NEW HAVEN, CT — When San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the sale of flavored tobacco products in 2018, public health advocates celebrated. After all, tobacco use poses a significant threat to public health and health equity, and flavors are particularly attractive to youth. But according to a new study from the Yale […]
Commenting on the USPS Vape Mail Regulations (March 22nd Deadline!)
Last week, the American Vaping Association teamed up with the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Association to present a webinar on how and why both consumers and businesses should respond to the United States Postal Service’s vape mail regulations. With the deadline for comments coming up on Monday, March 22nd at 11:59 pm Eastern, we […]
Public Health England Reiterates Its Support of Vaping for Quitting
As dangerous misinformation about vaping spreads around the world, Public Health England steps in to clear the air. Public Health England’s (PHE) seventh independent report on vaping in England, carried out by researchers at King’s College London, found that: nicotine vaping products were the most popular aid (27.2%) used by smokers trying to quit in England […]
Consumer Choice Center Ranks the Best and Worst U.S. States for Vaping
Our friends at the Consumer Choice Center (CCC) just released the 2020 US Vaping Index. The index categorizes and ranks each state based on its consumer-friendly regulatory approach to vaping products. The CCC team behind the index — David Clement and Yaël Ossowski — assigned grades of A, C, or F to states depending on each […]
Another Day, Another Embarrassment: WHO Cites Retracted Anti-Vaping Study
In its quest to mislead health practitioners and policymakers on the relative risk of vaping compared to smoking, the World Health Organization (WHO) is citing a discredited paper that was retracted by its publishing journal. Earlier this year, a controversial study co-authored by now-retired UCSF Professor Stanton Glantz linking vaping to heart attacks was retracted […]
