Scientific Research
2014 Gallup Poll finds 5% of US ex-smokers quit smoking with nicotine patches, 3% with electronic cigarettes, 2% with prescription drugs and 1% with nicotine gum.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1717/tobacco-smoking.aspx
Note that while Obama’s DHHS unlawfully banned e-cigs in 2009 and has demonized them since, nicotine patches and gums have been subsidized, aggressively marketed and touted by federal/state/local health agencies and Big Pharma funded ACS, AHA, ALA, AMA, etc. for past two decades, as have prescription drugs for past decade.
Brad Rodu – Formadehpye vs Fact: Levels are far lower in e-cigarettes than in cigarettes
http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2015/01/formaldehype-vs-fact-levels-are-far.html
Study finds adult smokers who vape are far more interested in flavored e-cigs than nonvaping smokers, who are far more interested in flavored e-cigs than nonsmoking teens; refutes unsubstantiated claims that flavored e-cigs appeal to nonsmoking youth. On a 0-10 scale of interest for flavored e-cigs, the study found a 3.19 for adult smokers who vape, a 1.08 for adult smokers who never vaped, and a .41 for nonsmoking teens.
http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/06/ntr.ntu333.short?
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/study-shows-e-cigarette-flavors-do-not-appeal-to-nonsmoking-teens-300018288.html
Interestingly, while Single Malt Scotch was the least desired e-cig flavoring by adult smokers (1.01), it was the most desired e-cig flavoring by nonsmoking teens (.52), and was more desirable than Bubble Gum (.47), Cotton Candy (.49) and Gummy Bear (.44), three flavors e-cig opponents have repeatedly insisted appeal to youth.
ACSH: A new survey show slightly more than zero interest in e-cig flavors among nonsmoking teens
http://acsh.org/2015/01/new-survey-show-slightly-zero-interest-e-cig-flavors-among-nonsmoking-teens/
Survey of 191 college students who “ever used” an e-cig finds 176 “only tried” e-cigs, 15 reported “occasionally use” and 0 reported “daily use”; finds NO evidence that e-cigs are gateways to cigarettes.
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797%2814%2900555-8/fulltext
http://www.ajpmonline.org/cms/attachment/2021701541/2041527416/gr1_lrg.jpg
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/02/study-e-cigarettes-probably-not-a-gateway-to-regular-smoking/
Study: E-cigarettes probably not a gateway to regular smoking
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/02/study-e-cigarettes-probably-not-a-gateway-to-regular-smoking/
Analysis of CDC 2012 NYTS data finds just 64% of US teens believed “smoking a few cigarettes every day” caused “a lot of harm”, and just 33% believed “smoking cigarettes some days but not every day” caused “a lot of harm”; CDC didn’t mention these findings in agency’s many fear mongering reports and press releases citing selective NYTS data to demonize e-cigs, cigars and hookah to lobby for FDA’s proposed deeming reg
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/07/peds.2014-2502.full.pdf+html
ACSH: A new study of teens’ tobacco habits reveals disturbing misinformation about smoking
http://acsh.org/2015/01/new-study-teens-tobacco-habits-reveals-disturbing-misinformation-smoking/
Safety
CDC study finds 44,000 drug poisoning deaths in US in 2013, more than doubling since 1999; but Obama’s CDC and FDA focus on exaggerating negligible and hypothetical risks of lifesaving e-cigs to lobby for FDA’s proposed deeming regulation
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6401a10.htm?s_cid=mm6401a10_e
Herkimer County (NY) Coroner won’t reveal cause of death of NY child that news media claimed was caused by ingestion of e-liquid, says he cannot discuss the case or autopsy report with anyone but family members or law enforcement
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/637343-update-ny-child-dies-nicotine-poisoning-17.html#post15026157
Quit-smoking drug Chantix/Champix suspected in 30 suicides in Canada
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Quit+smoking+drug+suspected+suicides+Canada/10717006/story.html
Mike Siegel: Why are groups recommending a smoking cessation drug that has been linked to hundreds of deaths?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-are-anti-smoking-groups.html
CDC funded lies and lobbying
CDC funded California Health Dept’s so-called “Facts” brochure unlawfully lobbies to ban vaping by urging readers to “support policies that do not allow e-cigarettes to be used indoors and where children are present”, falsely claims e-cigarettes “can cause cancer and birth defects”, “appeal to children”, “are poisonous”, “contain harmful chemicals”, “can hurt the lungs just like cigarette smoke”, “are just as addictive as regular cigarettes”, “do not help people quit smoking”, “may hurt others” “just like regular cigarettes”; falsely claims “medicines ... are very effective at helping people quit smoking cigarettes“;
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/Resources/Fact%20Sheets/E_Cigs_Brochure_English%20102914.pdf
THR Advocacy
Sally Satel op/ed in NY Times: Will the FDA kill off e-cigs?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/opinion/will-the-fda-kill-off-e-cigs.html?
ACSH’s Gil Ross – Public health’s cigarette sellout: Smoke em if you got em
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/229048-public-healths-cigarette-sellout-smoke-em-if-you-got-em
AVA’s Greg Conley: Big Tobacco’s war on vaping
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396466/big-tobaccos-war-vaping-gregory-conley
Ronald Bailey: A ban on vaping harms public health
http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/07/a-ban-on-vaping-harms-public-health
Clive Bates: Annual quiz on e-cigarettes and harm reduction
http://www.clivebates.com/?p=1721
E-cigarettes may be effective way to quitting smoking (CO)
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/E-cigarettes--288115271.html
Carl Phillips: Glantz attempt at dialogue makes clear the vacuousness of his arguments
http://antithrlies.com/2015/01/14/glantz-attempt-at-dialogue-makes-clear-the-vacuousness-of-his-arguments/
THR Satire
Bandaids “lure kids into NRT” say experts
http://www.redheadfullofsteam.com/bandaids-lure-kids-into-nrt-say-experts/
THR Business
Korean cigarette imports decline 14.4% as e-cigarette imports increase 348%
http://koreabizwire.com/cigarette-imports-drop-14-4-pct-amid-surge-in-demand-for-e-cigarettes-report/28197
GSK’s nicotine patches and gum feel the heat from e-cigarettes; drug company exec admits e-cigs have reduced sales of GSK’s tobacco derived nicotine products, which is why Big Pharma funded WHO, anti-tobacco groups, researchers, etc. have demonized and keep lobbying to ban e-cigs (and smokeless tobacco)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/uk-gsk-ceo-ecigarettes-idUKKBN0KP0X020150116
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/16/vaping-dents-glaxosmithkline-sales-nicotine-patches-gum
Federal
HHS execs doing good and living large, flying first class around the world
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-execs-doing-good-and-living-large-flying-first-class-around-the-world/article/2558399
Bill McMorris: Pentagon’s war on tobacco fails
http://freebeacon.com/issues/pentagons-war-on-tobacco-fails/
US Senator Nelson to reintroduce bill to require child resistant packaging for e-cigs
http://thehill.com/regulation/229398-ny-toddlers-death-revives-push-for-e-cigarette-regulation
FDA issues Draft Guidance (for public comment) “Policy for Low Risk Devices” that agency could/should (with a few small changes) also apply to e-cigarettes to promote public health and reduce smoking. In sharp contrast, FDA’s proposed deeming regulation would protect cigarette markets and threaten public health by banning >99% of e-cigarettes now on market and by giving e-cig industry to Big Tobacco companies.
http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-meddev-gen/documents/document/ucm429674.pdf
FDA’s CTP invites law school students to become unpaid interns to implement FSPTCA (that Phillip Morris and Big Pharma shills CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA, Pinney Associates negotiated, agreed to and lobbied Congress to enact) to protect Marlboro cigarettes and Big Pharma products from market competition by smokeless tobacco and recently e-cigs.
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/AbouttheCenterforTobaccoProducts/ucm388978.htm?
Trademark
Univ of Kentucky challenges Lorillard’s e-cig trademark application for “blu Nation”, claims it would damage school’s “Big Blue Nation” trademark, tarnish its reputation
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2015/01/12/university-of-kentucky-opposes-lorillards-use-of.html?page=all
E-cig taxation
The Grover Norquist Show: Leave Vapers Alone!
http://www.atr.org/grover-norquist-show-leave-vapers-alone
Lorillard joins Reynolds American in advocating unwarranted state taxation of e-cigs (that also requires licensure, imposes additional regulations, bans and costs on smaller e-cig companies and vape shops that compete against Big Tobacco companies).
http://www.ecig-eastcoast.com/media/1000998/38171.pdf
NATO’s Thomas Briant: 10 states have indicated intentions of raising cigarette, OTP or e-cigarette taxes
http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/state-legislatures-and-tobacco-taxes
53 page draft bill in Washington State (similar to HB 2795 from 2014) would protect cigarettes and destroy many e-cig vendors in WA; would tax vapor products at 95% of sales price; ban WA businesses (but not out-of-state retailers) from shipping/transporting vapor products sold via Internet or mail order; require WA Health Dept to create regulations for “labeling and advertising” of vapor products, including nicotine content labels that must be verified by a lab certified by the WA Liquor Control Board and a warning regarding so-called “harmful effects of nicotine”; ban sales of all flavored vapor products except menthol, wintergreen and mint; ban sale of vapor products (but not cigarettes) to anyone under 21; require licensure of all vapor product vendors; ban free sampling of vapor products; require child-resistant packaging for all vapor products; etc.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18613027/bill_draft_-_vapor_products_merged_11-19-14.pdf
Mt Baker Vapor posts Call to Action urging WA vapers to oppose anti-vaping legislation
http://blog.mtbakervapor.com/call-to-action-for-wa-vapers/
David Brunori: Want bad tax policy? Here’s a blueprint (about WA Gov. Inslee’s budget proposal, including his proposed 95% tax on vapor products)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/taxanalysts/2015/01/08/want-bad-tax-policy-heres-a-blueprint/
ATR: Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller pushing tax hike on electronic cigarettes
http://www.atr.org/indiana-attorney-general-greg-zoeller-pushing-tax-hike-electronic-cigarettes
Indiana lawmakers propose e-cigarette regulations, taxes
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2015/01/09/indiana-lawmakers-propose-e-cigarette-regulations-taxes
Indiana bill (SB 384) would tax vapor products at $0.0083 per milligram of nicotine per milliliter of e-liquid (e.g. $5.98 tax on a 30 ml bottle of 24mg/ml nicotine e-liquid).
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/384/
http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/4/3/924371cb/SB0384.01.INTR.pdf
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Bill Godshall
Executive Director
Smokefree Pennsylvania
1926 Monongahela Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
412-351-5880
BillGodshall@verizon.net
2014 Gallup Poll finds 5% of US ex-smokers quit smoking with nicotine patches, 3% with electronic cigarettes, 2% with prescription drugs and 1% with nicotine gum.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1717/tobacco-smoking.aspx
Note that while Obama’s DHHS unlawfully banned e-cigs in 2009 and has demonized them since, nicotine patches and gums have been subsidized, aggressively marketed and touted by federal/state/local health agencies and Big Pharma funded ACS, AHA, ALA, AMA, etc. for past two decades, as have prescription drugs for past decade.
Brad Rodu – Formadehpye vs Fact: Levels are far lower in e-cigarettes than in cigarettes
http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2015/01/formaldehype-vs-fact-levels-are-far.html
Study finds adult smokers who vape are far more interested in flavored e-cigs than nonvaping smokers, who are far more interested in flavored e-cigs than nonsmoking teens; refutes unsubstantiated claims that flavored e-cigs appeal to nonsmoking youth. On a 0-10 scale of interest for flavored e-cigs, the study found a 3.19 for adult smokers who vape, a 1.08 for adult smokers who never vaped, and a .41 for nonsmoking teens.
http://ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/06/ntr.ntu333.short?
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/study-shows-e-cigarette-flavors-do-not-appeal-to-nonsmoking-teens-300018288.html
Interestingly, while Single Malt Scotch was the least desired e-cig flavoring by adult smokers (1.01), it was the most desired e-cig flavoring by nonsmoking teens (.52), and was more desirable than Bubble Gum (.47), Cotton Candy (.49) and Gummy Bear (.44), three flavors e-cig opponents have repeatedly insisted appeal to youth.
ACSH: A new survey show slightly more than zero interest in e-cig flavors among nonsmoking teens
http://acsh.org/2015/01/new-survey-show-slightly-zero-interest-e-cig-flavors-among-nonsmoking-teens/
Survey of 191 college students who “ever used” an e-cig finds 176 “only tried” e-cigs, 15 reported “occasionally use” and 0 reported “daily use”; finds NO evidence that e-cigs are gateways to cigarettes.
http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797%2814%2900555-8/fulltext
http://www.ajpmonline.org/cms/attachment/2021701541/2041527416/gr1_lrg.jpg
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/02/study-e-cigarettes-probably-not-a-gateway-to-regular-smoking/
Study: E-cigarettes probably not a gateway to regular smoking
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/02/study-e-cigarettes-probably-not-a-gateway-to-regular-smoking/
Analysis of CDC 2012 NYTS data finds just 64% of US teens believed “smoking a few cigarettes every day” caused “a lot of harm”, and just 33% believed “smoking cigarettes some days but not every day” caused “a lot of harm”; CDC didn’t mention these findings in agency’s many fear mongering reports and press releases citing selective NYTS data to demonize e-cigs, cigars and hookah to lobby for FDA’s proposed deeming reg
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/07/peds.2014-2502.full.pdf+html
ACSH: A new study of teens’ tobacco habits reveals disturbing misinformation about smoking
http://acsh.org/2015/01/new-study-teens-tobacco-habits-reveals-disturbing-misinformation-smoking/
Safety
CDC study finds 44,000 drug poisoning deaths in US in 2013, more than doubling since 1999; but Obama’s CDC and FDA focus on exaggerating negligible and hypothetical risks of lifesaving e-cigs to lobby for FDA’s proposed deeming regulation
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6401a10.htm?s_cid=mm6401a10_e
Herkimer County (NY) Coroner won’t reveal cause of death of NY child that news media claimed was caused by ingestion of e-liquid, says he cannot discuss the case or autopsy report with anyone but family members or law enforcement
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/media-general-news/637343-update-ny-child-dies-nicotine-poisoning-17.html#post15026157
Quit-smoking drug Chantix/Champix suspected in 30 suicides in Canada
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Quit+smoking+drug+suspected+suicides+Canada/10717006/story.html
Mike Siegel: Why are groups recommending a smoking cessation drug that has been linked to hundreds of deaths?
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-are-anti-smoking-groups.html
CDC funded lies and lobbying
CDC funded California Health Dept’s so-called “Facts” brochure unlawfully lobbies to ban vaping by urging readers to “support policies that do not allow e-cigarettes to be used indoors and where children are present”, falsely claims e-cigarettes “can cause cancer and birth defects”, “appeal to children”, “are poisonous”, “contain harmful chemicals”, “can hurt the lungs just like cigarette smoke”, “are just as addictive as regular cigarettes”, “do not help people quit smoking”, “may hurt others” “just like regular cigarettes”; falsely claims “medicines ... are very effective at helping people quit smoking cigarettes“;
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/tobacco/Documents/Resources/Fact%20Sheets/E_Cigs_Brochure_English%20102914.pdf
THR Advocacy
Sally Satel op/ed in NY Times: Will the FDA kill off e-cigs?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/opinion/will-the-fda-kill-off-e-cigs.html?
ACSH’s Gil Ross – Public health’s cigarette sellout: Smoke em if you got em
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/229048-public-healths-cigarette-sellout-smoke-em-if-you-got-em
AVA’s Greg Conley: Big Tobacco’s war on vaping
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396466/big-tobaccos-war-vaping-gregory-conley
Ronald Bailey: A ban on vaping harms public health
http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/07/a-ban-on-vaping-harms-public-health
Clive Bates: Annual quiz on e-cigarettes and harm reduction
http://www.clivebates.com/?p=1721
E-cigarettes may be effective way to quitting smoking (CO)
http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/E-cigarettes--288115271.html
Carl Phillips: Glantz attempt at dialogue makes clear the vacuousness of his arguments
http://antithrlies.com/2015/01/14/glantz-attempt-at-dialogue-makes-clear-the-vacuousness-of-his-arguments/
THR Satire
Bandaids “lure kids into NRT” say experts
http://www.redheadfullofsteam.com/bandaids-lure-kids-into-nrt-say-experts/
THR Business
Korean cigarette imports decline 14.4% as e-cigarette imports increase 348%
http://koreabizwire.com/cigarette-imports-drop-14-4-pct-amid-surge-in-demand-for-e-cigarettes-report/28197
GSK’s nicotine patches and gum feel the heat from e-cigarettes; drug company exec admits e-cigs have reduced sales of GSK’s tobacco derived nicotine products, which is why Big Pharma funded WHO, anti-tobacco groups, researchers, etc. have demonized and keep lobbying to ban e-cigs (and smokeless tobacco)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/01/16/uk-gsk-ceo-ecigarettes-idUKKBN0KP0X020150116
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/16/vaping-dents-glaxosmithkline-sales-nicotine-patches-gum
Federal
HHS execs doing good and living large, flying first class around the world
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hhs-execs-doing-good-and-living-large-flying-first-class-around-the-world/article/2558399
Bill McMorris: Pentagon’s war on tobacco fails
http://freebeacon.com/issues/pentagons-war-on-tobacco-fails/
US Senator Nelson to reintroduce bill to require child resistant packaging for e-cigs
http://thehill.com/regulation/229398-ny-toddlers-death-revives-push-for-e-cigarette-regulation
FDA issues Draft Guidance (for public comment) “Policy for Low Risk Devices” that agency could/should (with a few small changes) also apply to e-cigarettes to promote public health and reduce smoking. In sharp contrast, FDA’s proposed deeming regulation would protect cigarette markets and threaten public health by banning >99% of e-cigarettes now on market and by giving e-cig industry to Big Tobacco companies.
http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-meddev-gen/documents/document/ucm429674.pdf
FDA’s CTP invites law school students to become unpaid interns to implement FSPTCA (that Phillip Morris and Big Pharma shills CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA, Pinney Associates negotiated, agreed to and lobbied Congress to enact) to protect Marlboro cigarettes and Big Pharma products from market competition by smokeless tobacco and recently e-cigs.
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/AbouttheCenterforTobaccoProducts/ucm388978.htm?
Trademark
Univ of Kentucky challenges Lorillard’s e-cig trademark application for “blu Nation”, claims it would damage school’s “Big Blue Nation” trademark, tarnish its reputation
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2015/01/12/university-of-kentucky-opposes-lorillards-use-of.html?page=all
E-cig taxation
The Grover Norquist Show: Leave Vapers Alone!
http://www.atr.org/grover-norquist-show-leave-vapers-alone
Lorillard joins Reynolds American in advocating unwarranted state taxation of e-cigs (that also requires licensure, imposes additional regulations, bans and costs on smaller e-cig companies and vape shops that compete against Big Tobacco companies).
http://www.ecig-eastcoast.com/media/1000998/38171.pdf
NATO’s Thomas Briant: 10 states have indicated intentions of raising cigarette, OTP or e-cigarette taxes
http://www.cspnet.com/category-news/tobacco/articles/state-legislatures-and-tobacco-taxes
53 page draft bill in Washington State (similar to HB 2795 from 2014) would protect cigarettes and destroy many e-cig vendors in WA; would tax vapor products at 95% of sales price; ban WA businesses (but not out-of-state retailers) from shipping/transporting vapor products sold via Internet or mail order; require WA Health Dept to create regulations for “labeling and advertising” of vapor products, including nicotine content labels that must be verified by a lab certified by the WA Liquor Control Board and a warning regarding so-called “harmful effects of nicotine”; ban sales of all flavored vapor products except menthol, wintergreen and mint; ban sale of vapor products (but not cigarettes) to anyone under 21; require licensure of all vapor product vendors; ban free sampling of vapor products; require child-resistant packaging for all vapor products; etc.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18613027/bill_draft_-_vapor_products_merged_11-19-14.pdf
Mt Baker Vapor posts Call to Action urging WA vapers to oppose anti-vaping legislation
http://blog.mtbakervapor.com/call-to-action-for-wa-vapers/
David Brunori: Want bad tax policy? Here’s a blueprint (about WA Gov. Inslee’s budget proposal, including his proposed 95% tax on vapor products)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/taxanalysts/2015/01/08/want-bad-tax-policy-heres-a-blueprint/
ATR: Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller pushing tax hike on electronic cigarettes
http://www.atr.org/indiana-attorney-general-greg-zoeller-pushing-tax-hike-electronic-cigarettes
Indiana lawmakers propose e-cigarette regulations, taxes
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2015/01/09/indiana-lawmakers-propose-e-cigarette-regulations-taxes
Indiana bill (SB 384) would tax vapor products at $0.0083 per milligram of nicotine per milliliter of e-liquid (e.g. $5.98 tax on a 30 ml bottle of 24mg/ml nicotine e-liquid).
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/384/
http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/4/3/924371cb/SB0384.01.INTR.pdf
Lot's more if you subscribe....
Bill Godshall
Executive Director
Smokefree Pennsylvania
1926 Monongahela Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
412-351-5880
BillGodshall@verizon.net
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