“In what opponents say is part of a larger push this session to pass laws favorable to the tobacco industry, legislators discussed a bill proposal Wednesday that would prevent local governments from regulating nicotine products ingested through devices like electronic cigarettes and vape pens. The proposal, HB 137, would prohibit local governments and the state Department of Public Health and Human Services from regulating “alternative nicotine products or vapor products” used in devices like e-cigarettes. That prohibition would prevent local governments or state health officials from regulating the sale, manufacture, flavoring, marketing, product display, public exposure to and access to those products. It would also define the nicotine products as separate from tobacco products, though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies the devices used to ingest the nicotine solutions as tobacco products. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ron Marshall, R-Hamilton, owns a vaping retail chain with his wife, Deanna Marshall. He has also sponsored a bill, HB 106, to prohibit expansion of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act.”

ARTICLE LINK:  Lawmakers debate local nicotine-product prohibitions

“In 2015, Texan Tommy Lowrance claims he tried vaping once. The professor at McLennan Community College says he is the only person in existence to contract ‘popcorn lung’ and resulted in a “near death” experience. No doctor has been able to confirm Tommy’s self-diagnosis but that hasn’t stopped him from speaking to the press and urging others never to vape. Despite bronchiolitis obliterans (the official name for popcorn lung) being recognised in eight microwave-popcorn factory workers in 2000, not a single case has been attributed to vaping. Tommy spent the intervening years giving lectures to students about his claimed dangers of vaping. Last week he popped back up, this time on KVEO-TV. The truth started to dribble out. Now he admits he spent 20 years smoking prior to switching to vaping.”

ARTICLE LINK:  Man Still Seeks Oxygen of Publicity

“A new paper claims that people vaping instead of smoking are putting their hearts at risk but their study does not show that. Instead, they mixed chemicals in Petri dishes with heart cells and used mice. Both of those are fine exploratory experiments but they are scientifically invalid to make the conclusions the authors make in their press release. It is import that that the public be shown the difference between clinically relevant work and papers that claim relevance while being nothing of the kind. Mice are not little people. No drug can get into the approval cycle at the US Food and Drug Administration if it only studied them or cells in dishes. Yet other parts of the U.S. government continue to promote doubt. The money behind the new study is the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences which, like the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, is funded by your tax dollars and is part of the National Institutes of Health, but do nothing the American public would recognize as science.”

ARTICLE LINK:

Vaping Flavor Chemicals In Huge Quantities Can Damage Heart Cells In A Dish, But Where Is The Human Relevance?

“Before Phoenix leaders take action on a request to ban flavored tobacco, they want more information about enforcement and possible state legislation. During Wednesday’s public safety subcommittee meeting, Swati Rawani, an attorney for Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, said at least 300 localities have placed restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco and so far they’ve survived all court challenges. “Thus, the City Council has clear authority under federal law to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products and does not need to wait for either the state or federal action in order to ban such products,” she said. Opponents said federal law already bans tobacco sales to anyone under 21 and they argue a ban on flavored tobacco could lead to an underground market where no one regulates how the products are made. The subcommittee directed staff to research enforcement options, along with bills being proposed at the state Legislature and report back to the group.”

ARTICLE LINK:  Phoenix Weighs Enforcement, State Legislation In Tobacco Debate

I was very saddened to hear about Brad McNamara’s passing today.

I consider Brad an OG in the industry with both Juicy Vapor and Nixteria. Brad was also a friend.

Thoughts and prayers of go out to the entire McNamara family, as well as his close friends, wishing them strength and healing through this difficult time.

Rest in peace Brad.

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Here’s the latest from Brent Stafford at Regulator Watch:

The Canadian federal government announced late last year that it’s moving to restrict nicotine levels in vaping products that are manufactured, imported, or packaged for sale in Canada.
The new restrictions that are now up for public consultation are based on the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive, which sets the maximum concentration of nicotine in vaping products at 20-milligrams per millilitre.
Joining us today to talk about the impact and efficacy of nicotine caps is Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies at London South Bank University. Professor Dawkins is one of the UK’s leading authorities on e-cigarettes, having published numerous papers on the use, acute effects and delivery of nicotine through vaping products.

Do nicotine restrictions do more harm than good?

Find out, only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.

Released: January 12, 2020
Produced by Brent Stafford

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“Outlawing the sale of flavored tobacco products for adults would deepen New York State’s budget hole, threaten the survival of thousands of mom-and-pop retailers, and place the jobs of frontline workers at these businesses at risk. That’s the conclusion of an economic study performed by Regional Economic Models Inc. (REMI) for the New York Association of Convenience Stores (NYACS). REMI estimated the proposed action would cost the state $3.4 billion in tax revenue over the next decade, cost shop owners nearly $500 million annually in lost sales, and eliminate 1,200 jobs in retail and related industries.”

ARTICLE LINK:  Study: NY Flavored Tobacco Ban Bad for Businesses, State Coffers

“Two bills filed in the state House of Representatives and Senate would give local governments the authority to regulate tobacco sales along with the advertising and distribution of tobacco products. The bills were introduced Wednesday morning in a Zoom press conference by the sponsors, Sen. Julie Raque Adams, a Louisville Republican, and Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser, a Taylor Mill Republican. Moser’s bill would allow local governments to impose regulations on the “display, sale or distribution of tobacco products or vapor products that are stricter than those imposed under state law.”

ARTICLE LINK:  Bills would give local governments ability to regulate tobacco sales, advertising

“The Electronic Cigarettes (Regulation) Bill 2019-21 is to be presented to the House for its second reading on Friday 15th January. The Bill was sponsored by Sir Christopher Chope and supported by Peter Bone MP and Philip Davies MP. It marks the first step of changing vape regulations following the United Kingdom leaving Europe. The Electronic Cigarettes (Regulation) Bill doesn’t suddenly reverse the worst aspects of the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive, but it does open up the opportunity to make future adjustments. In particular, the Bill present a future where parliament will be able to change the size, capacity, content, and/or packaging of vape devices and refill containers. The Bill would be a step along the footpath to a future where the limit to 2ml capacity tanks would be scrapped.”

ARTICLE LINK:   UK Electronic Cigarettes (Regulation) Bill 2019-21