacco use.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/node/3510/objectives#5287
2015 MTF finds use of cigarillos (little cigars) declined among teens from 2014, but MTF surveyors falsely insinuate flavored cigars are gateways to cigarettes and are as harmful as cigarettes to lobby for FDA deeming reg/ban for cigars.
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15cigarillopr.pdf
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Ecigarillotbl.pdf
http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/14data/14tobtbl13.pdf
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/15Edrtbl.pdf
News stories on MTF survey findings
http://www.wsj.com/articles/cigarette-smoking-down-among-high-school-students-study-finds-1450242062
http://www.wsj.com/articles/cigarette-smoking-down-among-high-school-students-study-finds-1450242062
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drugs-idUSKBN0TZ2B720151216
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/16/health/teen-drug-use-survey/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/traditional-cigarette-smoking-down-again-for-youths-e-cig-experimentation/article_79eb3bae-a402-11e5-8cac-6388107bc92a.html
Gallup – In US, Young Adults’ Cigarette Use is Down Sharply; finds cigarette smoking rate lower among 18-29 year olds (18.4%) than among 30-49 year olds (19.6) and among 50-64 year olds (18.6%)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/187592/young-adults-cigarette-down-sharply.aspx
2015 Ontario survey finds past year cigarette smoking among 7-12 graders drops to 9%, just 3% smoked cigarettes daily, and 12% reported vaping in past year (but survey didn’t inquire if nicotine was vaped); but surveyor CAMH’s Hayley Hamilton falsely tells news media the research is “inconclusive” if vaping is less harmful than smoking.
http://www.camhx.ca/Publications/OSDUHS/2015/index.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/2391253/e-cigarettes-more-popular-among-ontario-students-than-regular-cigarettes-camh/
THR Research
2014 follow-up study of 2011/12 baseline cigarette smokers finds 23% became intensive (daily) vapers, 29% were intermittent vapers, 18% vaped 1 or 2 times, 30% never vaped; intensive vapers were 6 times more likely than nonvapers to report quitting smoking; intermittent vapers were no more likely than nonvapers to report quitting smoking.
http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/2/127.abstract
Factasia.org survey finds 75% of smokers in Asia oppose banning vapor products
http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/12/15/wrong-for-governments-to-ban-vaping-smokers-say-in-survey/
UK study finds declining percentage of smokers and exsmokers accurately believe cigarette smoking is more harmful than vaping, authors call for truthful communication and information about the dangerous risks of smoking and lifesaving benefits of vaping
http://www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716%2815%2901696-8/pdf
Mike Siegel: New study shows anti-vaping groups’ misinformation is confusing the public and resulting in more smoking
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-study-shows-that-anti-vaping-groups.html
Guy Bentley – Study: Misperceptions around health risks of e-cigarettes are growing fast
http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/09/study-misperceptions-around-health-risks-of-e-cigarettes-are-growing-fast/
THR Advocacy
Laura Eggertson: Harm reduction over morals to reduce smoking deaths
http://www.cmaj.ca/site/earlyreleases/8dec15_harm-reduction-over-morals-to-reduce-smoking-deaths-cmaj.109-5203.xhtml
Atakan Befrits: Open letter in the Norwegian Medical Association Journal December 2015
https://befrits.wordpress.com/2015/12/13/open-letter-in-the-norwegian-medical-association-journal-december-2015/
Alaska vapor trade association group formed called Clear the Air Alaska
http://juneauempire.com/state/2015-12-06/e-cigarettes-get-trade-organization
FDA Deeming Ban (Congress)
AVA: Omnibus bill will protect cigarette markets and harm public health
http://vaping.info/news/2015/omnibus-bill-will-protect-cigarette-markets-harm-public-health
E-cigarettes big loser in spending bill
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/e-cigarettes-big-loser-in-spending-bill/article/2578501
Big Pharma financed CTFK falsely claims budget bill in Congress that would let FDA ban e-cig sales to adults as protecting “kids and public health”, deceitfully calls House rider to keep e-cigs legal as “tobacco industry giveaways”
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2015_12_16_budget
FDA Deeming Ban
Deeming Update: The Fight Continues
Manufacturers, industry groups, anti-tobacco advocates plead their case to White House
http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/deeming-update-fight-continues
A Billion Lives director Aaron Biebert urges White House OMB/OIRA to reject FDA’s vapor product ban
https://www.facebook.com/notes/a-billion-lives/speech-to-white-house-omb/1015436971836356
NATO representatives meet with OMB officials on Deeming
http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/nato-representatives-meet-omb-officials-deeming
US Rep. Duncan Hunter: Don’t stifle vaping
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/262466-dont-stifle-vaping
Business and health groups jockey to shape e-cigarette rule; CTFK falsely claims e-cig ban is “about protecting kids and public health” even though it threatens the lives of all vapers and smokers, and benefits only Big Tobacco and CTFK’s funders at Big Pharma http://thehill.com/regulation/261897-business-health-groups-jockey-to-shape-e-cig-rule
Cameron Smith and Dr. Edward Anselm: Onerous new FDA rules will increase smoking
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/onerous-new-fda-rules-will-increase-smoking/article/2577484
Grover Norquist: How to Restrain Obama’s Spending (cites measure to keep vapor products legal from FDA prohibition)
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427999/obama-budget-spending-restrain?2734QLdoy1jPTSih.01
E-cigarette regs give industry the vapers
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/e-cigarette-regs-give-industry-the-vapors/article/2577595
Mike Siegel: Changing grandfather date does not mean FDA cannot review e-cigarette products
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/changing-grandfather-date-does-not-mean.html
American Academy of Family Physicians lies to Congress (and the public) once again about vaping to lobby for FDA’s cigarette protecting vapor product ban
http://www.aafp.org/media-center/releases-statements/all/2015/aafp-to-congress-stop-hr-2058-before-it-kills-fda-tobacco-review-authority.html
http://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/prevention/tobacco/LT-Congress-FDADeeming-120215.pdf
Mike Siegel – Once, twice, three times a liar: AAFP letter to Congress on e-cigarettes predicate date lies three times, yet still fails to make its point
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/once-twice-three-times-liar-aafp-letter.html
Big Pharma financed ALA’s Harold Wimmer lobbies Congress to protect cigarettes and threaten lives of vapers and smokers by letting Obama’s FDA ban e-cig sales to adults, deceitfully claims “one rider would weaken FDA's ability to protect kids from tobacco”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-wimmer-/protect-kids-health---rej_b_8806002.html
ALA affiliate ATS urges White House OMB/OIRA to ban vapor product sales to adults (while failing to admit FDA deeming reg bans vapor products), lies about flavored cigars
http://news.thoracic.org/?p=7782
Big Pharma financed CTFK press release on MTF survey criticizes e-cigs and cigars yet again, lobbies for FDA deeming ban without admitting FDA deeming would ban e-cigs.
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press_releases/post/2015_12_16_survey
Legacy cites sharp decline in teen smoking (that was largely due to e-cigs) to once again lobby for FDA deeming ban on e-cigs (without acknowledging it would ban e-cigs)
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/significant-drop-as-teen-cigarette-smoking-hits-7-reason-for-celebration-but-the-fight-is-not-over-300193651.html
Partisan Wired reporter advocates FDA e-cig ban by misrepresenting e-cig research findings, federal budget process, and Republicans who want to keep vapor products legal
http://www.wired.com/2015/12/republicans-are-trying-to-sneak-an-e-cigarette-exemption-past-the-fda/
DHHS Financed Lobbying for FDA Deming Ban
DHHS funded Harvard study finds nontoxic trace level constituents in vapor flavoring, but authors and Harvard falsely claim study found vaping can cause Popcorn Lung and contains harmful levels of diacetyl (that were exponentially lower than levels in cigarette smoke) to deceive, scare and lobby for FDA’s cigarette protecting deeming ban.
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2015/12/ehp.1510185.acco.pdf
Harvard press release and DHHS funded activists deceitfully misrepresent findings of vapor study to confuse, scare and lobby for FDA deeming ban
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/12/popcorn-lung-seen-in-e-cigarette-smokers/
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-12-chemicals-e-cigarette-flavors-linked-respiratory.html
Lazy stupid news media sensationalize Harvard’s and study author’s false Popcorn Lung and diacetyl accusations without any fact checking (or common sense)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12037518/E-cigarettes-contain-flavouring-chemical-linked-to-deadly-popcorn-lung.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3350402/Smokers-use-e-cigs-risking-harm-lungs.html
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/wellness/e-cigarettes-contain-dangerous-popcorn-lung-chemicals/ar-AAgcnQ7?li=AAacUQk
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9873458/e-cigarette-vape-lung-disease-diacetyl-cupcake-cotton-candy
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/harvard-study-confirms-dangers-of-vaping-b99631238z1-361343541.html
http://gizmodo.com/reliable-harvard-scientists-say-e-cig-flavors-can-cause-1746896400
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/12/flavors-e-cigarettes-popcorn-lung-vape-pens-nicotine
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/study-shows-more-research-needed-into-e-cigarettes/article_2d3674f8-a1fb-11e5-a8fb-cf49db6f1e53.html
Konstantinos Farsalinos: A new study finds diacetyl in e-cigarettes but exaggerates risks and fails to discuss about smoking
http://www.ecigarette-research.org/research/index.php/whats-new/whatsnew-2015/236-da2
Guy Bentley: How the media totally exaggerated study on risk of ‘Popcorn Lung’ from e-cigarettes
http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/09/how-the-media-totally-exaggerated-study-on-risk-of-popcorn-lung-from-e-cigarettes/
Mike Siegel: New study finds that average diacetyl exposure from vaping is 750 times lower than from smoking
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-study-finds-that-average-diacetyl.html
Brad Rodu: Is the Harvard e-cigarette buttery flavor study credible?
http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2015/12/is-harvard-e-cigarette-buttery-flavor.html
Did study conclude e-cigarette flavours lead to lung diseases?
https://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/323269
CDC’s Ralph Caraballo acknowledges 2014 survey data found 20.6% of current smokers, 4% of former smokers and just .8% of never smokers reported vaping during past month; but then falsely claims “The evidence is currently insufficient to conclude that ENDS are effective for smoking cessation.”
http://medicalresearch.com/tobacco-research/tobacco/electronic-nicotine-use-rises-especially-among-smokers/20064/
Other FDA
FDA and DHHS file motion for dismissal of lawsuit by tobacco companies over packaging regulations
http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/fed-agencies-want-tobacco-packaging-lawsuit-tossed/article_94cd202e-d2cf-56c3-bfb4-ca9eea87e493.html
FDA misleadingly tweets – Remember: There’s no safe #tobacco product, but if it’s defective, damaged, or contaminated, let us know.
https://twitter.com/FDATobacco/status/672502455763116032
Mike Siegel: FDA wants to know if your cigarette is defective, damaged or contaminated, but doesn’t care if it kills you
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/fda-wants-to-know-if-your-cigarette-is.html
DHHS complains about record drug overdose deaths caused by aggressive marketing of FDA approved opioid drugs, blames “abuse” by victims and cheaper “illegal” alternatives
http://www.hhs.gov/blog/2015/12/10/rates-of-drug-overdose-deaths-continue-to-rise.html
Other DHHS
The Government Wastebook:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/government-wastebook-35639586
THR Business
Wells Fargo’s Bonnie Herzog reports 5.7% cigalike volume decline in US (compared to 2014) and 10.5% $ sales decline as more cigalike users switch to far less expensive and far more satisfying Premium Vaporizers and e-liquids sold at vape shops.
http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/electronic-cigarette-sales-continue-volume-decline/article_5cd07ebc-4e1e-5a4b-b0e5-8c8a52ad74b9.html
Imperial to drop “Tobacco” from its name after 115 years
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-15/cigarette-maker-drops-tobacco-from-name-becomes-imperial-brands
UK MHRA Approves BAT Vapor Product as Medicine
BAT Nicoventure’s Voke will be prescribed on the NHS - but the government didn’t want you to know
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/e-cigarettes-prescribed-nhs-government-6962452
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3348012/First-e-cigarettes-prescribed-NHS-New-Year.html
Legacy’s Robin Koval touts BAT Nicoventures’ Voke, demonizes all other vapor products, awaits FDA’s deeming ban on vapor products
http://truthinitiative.org/news/e-cigarettes-millions-nhs
Cigarette Protecting Vapor Product Bans
Tamil Nadu (India) Directorate of Drugs Control bans e-cigs, seizes products from company, tells Madras High Court that the e-cig company should seek permission under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, as the devices are classified as drugs.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ecigarettes-classified-as-drug/article7956484.ece
Singapore Ministry of Health protects cigarettes, threatens public health by banning lifesaving vapor and dissolvable tobacco/nicotine products
http://sbr.com.sg/healthcare/news/moh-bans-e-cigarettes-other-emerging-tobacco-products
Oman’s Public Authority for Consumer Protection protects cigarette markets, threatens public health by banning lifesaving vapor products
http://www.timesofoman.com/article/73480/Oman/Government/Electronic-cigarettes-banned-in-Oman
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/oman-bans-e-cigarettes-1.1636773
Thailand protects cigarettes by banning lifesaving vapor products and vaping under deceitful guise of public health
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2015/12/08/thailand-plans-to-ban-products-that-promote-nicotine-use/
Litigation
Japan Tobacco International settle patent lawsuit filed by Imperial’s Fonthem Ventures, sign licensing agreement
http://invezz.com/news/equities/21533-Imperial-Tobacco-share-price-Company-settles-patent-lawsuit-against-Japan-Tobacco
Cigarette companies launch legal challenge to UK plain-packaging law
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/big-tobacco-challenges-uks-plainpackaging-laws-20151210-00628
http://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/materials/cartonboard/tobacco-challenge-10-12-2015
http://news.yahoo.com/tobacco-firms-launch-legal-challenge-against-uk-plain-152039609.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uk-tobacco-idUSKBN0TT1H820151210
Florida jury holds RJ Reynolds accountable, awards $11 million to throat cancer victim
http://blog.cvn.com/11m-verdict-thumps-r.j.-reynolds-in-throat-cancer-trial
Tobacco Wars lawyer scores another verdict ($900,000) in record-setting case
http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202744681606/Tobacco-Wars-Lawyer-Scores-Another-Verdict-in-RecordSetting-Case?slreturn=20151114134540
Taxation
Smokefree Pennsylvania urges PA legislators to increase cigarette tax rate, but to NOT tax far less harmful vapor and smokeless tobacco products
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/smokefree-pennsylvania-urges-pa-legislators-to-hike-cigarette-tax-but-no-tax-on-smokefree-products.717097/
CASAA Call to Action: Oppose PA Governor Wolf’s unjustifiable 40% wholesale tax on vapor products and smokeless tobacco
http://blog.casaa.org/2015/03/pennsylvania-call-to-action-oppose.html
http://cqrcengage.com/casaa/app/write-a-letter?1&engagementId=150093
12/11 PennLive article says PA budget negotiators to meet this weekend to settle budget
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/12/pa_state_budget_talks_at_loooo.html
AP, Sharon Herald and RecorderPost articles claim PA House GOP budget plan would tax lifesaving vapor products and low risk smokeless tobacco, hike cigarette tax $1/pack
http://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/Work-on-overdue-Pennsylvania-budget-moves-to-6684064.php
http://www.sharonherald.com/news/state/house-gop-launches-new-round-in-pa-budget-battle/article_6e7231ae-5e9f-5a87-9534-8e9f35da7da0.html
http://recorderpost.com/17745/senate-could-vote-on-pa-budget-again/
Pennlive and Post-Gazette articles (from 12/8) report PA Senate GOP budget plan includes cigarette tax hike
http://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/pennsylvania_senate_passes_fra.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2015/12/07/Senate-sends-state-budget-to-unknown-fate-in-House/stories/201512070162
NY State cigarette tax revenue declines by 25% ($400 million) since 2011
http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2015/12/ny_losing_big_with_nations_highest_cigarette_tax.html
Lobbying for State $$
Another Big Pharma financed CTFK report attacks States for not wasting more cigarette settlement money to lie about lifesaving smokefree alternatives, nicotine, flavorings, etc., and to subsidize Big Pharma’s ineffective and less-than-safe smoking cessation drugs; absurdly ranks states progress in reducing youth smoking based on government $$ spent, fails to acknowledge vaping is key reason teen and adult smoking rates have plummeted.
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements
Legacy repeats CTFK nonsense equating state spending with reducing youth smoking, conflates all tobacco use with deadly cigarette smoking, ideologue CEO Robin Koval absurdly claims more government spending can “Finish” tobacco.
http://truthinitiative.org/research/big-tobacco-20-states-1-deadly-ratio
E-liquid Marketing Restriction
Utah Health Dept officials finalizing e-cigarette rules to ban >99% of e-liquid products, threaten the lives of vapers and smokers, protect cigarettes, Big Tobacco and Big Pharma
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865642841/E-cigarette-regulations-may-be-coming-down-the-pipe.html
E-liquid Packaging Restrictions
US Senate unanimously approves bill (S 142) to require child resistant packaging for e-liquid
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d114:SN00142:@@@L&summ2=m&
https://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114s142is/pdf/BILLS-114s142is.pdf
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/national/senate-approves-bill-to-child-proof-liquid-nicotine-bottles/article_2ba80a4e-a015-11e5-b8d6-fb87adc07ab1.html
NJ Senate approves bill (S 2877) to require child resistant packaging for e-liquid
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S2877
NJ Assembly Health Cmte amends/approves bill (A 4098) to require child resistant packaging for e-liquid
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=A4098
Vaping Bans
Health experts urge Welsh officials to drop e-cigarette ban plan
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14129798.Health_experts_urge_AMs_to_drop_e_cigarette_ban_plan/
Welsh Health Minister backs down on campaign to ban vaping
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-12-08/mark-drakeford-says-hes-going-to-amend-the-public-health-bill-to-define-areas-where-e-cigarettes-should-be-banned/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-35039630
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/health-minister-backs-down-campaign-10570824
Hundreds gather in Toronto to protest Ontario vaping laws
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/hundreds-gather-in-toronto-to-protest-ontario-vaping-laws-1.2688362
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/05/vapers-protest-provincial-regulations-on-e-cigarettes
Luke Karnack: HUD proposes banning smoking, e-cigarettes in public housing
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2015/12/08/hud-proposes-banning-smoking-e-cigarettes-public-housing
Minimum Age Laws
Cleveland City Council raises minimum age for tobacco and vapor product sales to 21
http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2015/12/cleveland_bans_tobacco_e-cigar.html
http://fox8.com/2015/12/07/tobacco-sales-to-people-under-21-banned-in-cleveland/
NJ Assembly Health Cmte approves bill (A 3254) to increase minimum age for sale of deadly cigarettes, less harmful OPT, and lifesaving vapor products from 19 to 21 years
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=A3254
NJ Assembly Health Cmte approves bill (S 602) to increase minimum age for sale of deadly cigarettes, less harmful OPT, and lifesaving vapor products from 19 to 21 years
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S602
NJ smoking age may be raised to 21
http://patch.com/new-jersey/montville/nj-smoking-age-may-be-raised-21-0
Boston Board of Health to vote Thursday on regulation to increase minimum age for sale of deadly cigarettes, less harmful OTP, and lifesaving vapor products
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2015/12/measure_would_raise_age_for_buying_tobacco_from_18_to_21
Farming restrictions
Self-proclaimed human rights group tries to ban teens from planting/harvesting tobacco
https://www.hrw.org/node/284122
EU TPD
Pascal Culverhouse: Will 2016 be the year that the high street vape shop runs out of puff?
http://www.economicvoice.com/will-2016-be-the-year-that-the-high-street-vape-shop-runs-out-of-puff/
Proposed UK law bans vapor product advertising to comply with nonsensical EU TPD
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposals-for-uk-law-on-the-advertising-of-e-cigarettes
http://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/e-cigarette-adverts-be-made-illegal-eu
Tobacco Display Bans
Singapore to ban retail tobacco displays to further stigmatize products and users, prevent tobacco consumers from knowing what products are available, impose more costs on retailers, make all consumers wait longer in line at retail stores, yet provide no benefits
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/tobacco-products-to-be/2331584.html
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/philip-morris--singapore-s-ban-on-tobacco-display-won-t-curb-smoking-rate-100641222.html
Macau bill would ban retail tobacco displays (with ramifications same as above)
http://macaubusinessdaily.com/Politics/Cigarettes-cigar-trade-reps-oppose-proposed-smoking-control-bill
Deceptive Smokeless Tobacco Warnings
Atakan Befrits : Something is rotten in the (Tobacco Control) state of Sweden
https://befrits.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/something-is-rotten-in-the-tobacco-control-state-of-sweden/
http://antithrlies.com/2015/12/10/sweden-pulls-up-the-drawbridge-behind-them-outsource/
Gaffe
Guy Bentley: Anti-smoking zealot claims e-cigarettes are ‘against our culture’ (note that Obama’s DHHS has heavily funded anti vaping propagandists Peter Shields)
http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/08/anti-smoking-zealot-claims-e-cigarettes-are-against-our-culture/
More Junk Science, Propaganda and Lies
CASAColumbia urges policy makers to protect cigarettes and threaten public health via FDA vapor product sales ban, banning Internet sales of vapor products, banning vaping, taxing FDA banned vapor products, redefining vapor products as tobacco, increasing minimum age for sale of banned vapor products to 21, and more.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-national-center-on-addiction-and-substance-abuse-releases-comprehensive-guide-aimed-at-improving-addiction-prevention-and-treatment-300186967.html
http://www.casacolumbia.org/addiction-research/reports/guide-policymakers-prevention-early-intervention-and-treatment-risky
Mike Siegel: Yet another tobacco researcher tells the public that smoking may not be any more hazardous than vaping
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/yet-another-tobacco-researcher-tells.html
Aljazeera America recycles 20 month old propaganda video that grossly misrepresents the negligible risks posed by vaping to demonize vapor products
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/techknow/multimedia/2015/12/techknow.html
UK Pharmacist Brian Curwain conuses harmless nicotine with deadly cigarette smoking, demonizes and lobbies to ban vapor products, falsely and absurdly claims more never smoking California teens now vape than had previously used tobacco; Bates responds.
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/correspondence/e-cigarettes-will-not-cure-people-from-nicotine-addiction/20200245.article
Alameda-Contra Costa (CA) Medical Association president Arthur Chen protects cigarettes by repeating many lies about lifesaving vapor products
http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_29200206/guest-commentary-tobacco-giants-targeting-teens-e-cigs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Raquel Rutledge continues to protect cigarettes by lying about scientific evidence on vapor products to deceive, scare and lobby for FDA ban
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/gasping-for-action-322988651.html
Yahoo Health’s Christie Wilcox creates three straw man arguments/myths to deceive and scare readers about vaping
https://www.yahoo.com/health/3-myths-and-3-facts-about-e-cigarettes-163813168.html
NYU ScienceLine article repeats JAMA’s lies aabout vaping, nicotine, flavorings, hookah and the disproved “gateway” theory
http://scienceline.org/2015/12/dont-be-fooled-by-flavored-tobacco-its-still-tobacco/
- Bill Godshall
Godshall THRU 2015-12-16