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The Canadian Vaping Association Responds to Tobacco Control Lobbyists: Banning Flavours in Vaping Products will Harm Public Health and Put Youth at More Risk
The CVA responds to the call for immediate flavour restrictions or the removal of Minister Ya’ara Saks (The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions) from three Tobacco Control Lobbyist groups.
Vaping Advocates Hold a News Conference
A pro-vaping group, Rights4Vapers, calls on the federal government to reconsider its approach to nicotine and tobacco regulation. Speaking with reporters in Ottawa are Maria Papaioannoy, a spokesperson for Rights4Vapers, and Sam Tam, president of the Canadian Vaping Association.
Canadian Vaping Association Holds a News Conference
Sam Tam, the president of the Canadian Vaping Association, holds a press conference in Ottawa alongside several small business owners to discuss the devastating impacts a Canada-wide vaping flavour ban would have.
New Study Confirms: Flavoured Vaping Products Helps Canadian Adults Quit Smoking
The CVA responds to a new study released by the Public Health Agency of Canada, indicating the importance of vaping flavours for adult consumers who are quitting smoking.
Global survey of consumer organizations advocating for safernicotine products
The organizations are run by enthusiastic individuals, most of whom have successfully quit smoking with the help of SNP. Organizations depend on the input of a small number of core workers, all organizations are under-resourced and potentially fragile, and yet, they report significant activity and success. The challenge for these groups is to gain recognition at national and international level as legitimate stakeholders in the development of tobacco control policy with respect tosafer alternatives to smoking.
Molecular insights into the benefits of nicotine on memory and cognition (Review)
The findings reported in the studies included in the present review article indicate that nicotine can stimulate memory function. Therefore, although nicotine is similar to other psychoactive substances, in that it can induce dependence or abuse, it also has certain beneficial effects, including enhancing cognitive function in healthy individuals and restoring memory function in patients with diseases, such as AD, PD and hypothyroidism.
Believe it or not, banning flavored e-cigarettes is a terrible idea
flavor restrictions are likely to have a net negative effect on public health by increasing the riskiest of behaviors: smoking. Unfortunately, some of our most prominent advocacy groups see reduced-risk products like e-cigarettes as the antithesis of public health—and flavors as the root cause. The evidence, however, suggests that certain flavored products, including most e-cigarettes, are not a gateway to combustible cigarette use, but rather a remarkably successful means of helping smokers break their habit. Flavors are an integral part of e-cigarettes’ appeal and cited as a major reason that former smokers are able to stay off of combustibles.
E-Cigarettes Composition: Nicotine Concentration and Nicotine Salts
When considering regulations aimed at reducing the burden of smoking, we strongly urge policymakers to consider the utility of harm reduction and reduced-risk products alongside prevention measures. It is imperative that access to e-cigarettes and vapor products remains at a level that encourages, rather than discourages, people to choose these less harmful products over combustible cigarettes. Doing so will reduce the incidence and cost of tobacco-related disease. Research indicates that higher nicotine concentrations help smokers make the initial switch from combustible cigarettes. They can achieve nicotine delivery similar to combustible cigarettes, and the concentration can be decreased gradually based on the user’s needs and desires. It has been shown that nicotine concentrations used after complete switching from combustible cigarettes decreased compared to what was used at initiation or complete transition.
How Much Evidence Is Enough to Exonerate E-Cigarettes?
Because science builds on itself, it is likely that time is the only thing that will help definitively determine the relative risk and net public health impact of e-cigarettes. We may also find that these values end up differing by product and population. Yes, questions remain about e-cigarettes; however, leaning into the precautionary principle is getting harder. The absolute risk of combustible cigarettes, and thus their harm to public health, is so high that exercising extreme caution with e-cigarettes may be inadvertently harming people who smoke. To benefit public health, perhaps it is time for organizations to begin specifying what evidence they need to exonerate e-cigarettes. It would be a sad day for science if the answer is that no evidence is convincing enough.
Tobacco Control 2.0: A Modern Approach to a Decades-Old Problem
No one entity is solely responsible for protecting consumers from the harms of combustible products. To further reduce mortality and disease, public health advocacy groups, tobacco/nicotine product manufacturers, and regulatory bodies must work together.
